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
The Raven (1915)
as Edgar Allan Poe
Wings (1927)
as Mr. Armstrong
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
as Col. Ben Cameron
Dollar Down (1925)
as Alec Craig
42nd Street (1933)
as Concerned Actor (uncredited)
1776, or The Hessian Renegades (1909)
Actor
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
as Dr. Manette
The Devil-Doll (1936)
as Marcel
Single Wives (1924)
as Franklin Dexter
Classmates (1914)
as Duncan Irving
One Clear Call (1922)
as Henry Garnett
Strongheart (1914)
as Soangataha / Strongheart
Home, Sweet Home (1914)
as John Howard Payne
The One She Loved (1912)
as The Husband
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
as The Indian Chief's Son
Ride Him, Cowboy (1932)
as John Gaunt
Is There Justice? (1931)
as District Attorney John Raymond
Her Forgotten Past (1933)
as Mr. Maynard
The Call to Arms (1910)
as The Lord
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
as Colonel Marshall
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
as Holofernes
The Misleading Lady (1916)
as Jack Craiger
Oil and Water (1913)
as The Idealist
The Mirror (1913)
as The Station Agent
Anybody's Blonde (1931)
as Mr. Evans
Flower of the North (1921)
as Philip Whitemore
In the Gray of the Dawn (1910)
Actor
Pippa Passes (1909)
Actor
Three Friends (1913)
as The Husband
The Road to Mandalay (1926)
as Father James
In Old California (1929)
as Don Pedro De León
The Unknown Soldier (1926)
as John Phillips
Judge Priest (1934)
as Reverend Ashby Brand
The Strange Case of Mary Page (1916)
as Phil Langdon, Attorney
Brutality (1912)
as Actor In Oliver Twist
In the Aisles of the Wild (1912)
as Jim Watson
His Robe of Honor (1918)
as Julian Randolph
The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
as Father Ryan
Humdrum Brown (1918)
as Hector 'Humdrum' Brown
The Way of the World (1910)
Actor
The Long Lane's Turning (1919)
as Harry Sevier
The Kickback (1922)
as Aaron Price
Helldorado (1935)
as Abner Meadows
If We Only Knew (1913)
as The Father
Death's Marathon (1913)
as The Husband
A Corner in Wheat (1909)
as Wheat King's Assistant
Men in White (1934)
as enry B. Walthall
They Would Elope (1909)
Actor
The Gangsters of New York (1914)
as Porky Dugan
The Day After (1909)
as Party Guest
Love Among the Roses (1910)
as The Lord
The Garden Murder Case (1936)
as Dr. Garden
In Little Italy (1909)
as Victor Ratazzi
Me and My Gal (1932)
as Sarge
Temper (1915)
as Frank Bradbury
The River of Romance (1929)
as General Jeff Rumford
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912)
as A Psalm Singer
Parted Curtains (1920)
as Joe Jenkins
Viva Villa! (1934)
as Francisco Madero
The Sheriff's Baby (1913)
as First Bandit
Boy of Mine (1923)
as William Latimer
The Thread of Destiny (1910)
as Estrada
The Oath and the Man (1910)
as Henri Prevost
The Two Brothers (1910)
as Pedro
The Little Tease (1913)
as The Valley Man
London After Midnight (1927)
as Sir James Hamlin
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
as Father Juniper
His Last Burglary (1910)
as William Standish
Dante's Inferno (1935)
as Pop McWade
A Child of the Ghetto (1910)
as The Farmer
The Sting of Victory (1916)
as David Whiting / Walker Whiting
The Lemon Drop Kid (1934)
as Jonas Deering
The Murder in the Museum (1934)
as Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto
The Lady and the Mouse (1913)
as The First Rival
A Girl of the Limberlost (1934)
as Dr. Amon
Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913)
as The Young Woman's Fiance
I Am Not a Racist (2019)
as Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
Police Court (1932)
as Nathaniel "Nat" Barry
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
as Eph Clinton
The Trespasser (1929)
as Fuller
The Tenderfoot's Triumph (1910)
as A Horse Thief
The Phantom in the House (1929)
as Boyd Milburn
The Face at the Window (1910)
as Ralph Bradford
A Woman in the Ultimate (1913)
as Badger Gang Member
The Plastic Age (1925)
as Henry Carver
The Mended Lute (1909)
as Indian
Dark Hazard (1934)
as Schultz
The Tenderfoot's Money (1913)
as The Prospector
The Little Darling (1909)
as In Boarding House
The Cloister’s Touch (1910)
as The Father
Wilful Peggy (1910)
as The Lord
A Flash of Light (1910)
as Younger John Rogers
From Headquarters (1929)
as Buffalo Bill Ryan
Love Time (1934)
as Duke Johann von Hatzfeld
The Kid (1910)
as Walter Holden
So Near, Yet So Far (1912)
as In Club
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
as Col. Ben Cameron (archive footage)
The Perfidy of Mary (1913)
as The Poet
A Trap for Santa Claus (1909)
as Arthur Rogers (uncredited)
The God Within (1912)
as The Woodsman
Hold Your Man (1933)
as Clergyman in Alternate Version (uncredited)
The Scarlet Letter (1927)
as Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth
Central Park (1932)
as Eby
The Face on the Barroom Floor (1923)
as Robert Stevens
Getting Even (1909)
as Miner
Hearts in Bondage (1936)
as Capt. Buchanan
The Converts (1910)
Actor
The Sealed Room (1909)
as The Troubador
A Gambler's Honor (1913)
as Beth's Brother
The House with Closed Shutters (1910)
as Charles Randolph - The Confederate Soldier
The Newlyweds (1910)
as A Friend / At Station Reception
The Mountain Rat (1914)
as Douglas Williams
Alias Mary Smith (1932)
as Atwell
Kit Carson Over the Great Divide (1925)
as Dr. Samuel Webb
China Clipper (1936)
as Dad Brunn
The Burglar’s Dilemma (1912)
as The Householder's Weakling Brother
The Informer (1912)
as The False Brother
For His Sake (1911)
Actor
Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927)
as Van Denbosch
Pranks (1909)
as Sunbather
The Awakening of Donna Isolla (1914)
as The President of the Republic
The Avenging Conscience (1914)
as The Nephew
London After Midnight (2002)
as Sir James Hamlin (archive footage)
The Whispering Shadow (1933)
as J. D. Bradley
The Circular Path (1915)
as Reverend Darwin Kirby
In the Border States (1910)
as Confederate Corporal
Two Men of the Desert (1913)
as First Partner
The Green-Eyed Devil (1914)
Actor
Black Magic (1929)
as Dr. Bradbroke
Blaze o' Glory (1929)
as Burke
Freedom of the Press (1928)
as John Ballard
City Park (1934)
as Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910)
as Bill
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work (1925)
as William Hale
Kentucky Pride (1925)
as Mr. Beaumont
A Light in the Window (1927)
as Johann Graff
The Mine with the Iron Door (1936)
as David Burton
Gold Is Not All (1910)
as Man at Party
Speakeasy (1929)
as Piano player
During the Round-Up (1913)
as The Stranger
Strange Interlude (1932)
as Professor Leeds
Stark Mad (1929)
as Capt. Rhodes - Yacht Commander
The Love Trader (1930)
as Captain Adams
The Woman on the Jury (1924)
as Prosecuting Attorney
The Flaming Signal (1933)
as Rev. Mr. James
Chandu the Magician (1932)
as Robert Regent
Souls Courageous (1911)
Actor
The Long Arm of Mannister (1919)
as George Mannister
Everybody's Acting (1926)
as Thorpe
Tol'able David (1930)
as Amos Hatburn
Where the Sea and the Shore Doth Meet (1910)
Actor
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
The Barrier (1926)
as Gale Gaylord
The Scarlet Letter (1934)
as Roger Chillingworth
Ghosts (1915)
as Captain Alving / Oswald
In Old California (1910)
as Perdita's Son
Self Defense (1932)
as Doctor Borden
Broken Ways (1913)
as The Road Agent
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908)
as Woodsman
Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
as The Father
The Wanderer (1913)
as The Wanderer
Ramona (1910)
as Alessandro
The Great Love (1918)
as Sir Roger Brighton
A Strange Meeting (1909)
as A Thief
The Broken Locket (1909)
as Mexican Man
The Last Outlaw (1936)
as Cal Yates
The Armorer’s Daughter (1910)
as Macennas
In Old Kentucky (1909)
as Robert, the Confederate son
Lord Chumley (1914)
as Lord Chumley
Gimme (1923)
as John McGimsey
The Floor Above (1914)
as Stephen Pryde
Headline Shooter (1933)
as Judge Beacon (uncredited)
Rose o' Salem Town (1910)
as The Trapper
The Heart of an Outlaw (1909)
as The Mexican Lover
Beggars in Ermine (1934)
as Marchant the Blind Man
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)
as Self (archive footage)
The Outer Edge (1915)
as Dr. Rownlee
The Switchtower (1913)
as The Switchman
The Honor of His Family (1910)
as George Pickett Jr.
Hotel Continental (1932)
as Winthrop
In Life's Cycle (1910)
as Vincent, as an Adult
My Hero (1912)
as Indian Charlie
The Wolf Dog (1933)
as Jim Courtney
Three Faces East (1926)
as George Bennett
Retribution (1928)
as Henry / Tommy Mooney
The Iconoclast (1910)
Actor
The Mysterious Shot (1914)
as The Gopher
The Usurer (1910)
as One of the Second Debtors
Fighting Love (1927)
as Filipo Navarro
The Stolen Loaf (1913)
as The Poor Man
The Gold Seekers (1910)
as The Prospector
The Call (1910)
as Billy Harvey
The Boomerang (1919)
as George Gray
Her Mother's Oath (1913)
as The Actor
The False Faces (1919)
as Michael Lanyard
Pillars of Society (1916)
as Karsten Bernick
The Golden Bed (1925)
as Col. Peake
My Baby (1912)
as The Husband
Temple Tower (1930)
as Blackton
The Unknown Purple (1923)
as Peter Marchmont / Victor Cromport
Klondike (1932)
as Mark Armstrong
Somewhere in Sonora (1933)
as Bob Leadly
Friends (1912)
as Dandy Jack
Rod of Wrath (1915)
as Erickson's Son
The Command from Galilee (1911)
as The Lover
The Able-Minded Lady (1922)
as Breezy Bright
Modern Husbands (1919)
as Stephen Duane
A Splendid Hazard (1920)
as Karl Breitman
The Long Chance (1922)
as Harley P. Hennage
A Summer Idyll (1910)
Actor
The Jazz Age (1929)
as Mr Maxwell
The Old Man (1914)
as The Old Man
The Confession (1920)
as Father Bartlett
Fools of Fate (1909)
Actor
The Odalisque (1914)
as Joe, in love with May
On the Reef (1910)
as Mr. Wilson
Thou Shalt Not (1910)
Actor