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