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Walter Huston

Walter Huston

Actor · Died April 7, 1950, aged 67 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Walter Thomas Huston (April 5, 1883 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian actor and singer. Huston won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), directed by his son John Huston. He is the patriarch of the four generations of the Huston acting family, including his son John, grandchildren Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston, Allegra Huston, and great-grandchild Jack Huston. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
April 3, 1883
Died
April 7, 1950 (aged 67)
From
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Works as
Actor
Titles
40 on MovieCove · 76 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 39% in 30 days

What are Walter Huston's films like?

Across their 36 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Genres

Drama16 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Documentary9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Documentary movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
27%
Power
19%
Bonds
18%
Society
16%
Survival
11%
Self
8%
Ideas
1%
Justice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeWar6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice5 titles, browse their movies with this themePower5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 36 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 10 · Dark 22

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 19 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 18 · Intense 11

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 14 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 20 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 21 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 5 · Affecting 19 · Heavy 12

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 31 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

27 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 8 of 27 analyzed roles.

Mentor
8 of 27
Hero
7 of 27
Shadow
5 of 27
Threshold guardian
2 of 27
Ally
2 of 27
Trickster
2 of 27
Shapeshifter
1 of 27
Show the 27 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
27
Melancholic
20
Hopeful
8
Dread
7
Romantic
7
Other
27

How their films linger

Thought-provoking13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Walter Huston's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 40 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Walter Huston's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

76 credits, 40 with a MovieCove page; 15 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Momo: The Sam Giancana Story(2011)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood(2008)

    as Various Roles (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Discovering Treasure: The Story of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre(2003)

    as Howard (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • John Ford Goes to War(2002)

    as Uncle Sam

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Narrator

  • Going Hollywood: The '30s(1984)

    as (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Armored Attack! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Dr. Kurin

  • The Furies(1950)

    as T. C. Jeffords

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Great Sinner(1949)

    as General Ostrovsky

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Summer Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Mr. Nat Miller

  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre(1948)

    as Howard

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Duel in the Sun(1946)

    as The Sinkiller

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Let There Be Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Dragonwyck(1946)

    as Ephraim Wells

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • And Then There Were None(1945)

    as Edward Armstrong

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Know Your Enemy - Japan(1945)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • War Comes to America(1945)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Why We Fight: The Battle of China (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Abraham Lincoln

  • Dragon Seed(1944)

    as Ling Tan

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Know Your Ally: Britain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Narrator

  • Twenty Years After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as (archive footage)

  • War Department Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • The North Star(1943)

    as Dr. Kurin

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Voice That Thrilled the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)

  • The Battle of Britain(1943)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Report from the Aleutians(1943)

    as Voices of officers (voice)

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • For God and Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Narrator

  • Mission to Moscow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Ambassador Joseph E. Davies

  • Edge of Darkness(1943)

    as Dr. Martin Stensgard

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • December 7th(1943)

    as Uncle Sam 'U.S.'

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Outlaw(1943)

    as Doc Holliday

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Narrator

  • The Nazis Strike(1943)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Our Russian Front (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Narrator

  • Yankee Doodle Dandy(1942)

    as Jerry Cohan

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • In This Our Life(1942)

    as Bartender (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Always in My Heart(1942)

    as MacKenzie Scott

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Safeguarding Military Information (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as General (uncredited)

  • The Shanghai Gesture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Sir Guy Charteris

  • Swamp Water(1941)

    as Thursday Ragan

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Maltese Falcon(1941)

    as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Devil and Daniel Webster(1941)

    as Mr. Scratch

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Light That Failed(1939)

    as Torpenhow

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Of Human Hearts(1938)

    as Ethan Wilkins

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Dodsworth(1936)

    as Sam Dodsworth

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Rhodes of Africa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Cecil John Rhodes

  • Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Actor

  • The Tunnel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as President of the United States

  • Keep 'Em Rolling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Sgt. Benjamin E. Walsh

  • The Prizefighter and the Lady(1933)

    as Edwin J. Bennett ("The Professor")

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Ann Vickers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Barney Dolphin

  • Storm at Daybreak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Mayor Dushan Radovic

  • Hell Below (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN

  • Gabriel Over the White House(1933)

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

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Rain(1932)

    as Alfred Davidson

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Kongo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Flint

  • American Madness(1932)

    as Thomas Dickson

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Night Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Judge Andrew J. Moffett

  • The Wet Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Pow Tarleton

  • The Beast of the City(1932)

    as Captain James "Jim" Fitzpatrick aka Fighting Fitz

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Law and Order(1932)

    as Frame 'Saint' Johnson

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Woman from Monte Carlo(1932)

    as Captain Corlaix

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • A House Divided (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Seth Law

  • The Ruling Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Jack Bannister

  • The Star Witness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as District Attorney Whitlock

  • How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Judge Walter Huston (uncredited)

  • The Criminal Code(1931)

    as Mark Brady

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Abraham Lincoln(1930)

    as Abraham Lincoln

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Virtuous Sin(1930)

    as Gregory Platoff

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Bad Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Pancho Lopez

  • Behind the Make-Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)

  • The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Trampas

  • The Lady Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Robert Rossiter

  • Two Americans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Abraham Lincoln

  • Gentlemen of the Press (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Wickland Snell

  • The Bishop's Candlesticks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as The Convict

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 74 titles from 1929 to 2008.

Biggest box office

Duel in the Sun (1946)

$20M worldwide

Highest rated

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

Top draw in 14 MovieCove titles.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting74 of 74: 74 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rd

By decade

1920s5 · acting1930s29 · acting1940s34 · acting1950s2 · acting1980s1 · acting2000s3 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 32% of 25 roles
303545

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Walter Huston's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 40; across their 36 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 36

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 36

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 36

Midcredits score across 40 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 40 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Momo: The Sam Giancana Story (2011)

75th percentile spread · 24% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Midcredits 99th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 30 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Walter Huston's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 3 · minimalMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Walter Huston work with?

People who share at least 2 of Walter Huston's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Frank Capra shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles