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Acting

Walter Huston

Career: Active from 1929 to 2000, with a break from 1958 to 1999, busiest in 1943 with 10 main titles.

Leading roles: 55
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Walter Huston Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.1, average 5.4
Situational Comedy
1.3, average 2.7
Pop Culture
1.0, average 2.2
Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 7
Historical Drama 6
WWII Propaganda 4
Educational 4
Political Intrigue 4
Class Conflict 4
World War II 4
Classic Hollywood 4
Psychological Tension 4
Propaganda Film 4
Archival Footage 3
Political Commentary 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

72

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

3 titles · average score 67

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

67

as Various Roles (archive footage)

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

as Howard (archive footage)

Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America

as Narrator

1980s

1 title

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1950s

2 titles · average score 82

Armored Attack!

as Dr. Kurin

The Furies

82

as T. C. Jeffords

1940s

33 titles · average score 68

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

91

as Howard

Dragonwyck

67

as Ephraim Wells

Let There Be Light

81

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

And Then There Were None

86

as Edward Armstrong

Know Your Enemy: Japan

63

as Narrator

Dragon Seed

55

as Ling Tan

The North Star

49

as Dr. Kurin

Edge of Darkness

71

as Dr. Martin Stensgard

Mission to Moscow

43

as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies

Yankee Doodle Dandy

81

as Jerry Cohan

Always in My Heart

63

as MacKenzie Scott

All That Money Can Buy

88

as Mr. Scratch

1930s

28 titles · average score 62

The Light That Failed

61

as Torpenhow

Of Human Hearts

59

as Ethan Wilkins

Dodsworth

84

as Sam Dodsworth

Hell Below

58

as Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN

Gabriel Over the White House

66

as Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States

American Madness

74

as Thomas Dickson

Rain

67

as Alfred Davidson

The Beast of the City

63

as Captain James "Jim" Fitzpatrick aka Fighting Fitz

Law and Order

74

as Frame 'Saint' Johnson

The Woman from Monte Carlo

59

as Captain Corlaix

The Criminal Code

60

as Mark Brady

Abraham Lincoln

56

as Abraham Lincoln

1920s

5 titles · average score 60

The Virginian

62

as Trampas

Gentlemen of the Press

as Wickland Snell

The Lady Lies

58

as Robert Rossiter

as Abraham Lincoln

The Bishop's Candlesticks

as The Convict