Henry B. Walthall
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: March 15, 1878
Day of Death: June 17, 1936 (58 years old)
Place of Birth: Shelby County, Alabama, USA
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.
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Actor Reverend Ashby Brand
Judge Priest
Actor Francisco Madero
Viva Villa!
Actor Roger Chillingworth
The Scarlet Letter
Actor Duke Johann von Hatzfeld
Love Time
Actor enry B. Walthall
Men in White
Actor Schultz
Dark Hazard
Actor Marchant the Blind Man
Beggars in Ermine
Actor Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto
The Murder in the Museum
Actor Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome
City Park
Actor Dr. Amon
A Girl of the Limberlost
Actor Jonas Deering
The Lemon Drop Kid
1933
Actor Stage Actor (uncredited)
42nd Street
Actor Bob Leadly
Somewhere in Sonora
Actor Rev. Mr. James
The Flaming Signal
Actor Mr. Maynard
Her Forgotten Past
Actor Jim Courtney
The Wolf Dog
Actor Clergyman in Alternate Version (uncredited)
Hold Your Man
Actor J. D. Bradley
The Whispering Shadow
Actor Judge Beacon (uncredited)
Headline Shooter
Actor Father Ryan
The Sin of Nora Moran
1932
Actor John Gaunt
Ride Him, Cowboy
Actor Robert Regent
Chandu the Magician
Actor Professor Leeds
Strange Interlude
Actor Winthrop
Hotel Continental
Actor Mark Armstrong
Klondike
Actor Nathaniel "Nat" Barry
Police Court
Actor Eby
Central Park
Actor Atwell
Alias Mary Smith
Actor Eph Clinton
The Cabin in the Cotton
Actor Sarge
Me and My Gal
Actor Doctor Borden
Self Defense
1931
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1929
Actor Fuller
The Trespasser
Actor Capt. Rhodes - Yacht Commander
Stark Mad
Actor Boyd Milburn
The Phantom in the House
Actor Father Juniper
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Actor General Jeff Rumford
The River of Romance
Actor Dr. Bradbroke
Black Magic
Actor Buffalo Bill Ryan
From Headquarters
Actor Piano player
Speakeasy
Actor Burke
Blaze o' Glory
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Actor The Nephew
The Avenging Conscience
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The Green-Eyed Devil
Actor Lord Chumley
Lord Chumley
Actor Joe, in love with May
The Odalisque
Actor Holofernes
Judith of Bethulia
Actor The Gopher
The Mysterious Shot
Actor Soangataha / Strongheart
Strongheart
Actor John Howard Payne
Home, Sweet Home
Actor The Old Man
The Old Man
Actor Stephen Pryde
The Floor Above
Actor Douglas Williams
The Mountain Rat
Actor Duncan Irving
Classmates
Actor Porky Dugan
The Gangsters of New York
Actor The President of the Republic
The Awakening of Donna Isolla
1913
Actor First Bandit
The Sheriff's Baby
Actor The Young Woman's Fiance
Love in an Apartment Hotel
Actor The Stranger
During the Round-Up
Actor The Father
If We Only Knew
Actor The Prospector
The Tenderfoot's Money
Actor The Poor Man
The Stolen Loaf
Actor The Station Agent
The Mirror
Actor Beth's Brother
A Gambler's Honor
Actor The Indian Chief's Son
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
Actor The Husband
Death's Marathon
Actor The Poet
The Perfidy of Mary
Actor The Wanderer
The Wanderer
Actor The Switchman
The Switchtower
Actor The Actor
Her Mother's Oath
Actor The Husband
Three Friends
Actor Badger Gang Member
A Woman in the Ultimate
Actor The Road Agent
Broken Ways
Actor The Valley Man
The Little Tease
Actor First Partner
Two Men of the Desert
Actor The Idealist
Oil and Water
Actor The First Rival
The Lady and the Mouse
1912
Actor Jim Watson
In the Aisles of the Wild
Actor The Father
Two Daughters of Eve
Actor Actor In Oliver Twist
Brutality
Actor Indian Charlie
My Hero
Actor Dandy Jack
Friends
Actor The Householder's Weakling Brother
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Actor The False Brother
The Informer
Actor The Husband
My Baby
Actor The Husband
The One She Loved
Actor A Psalm Singer
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
Actor In Club
So Near, Yet So Far
Actor The Woodsman
The God Within
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Actor George Pickett Jr.
The Honor of His Family
Actor Younger John Rogers
A Flash of Light
Actor Charles Randolph - The Confederate Soldier
The House with Closed Shutters
Actor The Lord
Wilful Peggy
Actor The Trapper
Rose o' Salem Town
Actor Henri Prevost
The Oath and the Man
Actor Alessandro
Ramona
Actor The Farmer
A Child of the Ghetto
Actor The Lord
Love Among the Roses
Actor Pedro
The Two Brothers
Actor Perdita's Son
In Old California
Actor Estrada
The Thread of Destiny
Actor One of the Second Debtors
The Usurer
Actor Vincent, as an Adult
In Life's Cycle
Actor The Lord
The Call to Arms
Actor Bill
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
Actor
His Last Burglary
Actor
The Way of the World
Actor
A Summer Idyll
Actor
The Face at the Window
Actor
The Converts
Actor
The Gold Seekers
Actor
The Iconoclast
Actor
Thou Shalt Not
Actor Walter Holden
The Kid
Actor Billy Harvey
The Call
Actor Macennas
The Armorer’s Daughter
Actor
The Gray of the Dawn
Actor Mr. Wilson
On the Reef
Actor
Where the Sea and the Shore Doth Meet
Actor The Father
The Cloister’s Touch
Actor Confederate Corporal
In the Border States
1909
Actor The Minstrel
The Sealed Room
Actor Wheat King's Assistant
A Corner in Wheat
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Pippa Passes
Actor Miner
Getting Even
Actor Robert, the Confederate son
In Old Kentucky
Actor Indian
The Mended Lute
Actor A Thief
A Strange Meeting
Actor Mexican Man
The Broken Locket
Actor
Fools of Fate
Actor Party Guest
The Day After
Actor The Mexican Lover
The Heart of an Outlaw
Actor
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Actor Arthur Rogers (uncredited)
A Trap for Santa Claus
Actor Sunbather
Pranks
Actor Alachus' Friend
The Slave
Actor In Boarding House
The Little Darling
Actor Victor Ratazzi
In Little Italy
Actor
They Would Elope
