Acting
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 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.
Filmography
I Am Not a Racist
Film · 2019
London After Midnight
Film · 2002
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Film · 1998
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Film · 1975
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Film · 1942
The Devil-Doll
Film · 1936
Hearts in Bondage
Film · 1936
The Last Outlaw
Film · 1936
The Mine with the Iron Door
Film · 1936
China Clipper
Film · 1936
The Garden Murder Case
Film · 1936
A Tale of Two Cities
Film · 1935
Helldorado
Film · 1935
Dante's Inferno
Film · 1935
Judge Priest
Film · 1934
Viva Villa!
Film · 1934
The Scarlet Letter
Film · 1934
Love Time
Film · 1934
Men in White
Film · 1934
Dark Hazard
Film · 1934
Beggars in Ermine
Film · 1934
The Murder in the Museum
Film · 1934
City Park
Film · 1934
A Girl of the Limberlost
Film · 1934
The Lemon Drop Kid
Film · 1934
42nd Street
Film · 1933
Somewhere in Sonora
Film · 1933
The Flaming Signal
Film · 1933
Her Forgotten Past
Film · 1933
The Wolf Dog
Film · 1933
Hold Your Man
Film · 1933
The Whispering Shadow
Film · 1933
Headline Shooter
Film · 1933
The Sin of Nora Moran
Film · 1933
Ride Him, Cowboy
Film · 1932
Chandu the Magician
Film · 1932
Strange Interlude
Film · 1932
Hotel Continental
Film · 1932
Klondike
Film · 1932
Police Court
Film · 1932
Central Park
Film · 1932
Alias Mary Smith
Film · 1932
The Cabin in the Cotton
Film · 1932
Me and My Gal
Film · 1932
Self Defense
Film · 1932
Anybody's Blonde
Film · 1931
Is There Justice?
Film · 1931
Abraham Lincoln
Film · 1930
Tol'able David
Film · 1930
Temple Tower
Film · 1930
The Love Trader
Film · 1930
The Trespasser
Film · 1929
Stark Mad
Film · 1929
The Phantom in the House
Film · 1929
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Film · 1929
The River of Romance
Film · 1929
Black Magic
Film · 1929
From Headquarters
Film · 1929
Speakeasy
Film · 1929
Blaze o' Glory
Film · 1929
The Jazz Age
Film · 1929
In Old California
Film · 1929
Retribution
Film · 1928
Freedom of the Press
Film · 1928
A Light in the Window
Film · 1927
London After Midnight
Film · 1927
The Scarlet Letter
Film · 1927
Wings
Film · 1927
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Film · 1927
Fighting Love
Film · 1927
The Road to Mandalay
Film · 1926
The Barrier
Film · 1926
Three Faces East
Film · 1926
Everybody's Acting
Film · 1926
The Unknown Soldier
Film · 1926
The Golden Bed
Film · 1925
Kentucky Pride
Film · 1925
Kit Carson Over the Great Divide
Film · 1925
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
Film · 1925
The Plastic Age
Film · 1925
Dollar Down
Film · 1925
The Woman on the Jury
Film · 1924
Single Wives
Film · 1924
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Film · 1923
The Unknown Purple
Film · 1923
Gimme
Film · 1923
Boy of Mine
Film · 1923
The Kickback
Film · 1922
One Clear Call
Film · 1922
The Long Chance
Film · 1922
The Able-Minded Lady
Film · 1922
Flower of the North
Film · 1921
A Splendid Hazard
Film · 1920
The Confession
Film · 1920
Parted Curtains
Film · 1920
Modern Husbands
Film · 1919
The False Faces
Film · 1919
The Long Arm of Mannister
Film · 1919
The Long Lane's Turning
Film · 1919
The Boomerang
Film · 1919
The Great Love
Film · 1918
Humdrum Brown
Film · 1918
His Robe of Honor
Film · 1918
The Misleading Lady
Film · 1916
Pillars of Society
Film · 1916
The Strange Case of Mary Page
Film · 1916
The Sting of Victory
Film · 1916
The Birth of a Nation
Film · 1915
Ghosts
Film · 1915
The Raven
Film · 1915
Rod of Wrath
Film · 1915
The Outer Edge
Film · 1915
The Circular Path
Film · 1915
Temper
Film · 1915
The Avenging Conscience
Film · 1914
The Green-Eyed Devil
Film · 1914
Lord Chumley
Film · 1914
The Odalisque
Film · 1914
Judith of Bethulia
Film · 1914
The Mysterious Shot
Film · 1914
Strongheart
Film · 1914
Home, Sweet Home
Film · 1914
The Old Man
Film · 1914
The Floor Above
Film · 1914
The Mountain Rat
Film · 1914
Classmates
Film · 1914
The Gangsters of New York
Film · 1914
The Awakening of Donna Isolla
Film · 1914
The Sheriff's Baby
Film · 1913
Love in an Apartment Hotel
Film · 1913
During the Round-Up
Film · 1913
If We Only Knew
Film · 1913
The Tenderfoot's Money
Film · 1913
The Stolen Loaf
Film · 1913
The Mirror
Film · 1913
A Gambler's Honor
Film · 1913
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
Film · 1913
Death's Marathon
Film · 1913
The Perfidy of Mary
Film · 1913
The Wanderer
Film · 1913
The Switchtower
Film · 1913
Her Mother's Oath
Film · 1913
Three Friends
Film · 1913
A Woman in the Ultimate
Film · 1913
Broken Ways
Film · 1913
The Little Tease
Film · 1913
Two Men of the Desert
Film · 1913
Oil and Water
Film · 1913
The Lady and the Mouse
Film · 1913
In the Aisles of the Wild
Film · 1912
Two Daughters of Eve
Film · 1912
Brutality
Film · 1912
My Hero
Film · 1912
Friends
Film · 1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Film · 1912
The Informer
Film · 1912
My Baby
Film · 1912
The One She Loved
Film · 1912
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
Film · 1912
So Near, Yet So Far
Film · 1912
The God Within
Film · 1912
For His Sake
Film · 1911
The Command from Galilee
Film · 1911
Souls Courageous
Film · 1911
The Honor of His Family
Film · 1910
A Flash of Light
Film · 1910
The House with Closed Shutters
Film · 1910
Wilful Peggy
Film · 1910
Rose o' Salem Town
Film · 1910
The Oath and the Man
Film · 1910
Ramona
Film · 1910
A Child of the Ghetto
Film · 1910
Love Among the Roses
Film · 1910
The Two Brothers
Film · 1910
In Old California
Film · 1910
The Thread of Destiny
Film · 1910
The Usurer
Film · 1910
In Life's Cycle
Film · 1910
The Call to Arms
Film · 1910
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
Film · 1910
His Last Burglary
Film · 1910
The Way of the World
Film · 1910
A Summer Idyll
Film · 1910
The Face at the Window
Film · 1910
The Converts
Film · 1910
The Gold Seekers
Film · 1910
The Iconoclast
Film · 1910
Thou Shalt Not
Film · 1910
The Kid
Film · 1910
The Call
Film · 1910
The Armorer’s Daughter
Film · 1910
The Gray of the Dawn
Film · 1910
On the Reef
Film · 1910
Where the Sea and the Shore Doth Meet
Film · 1910
The Cloister’s Touch
Film · 1910
In the Border States
Film · 1910
The Newlyweds
Film · 1910
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
Film · 1910
Gold Is Not All
Film · 1910
The Sealed Room
Film · 1909
A Corner in Wheat
Film · 1909
Pippa Passes
Film · 1909
Getting Even
Film · 1909
In Old Kentucky
Film · 1909
The Mended Lute
Film · 1909
A Strange Meeting
Film · 1909
The Broken Locket
Film · 1909
Fools of Fate
Film · 1909
The Day After
Film · 1909
The Heart of an Outlaw
Film · 1909
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Film · 1909
A Trap for Santa Claus
Film · 1909
Pranks
Film · 1909
The Little Darling
Film · 1909
In Little Italy
Film · 1909
They Would Elope
Film · 1909
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
Film · 1908