Walter Huston
Walter Thomas Huston (April 5, 1883 – April 7, 1950) 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 (1948), directed by his son John Huston. He is the patriarch of the four generations of the Huston acting family, including his son John, grandchildren Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston, Allegra Huston, and great-grandchild Jack Huston.
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Known for
![A Compassionate Spy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vr4oT4cfi8RDXv9uNs6fPVsMeZc.jpg)
A Compassionate Spy
![Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9UGM3CzSaQ2uAICCW7LBCUhZ2Am.jpg)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
![Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eZG4oXKN8Iyyodhkl86MNLzvhju.jpg)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
![Bogart: The Untold Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ltIX050XG2Z19WW65roBG4eUswM.jpg)
Bogart: The Untold Story
![Joan Crawford: Always the Star](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/K4vD7OJocpSYchEg35hgK37Ngt.jpg)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
![John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/znWwKNlmyeRtDC9GXXE2lFcb6aa.jpg)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
![Going Hollywood: The '30s](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3uRJQ6zJ6BDm2giHchzpqfQYbJC.jpg)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
![Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zsiEcu4citgY3x76rnZwnrNlxhC.jpg)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
![Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vwcE04LiNzgcfEfquiOFXA4wcY9.jpg)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
![Armored Attack!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xsLziMngltPbC29MoQy4qzp8iIZ.jpg)
Armored Attack!
![The Furies](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kVlgoW4LWj8Uxr5fXuFi6qhpzP0.jpg)
The Furies
![The Great Sinner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4jlOdx9lteLjtYhXHDAXG8Axf3D.jpg)
The Great Sinner
![The Ed Sullivan Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gUEfDXUxwhgXBX7LSk57vJKXCTp.jpg)
The Ed Sullivan Show
![Summer Holiday](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kzXI15OQWzDpwweyUnKhiCSyqy5.jpg)
Summer Holiday
![The Treasure of the Sierra Madre](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pWcst7zVbi8Z8W6GFrdNE7HHRxL.jpg)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
![Duel in the Sun](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dW479xuDWrcuFuxr7yfoReztlzF.jpg)
Duel in the Sun
![Let There Be Light](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wgcAMb5BLKFANzTDfKwnxeH1kYA.jpg)
Let There Be Light
![Dragonwyck](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/guyisLW25bpd7bMGA30OYLbssm6.jpg)
Dragonwyck
![And Then There Were None](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/maV1jQZ58NZIjwRbdtmRcaW3fZo.jpg)
And Then There Were None
![Know Your Enemy: Japan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yHQAdhu5bZOa2G0ZY7ygemT0UUh.jpg)
Know Your Enemy: Japan
![War Comes to America](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h3CZ2b08I4ID1YJlplv9ju9LREu.jpg)
War Comes to America
![Why We Fight: The Battle of China](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6O8iJ5AiTewW9fuBEHlCYND8Yfa.jpg)
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
![Dragon Seed](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/94sBtA9bBLGQLCXfwFmK4F0c1DY.jpg)
Dragon Seed
![Twenty Years After](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vzx0k5FsriMuaQdTvvMzFdORazr.jpg)
Twenty Years After
![War Department Report](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q4MPxjXxz8cq9yrkREmIk1FoJKM.jpg)
War Department Report
![The North Star](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zENGbNnvBLJNOHxRYpQBoSiX3Ku.jpg)
The North Star
![The Voice That Thrilled the World](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q1hCHC7gJEIoiLVzXaBF8WS474P.jpg)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
![Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m8sXpxL7uIynG4VpqwC5RVYTENY.jpg)
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
![Report from the Aleutians](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8IwmIbM1fXZANujMEDMwf8h3iL.jpg)
Report from the Aleutians
![For God and Country](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jeo3GFX6RQ67z0IInsnAMsYg1kZ.jpg)
For God and Country
![Mission to Moscow](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pQ2hj7sfTwUGtz7mulxAc28hKYQ.jpg)
Mission to Moscow
![Edge of Darkness](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vlZDRNrKljJmmTveUToMrI2zAi6.jpg)
Edge of Darkness
![December 7th](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vrfkeXuHyogHMTUIZ4srU3680is.jpg)
December 7th
![The Outlaw](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xqnPtCdL0gF5MvexVeVN1aimWg2.jpg)
The Outlaw
![Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gWZTnKnpEklrpeVpzUx6Nc2oYQB.jpg)
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
![Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zXnZp8mmZUWG4jH3CaoULJoJcom.jpg)
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
![Our Russian Front](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ibqTWkgLAKVQyaxXLGdlIAdL6GM.jpg)
Our Russian Front
![Yankee Doodle Dandy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cqLLIyJFjLr6jGOxWVEHG11WGzB.jpg)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
![Prelude to War](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3LuTqfAl8gfsoa27Mf0xoZfwKQA.jpg)
Prelude to War
![In This Our Life](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yOmQCrFM6tzrarEdueBzggkdVzo.jpg)
In This Our Life
![Always in My Heart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pEyhTzjcAjPi7WDhx4SJnJDtn0x.jpg)
Always in My Heart
![Safeguarding Military Information](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m5jQw52ZpmXEQbWKVFfsgvQTBNZ.jpg)
Safeguarding Military Information
![The Shanghai Gesture](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aHDmFi7Q9M6mpMxRm7VpiXwmTYC.jpg)
The Shanghai Gesture
![Swamp Water](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tCZOSAIoJQxCBjFJOjdNdQ19u4u.jpg)
Swamp Water
![The Maltese Falcon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bf4o6Uzw5wqLjdKwRuiDrN1xyvl.jpg)
The Maltese Falcon
![All That Money Can Buy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2GUZ0Yg3DKlZpc3HEF5qJz7KqD5.jpg)
All That Money Can Buy
![The Light That Failed](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bjUMKPmoJqTFrLv4UySBImye7o0.jpg)
The Light That Failed
![Of Human Hearts](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tZaet6DUhDh4pKRHRovdVXokJfd.jpg)
Of Human Hearts
![Dodsworth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qpd9P54mLYvzdC6rBz56is8aeDB.jpg)
Dodsworth
![Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/59ZEvHCyC3tHkfca6s6mVPFt2rk.jpg)
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
![The Tunnel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/90GSfO1eKuUnSCj94jRMGlDRS7v.jpg)
The Tunnel
![Keep 'Em Rolling](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/B32BCWOdGVs3HHVQto8FYvt620.jpg)
Keep 'Em Rolling
![The Prizefighter and the Lady](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4ufG95mvWzB8O5R6mQ4KeEW0PfT.jpg)
The Prizefighter and the Lady
![Ann Vickers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kWMiT7MYVIOkTnPVKcA3e8dmn6S.jpg)
Ann Vickers
![Storm at Daybreak](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/57J06y7MDDKsvrgJCMDmCZHbQwE.jpg)
Storm at Daybreak
![Hell Below](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e6umrteNk6RrJ4BdB5fLobdTWft.jpg)
Hell Below
![Gabriel Over the White House](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fZt8iHZerWqN54JuOWvX7pc8T3G.jpg)
Gabriel Over the White House
![Rain](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/loiZCnkxAiSDyFmCAsUoTm62CAb.jpg)
Rain
![Kongo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4mDntFmBDmQGLjKW21oIfrxFOst.jpg)
Kongo
![American Madness](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hLtaGtsvyws2I18qltMGNyU4Mm1.jpg)
American Madness
![Night Court](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9JyBQTPInoo0gNcegKhFGPPbTBp.jpg)
Night Court
![The Wet Parade](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/k1QhsuhAAgPWtqRRC81JG76xRVv.jpg)
The Wet Parade
![The Beast of the City](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j7yvH2ngnLrM0yjRMJ3Yh8mk8VS.jpg)
The Beast of the City
![Law and Order](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xeC3nRuz8KIGcltQdjkHTJMfppg.jpg)
Law and Order
![The Woman from Monte Carlo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gHL49N8sHGPvsKAho5D5vnsF1gf.jpg)
The Woman from Monte Carlo
![Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8zV2C6G9DOD1M9DJoMWWzzrSfkp.jpg)
Intimate Interviews: Walter Huston
![A House Divided](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/trPPwLKtnfp65d7rmMmv1rXy3SU.jpg)
A House Divided
![The Ruling Voice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4wLDe7MJzyyfLSxMrmvXKgSDd16.jpg)
The Ruling Voice
![The Star Witness](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x1GwC2WEjgXAeRBOwlOhZwyGmmM.jpg)
The Star Witness
![The Criminal Code](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8avwFTJH1YCEkX4XhAKQkphtw4q.jpg)
The Criminal Code
![Abraham Lincoln](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4BOmqevJBC5gBfQNXpa2epf27yO.jpg)
Abraham Lincoln
![Filmed Prologue to Birth of a Nation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/avS2UmCgq36ezoIq1gTWb7McpKz.jpg)
Filmed Prologue to Birth of a Nation
![The Bad Man](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7ZEu4oMRanEoVDcM3jb4TS0objU.jpg)
The Bad Man
![An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r08d5ZDrvkak3ZTgi8UaSCmksen.jpg)
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
![Behind the Make-Up](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tzja37bUiNRtdhmq5ERjTVdJuRa.jpg)
Behind the Make-Up
![The Virginian](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6RX4GfCawXHtd0WMrHz5nSzXv7i.jpg)
The Virginian
![The Lady Lies](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mUia3Sx0XFWvkUzVM5XuZJAY2jr.jpg)
The Lady Lies
![Gentlemen of the Press](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hERnDslE8bs5eyWpciQ27DB5Itz.jpg)
Gentlemen of the Press
Acting
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
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Various Roles (archive footage)
2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
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Howard (archive footage)