Henry B. Walthall
Known for Acting · 217 credits
- Born
- 1878-03-15
- Died
- 1936-06-17
- Place of birth
- Shelby County, Alabama, USA
- Also known as
- Henry B. Walthal · H. B. Walthall · H.B. Walthall · Henry Walthall · William Walthall · Henry Brazeale Walthall
Biography
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.
Known For
Movies (217)
Wings
1927
as Mr. Armstrong
The Birth of a Nation
1915
as Col. Ben Cameron
Kentucky Pride
1925
as Mr. Beaumont
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
as Dr. Manette
The Trespasser
1929
as Fuller
City Park
1934
as Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome
My Baby
1912
as The Husband
My Hero
1912
as Indian Charlie
The Newlyweds
1910
as A Friend / At Station Reception
Classmates
1914
as Duncan Irving
42nd Street
1933
as Concerned Actor (uncredited)
Modern Husbands
1919
as Stephen Duane
The Iconoclast
1910
Police Court
1932
as Nathaniel "Nat" Barry
Ramona
1910
as Alessandro
Getting Even
1909
as Miner
Ghosts
1915
as Captain Alving / Oswald
The Odalisque
1914
as Joe, in love with May
Fighting Love
1927
as Filipo Navarro
Souls Courageous
1911
Judge Priest
1934
as Reverend Ashby Brand
Judith of Bethulia
1914
as Holofernes
The Confession
1920
as Father Bartlett
Abraham Lincoln
1930
as Colonel Marshall
Lord Chumley
1914
as Lord Chumley
The Converts
1910
Viva Villa!
1934
as Francisco Madero
Dark Hazard
1934
as Schultz
The Scarlet Letter
1934
as Roger Chillingworth
Helldorado
1935
as Abner Meadows
Men in White
1934
as enry B. Walthall
Headline Shooter
1933
as Judge Beacon (uncredited)
China Clipper
1936
as Dad Brunn
Pranks
1909
as Sunbather
Strongheart
1914
as Soangataha / Strongheart
The Garden Murder Case
1936
as Dr. Garden
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Eph Clinton
London After Midnight
1927
as Sir James Hamlin
A Corner in Wheat
1909
as Wheat King's Assistant
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933
as Father Ryan
Stark Mad
1929
as Capt. Rhodes - Yacht Commander
The Scarlet Letter
1927
as Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1929
as Father Juniper
The Last Outlaw
1936
as Cal Yates
Love Time
1934
as Duke Johann von Hatzfeld
Dante's Inferno
1935
as Pop McWade
Self Defense
1932
as Doctor Borden
Central Park
1932
as Eby
The Devil-Doll
1936
as Marcel
Klondike
1932
as Mark Armstrong
Chandu the Magician
1932
as Robert Regent
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
Her Forgotten Past
1933
as Mr. Maynard
The Usurer
1910
as One of the Second Debtors
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908
as Woodsman
Somewhere in Sonora
1933
as Bob Leadly
Flower of the North
1921
as Philip Whitemore
The Lemon Drop Kid
1934
as Jonas Deering
The Old Man
1914
as The Old Man
The Slave
1909
as Alachus' Friend
Temple Tower
1930
as Blackton
Broken Ways
1913
as The Road Agent
The One She Loved
1912
as The Husband
The Murder in the Museum
1934
as Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto
Pippa Passes
1909
The River of Romance
1929
as General Jeff Rumford
The Barrier
1926
as Gale Gaylord
Ride Him, Cowboy
1932
as John Gaunt
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913
as The Indian Chief's Son
Freedom of the Press
1928
as John Ballard
Pillars of Society
1916
as Karsten Bernick
Boy of Mine
1923
as William Latimer
The Avenging Conscience
1914
as The Nephew
Me and My Gal
1932
as Sarge
London After Midnight
2002
as Sir James Hamlin (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Col. Ben Cameron (archive footage)
Hold Your Man
1933
as Clergyman in Alternate Version (uncredited)
Strange Interlude
1932
as Professor Leeds
Home, Sweet Home
1914
as John Howard Payne
From Headquarters
1929
as Buffalo Bill Ryan
The Informer
1912
as The False Brother
The Sealed Room
1909
as The Minstrel
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
as The Householder's Weakling Brother
Death's Marathon
1913
as The Husband
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1923
as Robert Stevens
Three Friends
1913
as The Husband
Speakeasy
1929
as Piano player
One Clear Call
1922
as Henry Garnett
The Lady and the Mouse
1913
as The First Rival
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
as In Club
His Robe of Honor
1918
as Julian Randolph
The False Faces
1919
as Michael Lanyard
The Wanderer
1913
as The Wanderer
In the Border States
1910
as Confederate Corporal
Tol'able David
1930
as Amos Hatburn
The Mine with the Iron Door
1936
as David Burton
Alias Mary Smith
1932
as Atwell
Love Among the Roses
1910
as The Lord
The Kickback
1922
as Aaron Price
A Trap for Santa Claus
1909
as Arthur Rogers (uncredited)
The Woman on the Jury
1924
as Prosecuting Attorney
The Unknown Purple
1923
as Peter Marchmont / Victor Cromport
The Plastic Age
1925
as Henry Carver
The Gold Seekers
1910
The Great Love
1918
as Sir Roger Brighton
The Unknown Soldier
1926
as John Phillips
The Gangsters of New York
1914
as Porky Dugan
Gimme
1923
as John McGimsey
Is There Justice?
1931
as District Attorney John Raymond
Rod of Wrath
1915
as Erickson's Son
Anybody's Blonde
1931
as Mr. Evans
For His Sake
1911
The Misleading Lady
1916
as Jack Craiger
The Jazz Age
1929
as Mr Maxwell
Wilful Peggy
1910
as The Lord
The Mirror
1913
as The Station Agent
In Little Italy
1909
as Victor Ratazzi
Dollar Down
1925
as Alec Craig
During the Round-Up
1913
as The Stranger
About Henry B. Walthall
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… With 217 credits spanning from 1908 to 2019, Henry B. Walthall has appeared in 217 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Wings (1927) — as Mr. Armstrong
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) — as Col. Ben Cameron
- Kentucky Pride (1925) — as Mr. Beaumont
- A Tale of Two Cities (1935) — as Dr. Manette
- The Trespasser (1929) — as Fuller
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