Henry B. Walthall
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Brazeale Walthall (March 16, 1878 – June 17, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared as the Little Colonel in D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915). In New York in 1901, Walthall won a role in Under Southern Skies by Charlotte Blair Parker. He performed in the play for three years, in New York and on tour. With the company of Henry Miller he gained recognition on Broadway in plays including Pippa Passes, The Only Way and William Vaughn Moody's The Great Divide (1906–08). His fellow cast member James Kirkwood introduced Walthall to D. W. Griffith, and at the conclusion of that engagement, Walthall joined the Biograph Company. His career in movies began in 1909 at Biograph Studios in New York with a leading role in the film A Convict's Sacrifice. This film also featured James Kirkwood, and was directed by D. W. Griffith, a director that played a huge part in Walthall's rise to stardom. As the industry grew in size and popularity, Griffith emerged as a director and Walthall found himself a mainstay of the Griffith company, frequently working alongside such Griffith regulars as Owen Moore, Kate Bruce, Lillian and Dorothy Gish, Mae Marsh, Bobby Harron and Jack and Mary Pickford. He followed Griffith's departure from New York's Biograph to California's Reliance-Majestic Studios in 1913. After a few months with Reliance, he joined Pathé for a short period. He decided to go into the producing business and formed The Union Feature Film Company, the first to be devoted entirely to full-length films. The venture was not successful, however, and he again became associated with Griffith's company. Given the relatively short length of films in the early years, Walthall frequently found himself cast in dozens of films each year. He gained national attention in 1915 for his role as Colonel Ben Cameron in Griffith's highly influential and controversial epic, The Birth of a Nation. Walthall's portrayal of a Confederate veteran rounding up the Ku Klux Klan won him large-scale fame, and Walthall was soon able to emerge as a leading actor in the years leading up to the 1920s, parting ways with Griffith. Walthall continued working in films through the 1920s, appearing in The Plastic Age with Gilbert Roland and Clara Bow. He portrayed Roger Chillingworth in Victor Seastrom's 1926 adaptation of The Scarlet Letter opposite Lillian Gish. Walthall continued his career into the 1930s. After his performance in director John Ford's 1934 film Judge Priest starring Will Rogers he enjoyed a golden period of his career. He portrayed Dr. Manette in A Tale of Two Cities (1935), starring Ronald Colman. In 1936 he appeared as Marcel in The Devil-Doll. He was gravely ill during his final film, China Clipper. Frank Capra wanted Walthall to portray the High Lama in his 1937 film, Lost Horizon. "Frail and failing, he died before we could test him," Capra wrote. Walthall has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard.
Known for
Credits
Dollar Down (1925)
as Alec Craig
Wings (1927)
as Mr. Armstrong
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
as Col. Ben Cameron
Parted Curtains (1920)
as Joe Jenkins
The Kid (1910)
as Walter Holden
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
as The Indian Chief's Son
Classmates (1914)
as Duncan Irving
Humdrum Brown (1918)
as Hector 'Humdrum' Brown
Temper (1915)
as Frank Bradbury
The Raven (1915)
as Edgar Allan Poe
The Mirror (1913)
as The Station Agent
Ride Him, Cowboy (1932)
as John Gaunt
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
as Colonel Marshall
42nd Street (1933)
as Concerned Actor (uncredited)
Is There Justice? (1931)
as District Attorney John Raymond
Three Friends (1913)
as The Husband
Single Wives (1924)
as Franklin Dexter
The Garden Murder Case (1936)
as Dr. Garden
The Devil-Doll (1936)
as Marcel
China Clipper (1936)
as Dad Brunn
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
as Holofernes
The Road to Mandalay (1926)
as Father James
London After Midnight (1927)
as Sir James Hamlin
The Kickback (1922)
as Aaron Price
Me and My Gal (1932)
as Sarge
The Mountain Rat (1914)
as Douglas Williams
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
as Dr. Manette
In Old California (1929)
as Don Pedro De León
Men in White (1934)
as enry B. Walthall
Souls Courageous (1911)
Actor
The Unknown Soldier (1926)
as John Phillips
Brutality (1912)
as Actor In Oliver Twist
1776, or The Hessian Renegades (1909)
Actor
Oil and Water (1913)
as The Idealist
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
as Eph Clinton
His Robe of Honor (1918)
as Julian Randolph
The Tenderfoot's Triumph (1910)
as A Horse Thief
Anybody's Blonde (1931)
as Mr. Evans
Strongheart (1914)
as Soangataha / Strongheart
In the Aisles of the Wild (1912)
as Jim Watson
The Scarlet Letter (1927)
as Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth
Her Forgotten Past (1933)
as Mr. Maynard
Hold Your Man (1933)
as Clergyman in Alternate Version (uncredited)
The Call to Arms (1910)
as The Lord
Boy of Mine (1923)
as William Latimer
The Sting of Victory (1916)
as David Whiting / Walker Whiting
The Face at the Window (1910)
as Ralph Bradford
Somewhere in Sonora (1933)
as Bob Leadly
The Gold Seekers (1910)
as The Prospector
Death's Marathon (1913)
as The Husband
The Misleading Lady (1916)
as Jack Craiger
For His Sake (1911)
Actor
A Gambler's Honor (1913)
as Beth's Brother
Judge Priest (1934)
as Reverend Ashby Brand
The Slave (1909)
as Alachus' Friend
Chandu the Magician (1932)
as Robert Regent
Home, Sweet Home (1914)
as John Howard Payne
The Way of the World (1910)
Actor
The Outer Edge (1915)
as Dr. Rownlee
Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913)
as The Young Woman's Fiance
Beggars in Ermine (1934)
as Marchant the Blind Man
The One She Loved (1912)
as The Husband
The Scarlet Letter (1934)
as Roger Chillingworth
Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
as The Father
Temple Tower (1930)
as Blackton
The Plastic Age (1925)
as Henry Carver
The Burglar’s Dilemma (1912)
as The Householder's Weakling Brother
A Corner in Wheat (1909)
as Wheat King's Assistant
Blaze o' Glory (1929)
as Burke
The Sealed Room (1909)
as The Minstrel
The Trespasser (1929)
as Fuller
The Golden Bed (1925)
as Col. Peake
In Old California (1910)
as Perdita's Son
Flower of the North (1921)
as Philip Whitemore
The Day After (1909)
as Party Guest
One Clear Call (1922)
as Henry Garnett
Strange Interlude (1932)
as Professor Leeds
Gold Is Not All (1910)
as Man at Party
Pranks (1909)
as Sunbather
Hearts in Bondage (1936)
as Capt. Buchanan
Kentucky Pride (1925)
as Mr. Beaumont
Viva Villa! (1934)
as Francisco Madero
They Would Elope (1909)
Actor
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908)
as Woodsman
In Little Italy (1909)
as Victor Ratazzi
The Strange Case of Mary Page (1916)
as Phil Langdon, Attorney
The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
as Father Ryan
Headline Shooter (1933)
as Judge Beacon (uncredited)
So Near, Yet So Far (1912)
as In Club
The Floor Above (1914)
as Stephen Pryde
Dark Hazard (1934)
as Schultz
Two Men of the Desert (1913)
as First Partner
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Pippa Passes (1909)
Actor
Rod of Wrath (1915)
as Erickson's Son
The Little Darling (1909)
as In Boarding House
I Am Not a Racist (2019)
as Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tol'able David (1930)
as Amos Hatburn
Speakeasy (1929)
as Piano player
If We Only Knew (1913)
as The Father
The House with Closed Shutters (1910)
as Charles Randolph - The Confederate Soldier
His Last Burglary (1910)
Actor
A Summer Idyll (1910)
Actor
The River of Romance (1929)
as General Jeff Rumford
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
as Father Juniper
The Wolf Dog (1933)
as Jim Courtney
Central Park (1932)
as Eby
Fools of Fate (1909)
Actor
Helldorado (1935)
as Abner Meadows
Klondike (1932)
as Mark Armstrong
The Confession (1920)
as Father Bartlett
The Great Love (1918)
as Sir Roger Brighton
Pillars of Society (1916)
as Karsten Bernick
Ramona (1910)
as Alessandro
The Usurer (1910)
as One of the Second Debtors
Dante's Inferno (1935)
as Pop McWade
The Mended Lute (1909)
as Indian
The Tenderfoot's Money (1913)
as The Prospector
Lord Chumley (1914)
as Lord Chumley
My Baby (1912)
as The Husband
A Child of the Ghetto (1910)
as The Farmer
The Green-Eyed Devil (1914)
Actor
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
as Col. Ben Cameron (archive footage)
The Newlyweds (1910)
as A Friend / At Station Reception
London After Midnight (2002)
as Sir James Hamlin (archive footage)
A Strange Meeting (1909)
as A Thief
The Switchtower (1913)
as The Switchman
Self Defense (1932)
as Doctor Borden
The Informer (1912)
as The False Brother
The Gangsters of New York (1914)
as Porky Dugan
The Avenging Conscience (1914)
as The Nephew
The Mysterious Shot (1914)
as The Gopher
The Murder in the Museum (1934)
as Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto
The Wanderer (1913)
as The Wanderer
City Park (1934)
as Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome
A Splendid Hazard (1920)
as Karl Breitman
The Awakening of Donna Isolla (1914)
as The President of the Republic
The Lady and the Mouse (1913)
as The First Rival
Wilful Peggy (1910)
as The Lord
The Circular Path (1915)
as Reverend Darwin Kirby
The Woman on the Jury (1924)
as Prosecuting Attorney
The Whispering Shadow (1933)
as J. D. Bradley
The Last Outlaw (1936)
as Cal Yates
The Heart of an Outlaw (1909)
as The Mexican Lover
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910)
as Bill
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912)
as A Psalm Singer
Ghosts (1915)
as Captain Alving / Oswald
The Little Tease (1913)
as The Valley Man
Police Court (1932)
as Nathaniel "Nat" Barry
Black Magic (1929)
as Dr. Bradbroke
A Flash of Light (1910)
as Younger John Rogers
Where the Sea and the Shore Doth Meet (1910)
Actor
Alias Mary Smith (1932)
as Atwell
The Face on the Barroom Floor (1923)
as Robert Stevens
Friends (1912)
as Dandy Jack
The God Within (1912)
as The Woodsman
My Hero (1912)
as Indian Charlie
The Jazz Age (1929)
as Mr Maxwell
The Unknown Purple (1923)
as Peter Marchmont / Victor Cromport
Rose o' Salem Town (1910)
as The Trapper
A Woman in the Ultimate (1913)
as Badger Gang Member
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)
as Self (archive footage)
The Oath and the Man (1910)
as Henri Prevost
The Flaming Signal (1933)
as Rev. Mr. James
In Old Kentucky (1909)
as Robert, the Confederate son
The Command from Galilee (1911)
as The Lover
During the Round-Up (1913)
as The Stranger
Love Among the Roses (1910)
as The Lord
Kit Carson Over the Great Divide (1925)
as Dr. Samuel Webb
The Boomerang (1919)
as George Gray
The Mine with the Iron Door (1936)
as David Burton
The Lemon Drop Kid (1934)
as Jonas Deering
The Old Man (1914)
as The Old Man
The Thread of Destiny (1910)
as Estrada
Hotel Continental (1932)
as Winthrop
Broken Ways (1913)
as The Road Agent
Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927)
as Van Denbosch
The Gray of the Dawn (1910)
Actor
The Able-Minded Lady (1922)
as Breezy Bright
The Armorer’s Daughter (1910)
as Macennas
The Call (1910)
as Billy Harvey
The Long Chance (1922)
as Harley P. Hennage
The Converts (1910)
Actor
Three Faces East (1926)
as George Bennett
The Cloister’s Touch (1910)
as The Father
The Love Trader (1930)
as Captain Adams
A Girl of the Limberlost (1934)
as Dr. Amon
The Phantom in the House (1929)
as Boyd Milburn
From Headquarters (1929)
as Buffalo Bill Ryan
The Broken Locket (1909)
as Mexican Man
In the Border States (1910)
as Confederate Corporal
The Barrier (1926)
as Gale Gaylord
The False Faces (1919)
as Michael Lanyard
A Light in the Window (1927)
as Johann Graff
Love Time (1934)
as Duke Johann von Hatzfeld
A Trap for Santa Claus (1909)
as Arthur Rogers (uncredited)
Stark Mad (1929)
as Capt. Rhodes - Yacht Commander
The Odalisque (1914)
as Joe, in love with May
Getting Even (1909)
as Miner
The Long Arm of Mannister (1919)
as George Mannister
Fighting Love (1927)
as Filipo Navarro
The Stolen Loaf (1913)
as The Poor Man
The Honor of His Family (1910)
as George Pickett Jr.
Retribution (1928)
as Henry / Tommy Mooney
The Two Brothers (1910)
as Pedro
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work (1925)
as William Hale
In Life's Cycle (1910)
as Vincent, as an Adult
Her Mother's Oath (1913)
as The Actor
Thou Shalt Not (1910)
Actor
The Iconoclast (1910)
Actor
Everybody's Acting (1926)
as Thorpe
Freedom of the Press (1928)
as John Ballard
The Sheriff's Baby (1913)
as First Bandit
The Perfidy of Mary (1913)
as The Poet
Modern Husbands (1919)
as Stephen Duane
Gimme (1923)
as John McGimsey
The Long Lane's Turning (1919)
as Harry Sevier
On the Reef (1910)
as Mr. Wilson