WALTER HUSTON
Name: Walter Houghston
Born: 6 April 1884 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: 7 April 1950 Hollywood, California, U.S.
Walter Huston (April 6, 1884 - April 7, 1950) was an Academy Award-winning
Canadian-born American actor.
Born in Toronto, Ontario Canada to an Ulster-Scottish father and a Scottish
mother, he began his Broadway career in 1924, he achieved fame in character
roles once talkies began in Hollywood. His first major role was in 1929's The
Virginian, opposite Gary Cooper. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Actor in 1936 for Dodsworth, in which he had appeared on Broadway two years
earlier.
Huston stayed busy throughout the 1930s and 1940s, both on stage and screen (becoming
one of America's most distinguished actors), including introducing September
Song in Knickerbocker Holiday. Among his films, he starred in Rain (1932) and
Mission to Moscow (1943), a pro-Soviet World War II propaganda film as
Ambassador Joseph E. Davies. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
in 1948 for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, which was directed by
his son, John Huston. His last film was The Furies in 1950 with Barbara Stanwyck.
He died in Hollywood from an aortic aneurysm, one day after his 66th birthday.
His son was John Huston, director of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The
Maltese Falcon, and many other films. The actors and directors Anjelica Huston
and Danny Huston are his grandchildren.
Walter Huston has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6626 Hollywood Blvd.
Actor Billy Crystal makes a reference to Huston in the movie City Slickers II:
The Legend of Curly's Gold when he does the "Walter Huston dance".
Name: Walter Houghston
Born: 6 April 1884 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: 7 April 1950 Hollywood, California, U.S.
Walter Huston (April 6, 1884 - April 7, 1950) was an Academy Award-winning
Canadian-born American actor.
Born in Toronto, Ontario Canada to an Ulster-Scottish father and a Scottish
mother, he began his Broadway career in 1924, he achieved fame in character
roles once talkies began in Hollywood. His first major role was in 1929's The
Virginian, opposite Gary Cooper. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Actor in 1936 for Dodsworth, in which he had appeared on Broadway two years
earlier.
Huston stayed busy throughout the 1930s and 1940s, both on stage and screen (becoming
one of America's most distinguished actors), including introducing September
Song in Knickerbocker Holiday. Among his films, he starred in Rain (1932) and
Mission to Moscow (1943), a pro-Soviet World War II propaganda film as
Ambassador Joseph E. Davies. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
in 1948 for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, which was directed by
his son, John Huston. His last film was The Furies in 1950 with Barbara Stanwyck.
He died in Hollywood from an aortic aneurysm, one day after his 66th birthday.
His son was John Huston, director of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The
Maltese Falcon, and many other films. The actors and directors Anjelica Huston
and Danny Huston are his grandchildren.
Walter Huston has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6626 Hollywood Blvd.
Actor Billy Crystal makes a reference to Huston in the movie City Slickers II:
The Legend of Curly's Gold when he does the "Walter Huston dance".