Huston was born on April 5, 1883, in Toronto, Ontario, where he attended Winchester Street Public School.[1][2] He was the son of Elizabeth (née McGibbon) and Robert Moore Huston, a farmer who founded a construction company.[3] He was of Scottish and Irish descent.[4] He had a brother and two sisters, one of whom was the theatrical voice coach Margaret Carrington (1877–1941).
His family moved, before his birth, from Melville,[5] just south of Orangeville, Ontario, where they were farmers. As a young man, he worked in construction and in his spare time attended the Shaw School of Acting. He made his stage debut in 1902. He went on to tour in In Convict Stripes, a play by Hal Reid, father of Wallace Reid and also appeared with Richard Mansfield in Julius Caesar. He again toured in another play The Sign of the Cross. In 1904, he married Rhea Gore (1882–1938) and gave up acting to work as a manager of electric power stations in Nevada, Missouri. He maintained these jobs until 1909.
In 1909, with his marriage foundering, he appeared with an older actress named Bayonne Whipple (born Mina Rose, 1865–1937).[7] They were billed as Whipple and Huston and, in 1915, they married. Vaudeville was their livelihood into the 1920s.
Huston began his Broadway career on January 22, 1924, when he performed there in the play Mr. Pitt.[8] He then solidified his Broadway career with roles in productions such as Desire Under the Elms, Kongo, The Barker, and Elmer the Great.
Huston remained busy on stage and screen throughout the 1930s and 1940s, becoming during that period one of America's most prominent actors. He starred as the title character in the 1934 Broadway adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's novel Dodsworth as well as in the play's film version released two years later. For his role as Sam Dodsworth, Huston won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and was Oscar nominated. He performed "September Song" in the original Broadway production of Knickerbocker Holiday (1938). Huston's recording of "September Song" is heard repeatedly in September Affair (1950).[9]
Huston makes an uncredited appearance in the 1941 film noir classic The Maltese Falcon, portraying the ship's captain who is shot just before delivering the black bird to Sam Spade, played by Humphrey Bogart. Walter's son, John Huston, directed the picture. As a practical joke during filming, John had his father enter the scene and die in more than 10 different takes.[citation needed]
Huston portrays the character Howard in the 1948 adventure drama The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, which was also directed by his son John. Based on the mysterious B. Traven's novel, the film depicts the story of three gold prospectors in 1920s post-revolution Mexico. Walter Huston won the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film, while John Huston won the Best Director Academy Award, thus making them the first father and son to win at the same ceremony. His last film is The Furies (1950) in which he costars with Barbara Stanwyck and Wendell Corey. In that Western, Huston's final line is "There will never be another one like me."
In 1960, a decade after his death, Huston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6624 Hollywood Boulevard, memorializing his contributions to the entertainment industry through his extensive, critically acclaimed work in motion pictures.[13][14] He was also a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame.[15]
Huston's son John initially became a screenwriter before becoming an Academy Award-winning director and acclaimed actor. All of Huston's grandchildren, except Tony Huston, have become actors, as well as his great-grandson. Granddaughter Anjelica sang "September Song" on the May 7, 2012, episode of the NBC TV series Smash.[citation needed]
^ abcAccording to the Province of Ontario. Ontario, Canada Births, 1869–1911. ancestry.com
^. Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
^Morrison, Michael A. (1999). John Barrymore, Shakespearean Actor (Volume 10 of Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama). Cambridge University Press. p. 75. ISBN0-521-62979-9.
^Huston, John (1994). An Open Book. Da Capo Press. p. 9. ISBN0-306-80573-1.
^Arthur Huston, "Melville Junction", Wm. Perkins Bull fonds, ca. 1934. Available at the Region of Peel Archives, Brampton.
^"The Screen's Newest Lincoln", The New Movie Magazine (New York, N.Y.), March 1930, p. 82. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
^"Walter Huston/Bayonne Whipple; response from Ancestry.com dated March 17, 2005". Archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com. 2005-03-17. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
^"From the Archives: Heart Attack Fatal to Actor Walter Huston". Los Angeles Times. April 8, 1950.
^Crowther, Bosley (February 2, 1951). "September Affair,' With Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten, Opens at the Music Hall". The New York Times. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
^"Hollywood Death of Walter Huston". The Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, Scotland. April 6, 1950. p. 4. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
^Huston, John (1994). An Open Book. Da Capo Press. p. 185. ISBN0-306-80573-1.
^"Services Planned for Walter Huston". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Spokane, Washington. April 10, 1950. p. 9. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
^"Walk of Fame Stars Walter Huston". Hollywood Chamber of Commerce/Walk of Fame.
Alistair, Rupert (2018). "Walter Huston". The Name Below the Title: 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age (softcover) (First ed.). Great Britain: Independently published. pp. 129–133. ISBN978-1-7200-3837-5.
Weld, John (1998). September Song: An Intimate Biography of Walter Huston (hardcover) (First ed.). Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press. ISBN978-0-8108-3408-8.
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Walter Thomas Huston ˈ h juː s t en listen HEW sten 1 April 5 1883 1 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 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 and Danny Huston as well as great grandchild Jack Huston The family has produced three generations of Academy Award winners Walter his son John and granddaughter Anjelica Walter HustonHuston in The Furies 1950 BornWalter Thomas Huston 1883 04 05 April 5 1883Toronto Ontario CanadaDiedApril 7 1950 1950 04 07 aged 67 Beverly Hills California U S Occupation s Actor singerYears active1902 1950Spouse s Rhea Gore m 1904 div 1912 wbr Bayonne Whipple m 1914 div 1931 wbr Ninetta Nan Sunderland m 1931 wbr ChildrenJohn HustonRelativesTony Huston grandson Anjelica Huston granddaughter Danny Huston grandson Allegra Huston granddaughter Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Death 4 Legacy 5 Filmography 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksEarly life EditHuston was born on April 5 1883 in Toronto Ontario where he attended Winchester Street Public School 1 2 He was the son of Elizabeth nee McGibbon and Robert Moore Huston a farmer who founded a construction company 3 He was of Scottish and Irish descent 4 He had a brother and two sisters one of whom was the theatrical voice coach Margaret Carrington 1877 1941 His family moved before his birth from Melville 5 just south of Orangeville Ontario where they were farmers As a young man he worked in construction and in his spare time attended the Shaw School of Acting He made his stage debut in 1902 He went on to tour in In Convict Stripes a play by Hal Reid father of Wallace Reid and also appeared with Richard Mansfield in Julius Caesar He again toured in another play The Sign of the Cross In 1904 he married Rhea Gore 1882 1938 and gave up acting to work as a manager of electric power stations in Nevada Missouri He maintained these jobs until 1909 Career Edit The first camera study of Huston for his title role in D W Griffith s Abraham Lincoln 1930 6 Ruth Chatterton and Huston in Dodsworth 1936 Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 In 1909 with his marriage foundering he appeared with an older actress named Bayonne Whipple born Mina Rose 1865 1937 7 They were billed as Whipple and Huston and in 1915 they married Vaudeville was their livelihood into the 1920s Huston began his Broadway career on January 22 1924 when he performed there in the play Mr Pitt 8 He then solidified his Broadway career with roles in productions such as Desire Under the Elms Kongo The Barker and Elmer the Great Once talkies began in Hollywood he was cast in both character roles and as a leading man His first major role was portraying the villainous Trampas in The Virginian 1929 a Western that costars Gary Cooper and Richard Arlen Some of Huston s other early sound roles include Abraham Lincoln 1930 Rain 1932 and Gabriel Over the White House 1933 Huston remained busy on stage and screen throughout the 1930s and 1940s becoming during that period one of America s most prominent actors He starred as the title character in the 1934 Broadway adaptation of Sinclair Lewis s novel Dodsworth as well as in the play s film version released two years later For his role as Sam Dodsworth Huston won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and was Oscar nominated He performed September Song in the original Broadway production of Knickerbocker Holiday 1938 Huston s recording of September Song is heard repeatedly in September Affair 1950 9 Huston makes an uncredited appearance in the 1941 film noir classic The Maltese Falcon portraying the ship s captain who is shot just before delivering the black bird to Sam Spade played by Humphrey Bogart Walter s son John Huston directed the picture As a practical joke during filming John had his father enter the scene and die in more than 10 different takes citation needed Among several of his contributions to World War II Allied propaganda films Huston in an uncredited role portrays a military instructor in the short Safeguarding Military Information 1942 That film was produced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and distributed by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry He along with Anthony Veiller is also a narrator in the Why We Fight series of World War II documentaries directed by Frank Capra Other films of this period in which he appears are The Devil and Daniel Webster 1941 as Mr Scratch Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 and Mission to Moscow 1943 In the latter feature a pro Soviet World War II propaganda film he plays United States Ambassador Joseph E Davies Huston portrays the character Howard in the 1948 adventure drama The Treasure of the Sierra Madre which was also directed by his son John Based on the mysterious B Traven s novel the film depicts the story of three gold prospectors in 1920s post revolution Mexico Walter Huston won the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film while John Huston won the Best Director Academy Award thus making them the first father and son to win at the same ceremony His last film is The Furies 1950 in which he costars with Barbara Stanwyck and Wendell Corey In that Western Huston s final line is There will never be another one like me Death EditOn April 7 1950 Huston died of an aortic aneurysm in his hotel suite in Beverly Hills two days after his 67th birthday 10 11 He was cremated 12 Legacy EditIn 1960 a decade after his death Huston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6624 Hollywood Boulevard memorializing his contributions to the entertainment industry through his extensive critically acclaimed work in motion pictures 13 14 He was also a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame 15 Huston s son John initially became a screenwriter before becoming an Academy Award winning director and acclaimed actor All of Huston s grandchildren except Tony Huston have become actors as well as his great grandson Granddaughter Anjelica sang September Song on the May 7 2012 episode of the NBC TV series Smash citation needed In 1998 Scarecrow Press published John Weld s September Song An Intimate Biography of Walter Huston citation needed Filmography EditYear Title Role Notes1929 Gentlemen of the Press Wickland Snell Film debut1929 The Lady Lies Robert Rossiter1929 The Virginian Trampas1930 Behind the Make Up Joe in Clark amp White s Office Uncredited1930 Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln1930 The Bad Man Pancho Lopez1930 The Virtuous Sin Gen Gregori Platoff1931 The Criminal Code Mark Brady1931 The Star Witness District Attorney Whitlock1931 The Ruling Voice Jack Bannister1931 A House Divided Seth Law1932 The Woman from Monte Carlo Captain Carlaix1932 The Beast of the City Jim Fitzpatrick1932 Law and Order Frame Saint Johnson1932 The Wet Parade Pow Tarleton1932 Night Court Judge Andrew J Moffett1932 American Madness Thomas A Dickson1932 Kongo Flint Rutledge1932 Rain Alfred Davidson1933 Gabriel Over the White House Hon Judson Hammond1933 Hell Below Lieut Comdr T J Toler USN1933 Storm at Daybreak Mayor Dushan Radovic1933 Ann Vickers Judge Barney Barney Dolphin1933 The Prizefighter and the Lady Professor Edwin J Bennett1934 Keep Em Rolling Sgt Benjamin E Benny Walsh1935 Trans Atlantic Tunnel President of the United States1936 Rhodes of Africa Cecil John Rhodes1936 Dodsworth Sam Dodsworth New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActorNominated Academy Award for Best Actor1938 Of Human Hearts Ethan Wilkins1939 The Light That Failed Torpenhow1941 The Maltese Falcon Captain Jacoby Uncredited1941 The Devil and Daniel Webster Mr Scratch Alternative title All That Money Can BuyNominated Academy Award for Best Actor1941 Swamp Water Thursday Ragan1941 The Shanghai Gesture Sir Guy Charteris1942 Always In My Heart MacKenzie Mac Scott1942 In This Our Life Bartender Uncredited1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy Jerry Cohan Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor1943 December 7th Uncle Sam1943 The Outlaw Doc Holliday1943 Edge of Darkness Dr Martin Stensgard1943 Mission to Moscow Ambassador Joseph E Davies1943 The North Star Dr Kurin1944 Dragon Seed Ling Tan1945 And Then There Were None Dr Edward G Armstrong1946 Dragonwyck Ephraim Wells1946 Duel in the Sun The Sinkiller1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Howard Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Motion PictureNational Board of Review Award for Best ActorNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor 2nd place 1948 Summer Holiday Mr Nat Miller1949 The Great Sinner General Ostrovsky1950 The Furies T C Jeffords final film role See also Edit Biography portalCanadian pioneers in early Hollywood List of actors with Academy Award nominationsReferences Edit a b c According to the Province of Ontario Ontario Canada Births 1869 1911 ancestry com Walter Huston Northernstars ca Archived from the original on November 15 2012 Retrieved October 2 2012 Morrison Michael A 1999 John Barrymore Shakespearean Actor Volume 10 of Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama Cambridge University Press p 75 ISBN 0 521 62979 9 Huston John 1994 An Open Book Da Capo Press p 9 ISBN 0 306 80573 1 Arthur Huston Melville Junction Wm Perkins Bull fonds ca 1934 Available at the Region of Peel Archives Brampton The Screen s Newest Lincoln The New Movie Magazine New York N Y March 1930 p 82 Internet Archive San Francisco California Retrieved September 11 2019 Walter Huston Bayonne Whipple response from Ancestry com dated March 17 2005 Archiver rootsweb ancestry com 2005 03 17 Retrieved 2016 06 14 From the Archives Heart Attack Fatal to Actor Walter Huston Los Angeles Times April 8 1950 Crowther Bosley February 2 1951 September Affair With Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten Opens at the Music Hall The New York Times Retrieved January 25 2019 Hollywood Death of Walter Huston The Glasgow Herald Glasgow Scotland April 6 1950 p 4 Retrieved February 14 2016 Huston John 1994 An Open Book Da Capo Press p 185 ISBN 0 306 80573 1 Services Planned for Walter Huston Spokane Daily Chronicle Spokane Washington April 10 1950 p 9 Retrieved February 14 2016 Walk of Fame Stars Walter Huston Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Walk of Fame Hollywood Star Walk Walter Huston Los Angeles Times Theater Hall of Fame members Further reading EditAlistair Rupert 2018 Walter Huston The Name Below the Title 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood s Golden Age softcover First ed Great Britain Independently published pp 129 133 ISBN 978 1 7200 3837 5 Weld John 1998 September Song An Intimate Biography of Walter Huston hardcover First ed Lanham MD The Scarecrow Press ISBN 978 0 8108 3408 8 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Walter Huston Walter Huston at IMDb Walter Huston at the Internet 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