Walter Huston Filmography

Walter Thomas Huston was a Canadian-born American actor. He was the father of actor and director John Huston and the grandfather of actress Anjelica Huston and actor Danny Huston. Huston was born in York County, Ontario, the son of Elizabeth and Robert Moore Huston, a provincial farmer who founded a construction company. He was of Scottish and Irish descent. Huston began his Broadway career in 1924. Once talkies began in Hollywood, he achieved fame in character roles. His first major role was in 1929's The Virginian with Gary Cooper. He appeared in the Broadway theatrical adaptation of... Sinclair Lewis's novel Dodsworth in 1934 and the play's film version two years later. Huston remained busy throughout the 1930s and 1940s, both on stage and screen ; he performed "September Song" in the original Broadway production of Knickerbocker Holiday in 1938 .
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