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Raoul Walsh

Directing

Born March 11, 1887 · New York City, New York, USA

Died December 31, 1980

Also known as Albert Edward Walsh · A.E. Walsh · R.A. Walsh

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Raoul Walsh (March 11, 1887 – December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh. He was known for portraying John Wilkes Booth in the silent classic Birth of a Nation (1915) and for directing such films as High Sierra (1941) starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart and White Heat (1949) with James Cagney and Edmond O'Brien. His last directorial effort came in 1964. Description above from the Wikipedia article Raoul Walsh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

2008as Self (archive footage)

White Heat

1949Director

The Roaring Twenties

1939Director

Along the Great Divide

1951Director

The Thief of Bagdad

1924Director

Gentleman Jim

1942Director

The Enforcer

1951Director

High Sierra

1941Director

Marines, Let's Go

1961Director, Producer, Story

One Sunday Afternoon

1948Director

Cheyenne

1947Director

The Strawberry Blonde

1941Director

Captain Horatio Hornblower

1951Director, Producer

In This Our Life

1942Director

They Drive by Night

1940Director

Come September

1961Producer

The Lawless Breed

1952Director

Objective, Burma!

1945Director

Manpower

1941Director

The Regeneration

1915Director, Writer

Background to Danger

1943Director

They Died with Their Boots On

1941Director

The Big Trail

1930Director, Story

Pursued

1947Director

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

1958Director

The Tall Men

1955Director

Dark Command

1940Director

Me and My Gal

1932Director

The Red Dance

1928Director

What Price Glory

1926Director

Band of Angels

1957Director

Klondike Annie

1936Director

Northern Pursuit

1943Director

Gun Fury

1953Director

Silver River

1948Director

The Man I Love

1946Director

Desperate Journey

1942Director

Hello, Sister!

1933Director

Sailor's Luck

1933Director

The Birth of a Nation

1915as John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)

Sea Devils

1953Director

Blackbeard, the Pirate

1952Director

The King and Four Queens

1956Director

Battle Cry

1955Director, Producer

A Distant Trumpet

1964Director

Hitting a New High

1937Director

In Old Arizona

1928Director

A Lion Is in the Streets

1953Director

The Bowery

1933Director

Esther and the King

1960Director, Producer, Writer