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Walter Thomas Huston was a Canadian actor and singer. Huston won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, directed by his son John Huston. He is the patriarch of the four generations of the Huston acting family, including his son John, Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston, Allegra Huston, and Jack Huston. The family has produced three generations of Academy Award winners: Walter, his son John, and John's daughter Anjelica Huston.
Birth Name
Walter Thomas Huston
Born
Thursday, 05 April 1883
Died
Friday, 07 April 1950
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Five Came Back | Self | 2017 |
| History Rediscovered: Report from the Aleutians | Narrator | 2013 |
| Momo: The Sam Giancana Story | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| Discovering Huston | Self | 2012 |
| Warner at War | (archive footage) | 2008 |
| Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2008 |
| Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self - At the premiere / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Discovering Treasure: The Story of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Self / Howard (archive footage) | 2003 |
| John Ford Goes to War | Uncle Sam | 2002 |
| Independent Lens | Self | 1999 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Five Came Back | Self | 2017 |
| History Rediscovered: Report from the Aleutians | Narrator | 2013 |
| Momo: The Sam Giancana Story | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| Discovering Huston | Self | 2012 |
| Warner at War | (archive footage) | 2008 |
| Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2008 |
| Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self - At the premiere / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Discovering Treasure: The Story of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Self / Howard (archive footage) | 2003 |
| John Ford Goes to War | Uncle Sam | 2002 |
| Independent Lens | Self | 1999 |
| Bogart: The Untold Story | 1997 | |
| Joan Crawford: Always the Star | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1996 |
| 100 Years at the Movies | Self | 1994 |
| Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self | 1991 |
| John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self / Himself (archive footage) | 1989 |
| American Experience | Howard | 1988 |
| American Masters | Self / Ling Tan | 1986 |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy | (archive footage) | 1981 |
| America at the Movies | Howard | 1976 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Jerry Cohan (clip from Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)) / Self | 1963 |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Himself | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | Alfred Davidson | 1963 |
| September Affair | Self - Vocalist: September Song | 1950 |
| The Furies | T. C. Jeffords | 1950 |
| The Great Sinner | General Ostrovsky | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actor | 1948 |
| Summer Holiday | Mr. Nat Miller | 1948 |
| The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Howard | 1948 |
| Duel in the Sun | The Sinkiller / Jubal Crabbe, the Sinkiller | 1947 |
| Let There Be Light | Narrator | 1946 |
| Dragonwyck | Ephraim Wells | 1946 |
| And Then There Were None | Dr. Edward G. Armstrong / Edward Armstrong | 1945 |
| Know Your Enemy - Japan | Narrator | 1945 |
| War Comes to America | Narrator | 1945 |
| The Battle of China | Abraham Lincoln | 1944 |
| Dragon Seed | Ling Tan | 1944 |
| Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944 |
| Know Your Ally: Britain | Narrator | 1944 |
| War Department Report | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1943 |
| The North Star | Dr. Kurin | 1943 |
| The Battle of Britain | Narrator | 1943 |
| Report from the Aleutians | Voices of officers (voice) / Voices of officers | 1943 |
| For Love & Country | Narrator | 1943 |
| Mission to Moscow | Ambassador Joseph E. Davies | 1943 |
| Edge of Darkness | Dr. Martin Stensgard | 1943 |
| The Outlaw | Doc Holliday | 1943 |
| The Nazis Strike | Narrator | 1943 |
| December 7th | Uncle Sam 'U.S.' | 1943 |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy | Jerry Cohan | 1942 |
| Why We Fight | Narrator / Self - Narrator (voice) | 1942 |
| In This Our Life | Bartender | 1942 |
| Always in My Heart | MacKenzie Scott | 1942 |
| Our Russian Front | Narrator | 1942 |
| The Shanghai Gesture | Sir Guy Charteris | 1942 |
| Combat Report | Narrator | 1942 |
| Swamp Water | Thursday Ragan | 1941 |
| The Maltese Falcon | Captain Jacoby | 1941 |
| All That Money Can Buy | Mr. Scratch | 1941 |
| Safeguarding Military Information | The general | 1941 |
| The Light That Failed | Torpenhow | 1939 |
| Land of Liberty | Abraham Lincoln | 1939 |
| Of Human Hearts | Ethan Wilkins | 1938 |
| Dodsworth | Sam Dodsworth | 1936 |
| Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | Self | 1936 |
| Rhodes | Cecil John Rhodes | 1936 |
| Transatlantic Tunnel | President of the United States (as Mr. Walter Huston) / President of the United States | 1935 |
| Keep 'Em Rolling | Sgt. Benjamin E. 'Benny' Walsh / Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh | 1934 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self | 1933 |
| The Prizefighter and the Lady | Professor / Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor") | 1933 |
| Ann Vickers | Judge Bernard 'Barney' Dolphin / Barney Dolphin | 1933 |
| Storm at Daybreak | Mayor Dushan Radovic | 1933 |
| Hell Below | Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN | 1933 |
| Gabriel Over the White House | Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States | 1933 |
| Rain | Alfred Davidson | 1932 |
| Kongo | Flint | 1932 |
| American Madness | Thomas A. Dickson / Thomas Dickson | 1932 |
| Night Court | Judge Andrew J. Moffett | 1932 |
| The Wet Parade | Pow Tarleton | 1932 |
| The Beast of the City | Jim Fitzpatrick / Capt. Jim Fitzpatrick | 1932 |
| Law and Order | Frame 'Saint' Johnson | 1932 |
| The Woman from Monte Carlo | Captain Corlaix | 1932 |
| A House Divided | Seth Law | 1931 |
| The Ruling Voice | Jack Bannister | 1931 |
| The Star Witness | District Attorney Whitlock | 1931 |
| The Criminal Code | Mark Brady | 1930 |
| The Virtuous Sin | Gen. Gregori Platoff / Gregory Platoff | 1930 |
| The Bad Man | Pancho Lopez | 1930 |
| Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | 1930 |
| The Virginian | Trampas | 1929 |
| The Lady Lies | Robert Rossiter | 1929 |
| Gentlemen of the Press | Wickland Snell | 1929 |
| The Bad Man | Pancho Lopez | 1923 |
| The Birth of a Nation | Walter Huston (1930 re-release promotion) | 1915 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1949 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 1949 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor | Won |
| 1943 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1942 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1937 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
