Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1949
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1949
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1949 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1943 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1942 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1937 · nominated
Filmography31 titles
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Maltese Falcon
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Let There Be Light
The Furies
War Comes to America
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Dodsworth
And Then There Were None
The Devil and Daniel Webster
In This Our Life
American Madness
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Dragonwyck
Dragon Seed
Rain
Why We Fight
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
A Compassionate Spy
Edge of Darkness
Report from the Aleutians
The Criminal Code
The North Star
Of Human Hearts
The Beast of the City
December 7th
Mission to Moscow
The Outlaw
Abraham Lincoln
Law and Order