Cast
Henry B. Walthall
Acting
Cast
Henry B. Walthall
Known for
Acting
Born
1878-03-15
From
Shelby County, Alabama, USA
Died
1936-06-17
Also known as Henry B. Walthal , H. B. Walthall , H.B. 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. 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.
Wings
as Mr. Armstrong
The Birth of a Nation
as Col. Ben Cameron
Kentucky Pride
as Mr. Beaumont
A Tale of Two Cities
as Dr. Manette
The Trespasser
as Fuller
City Park
as Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome
My Baby
as The Husband
My Hero
as Indian Charlie
The Newlyweds
as A Friend / At Station Reception
Classmates
as Duncan Irving
42nd Street
as Concerned Actor (uncredited)
Modern Husbands
as Stephen Duane
The Iconoclast
Police Court
as Nathaniel "Nat" Barry
Ramona
as Alessandro
Getting Even
as Miner
Ghosts
as Captain Alving / Oswald
The Odalisque
as Joe, in love with May
Fighting Love
as Filipo Navarro
Souls Courageous
Judge Priest
as Reverend Ashby Brand
Judith of Bethulia
as Holofernes
The Confession
as Father Bartlett
Abraham Lincoln
as Colonel Marshall
Lord Chumley
as Lord Chumley
The Converts
Viva Villa!
as Francisco Madero
Dark Hazard
as Schultz
The Scarlet Letter
as Roger Chillingworth
Helldorado
as Abner Meadows
Men in White
as enry B. Walthall
Headline Shooter
as Judge Beacon (uncredited)
China Clipper
as Dad Brunn
Pranks
as Sunbather
Strongheart
as Soangataha / Strongheart
The Garden Murder Case
as Dr. Garden
The Cabin in the Cotton
as Eph Clinton
London After Midnight
as Sir James Hamlin
A Corner in Wheat
as Wheat King's Assistant
The Sin of Nora Moran
as Father Ryan
Stark Mad
as Capt. Rhodes - Yacht Commander
The Scarlet Letter
as Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Father Juniper
The Last Outlaw
as Cal Yates
Love Time
as Duke Johann von Hatzfeld
Dante's Inferno
as Pop McWade
Self Defense
as Doctor Borden
Central Park
as Eby
The Devil-Doll
as Marcel
Klondike
as Mark Armstrong
Chandu the Magician
as Robert Regent
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
Her Forgotten Past
as Mr. Maynard
The Usurer
as One of the Second Debtors
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
as Woodsman
Somewhere in Sonora
as Bob Leadly
Flower of the North
as Philip Whitemore
The Lemon Drop Kid
as Jonas Deering
The Old Man
as The Old Man
The Slave
as Alachus' Friend
Temple Tower
as Blackton
Broken Ways
as The Road Agent
The One She Loved
as The Husband
The Murder in the Museum
as Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto
Pippa Passes
The River of Romance
as General Jeff Rumford
The Barrier
as Gale Gaylord
Ride Him, Cowboy
as John Gaunt
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
as The Indian Chief's Son
Freedom of the Press
as John Ballard
Pillars of Society
as Karsten Bernick
Boy of Mine
as William Latimer
The Avenging Conscience
as The Nephew
Me and My Gal
as Sarge
London After Midnight
as Sir James Hamlin (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Col. Ben Cameron (archive footage)
Hold Your Man
as Clergyman in Alternate Version (uncredited)
Strange Interlude
as Professor Leeds
Home, Sweet Home
as John Howard Payne
From Headquarters
as Buffalo Bill Ryan
The Informer
as The False Brother
The Sealed Room
as The Minstrel
The Burglar’s Dilemma
as The Householder's Weakling Brother
Death's Marathon
as The Husband
The Face on the Barroom Floor
as Robert Stevens
Three Friends
as The Husband
Speakeasy
as Piano player
One Clear Call
as Henry Garnett
The Lady and the Mouse
as The First Rival
So Near, Yet So Far
as In Club
His Robe of Honor
as Julian Randolph
The False Faces
as Michael Lanyard
The Wanderer
as The Wanderer
In the Border States
as Confederate Corporal
Tol'able David
as Amos Hatburn
The Mine with the Iron Door
as David Burton
Alias Mary Smith
as Atwell
Love Among the Roses
as The Lord
The Kickback
as Aaron Price
A Trap for Santa Claus
as Arthur Rogers (uncredited)
The Woman on the Jury
as Prosecuting Attorney
The Unknown Purple
as Peter Marchmont / Victor Cromport
The Plastic Age
as Henry Carver
The Gold Seekers
The Great Love
as Sir Roger Brighton
The Unknown Soldier
as John Phillips
The Gangsters of New York
as Porky Dugan
Gimme
as John McGimsey
Is There Justice?
as District Attorney John Raymond
Rod of Wrath
as Erickson's Son
Anybody's Blonde
as Mr. Evans
For His Sake
The Misleading Lady
as Jack Craiger
The Jazz Age
as Mr Maxwell
Wilful Peggy
as The Lord
The Mirror
as The Station Agent
In Little Italy
as Victor Ratazzi
Dollar Down
as Alec Craig
During the Round-Up
as The Stranger
The Oath and the Man
as Henri Prevost
Fools of Fate
Love Me and the World Is Mine
as Van Denbosch
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
I Am Not a Racist
as Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Perfidy of Mary
as The Poet
The Raven
as Edgar Allan Poe
Temper
as Frank Bradbury
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
as Bill
Everybody's Acting
as Thorpe
Brutality
as Actor In Oliver Twist
A Strange Meeting
as A Thief
The Phantom in the House
as Boyd Milburn
The Whispering Shadow
as J. D. Bradley
Beggars in Ermine
as Marchant the Blind Man
The Mountain Rat
as Douglas Williams
The Wolf Dog
as Jim Courtney
Black Magic
as Dr. Bradbroke
Hotel Continental
as Winthrop
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
as A Psalm Singer
If We Only Knew
as The Father
The Day After
as Party Guest
A Splendid Hazard
as Karl Breitman
Rose o' Salem Town
as The Trapper
The Long Arm of Mannister
as George Mannister
Two Daughters of Eve
as The Father
They Would Elope
The Honor of His Family
as George Pickett Jr.
Love in an Apartment Hotel
as The Young Woman's Fiance
The Command from Galilee
as The Lover
The Flaming Signal
as Rev. Mr. James
The Little Tease
as The Valley Man
On the Reef
as Mr. Wilson
The Sting of Victory
as David Whiting / Walker Whiting
The Tenderfoot's Money
as The Prospector
The Stolen Loaf
as The Poor Man
The God Within
as The Woodsman
Friends
as Dandy Jack
The Road to Mandalay
as Father James
In Old California
as Perdita's Son
A Flash of Light
as Younger John Rogers
The Switchtower
as The Switchman
A Child of the Ghetto
as The Farmer
Her Mother's Oath
as The Actor
The Broken Locket
as Mexican Man
The Cloister’s Touch
as The Father
The Green-Eyed Devil
Hearts in Bondage
as Capt. Buchanan
Thou Shalt Not
Parted Curtains
as Joe Jenkins
Three Faces East
as George Bennett
A Woman in the Ultimate
as Badger Gang Member
In Old Kentucky
as Robert, the Confederate son
The Mended Lute
as Indian
The Outer Edge
as Dr. Rownlee
In the Aisles of the Wild
as Jim Watson
The Floor Above
as Stephen Pryde
The Heart of an Outlaw
as The Mexican Lover
Retribution
as Henry / Tommy Mooney
The Mysterious Shot
as The Gopher
A Girl of the Limberlost
as Dr. Amon
The Two Brothers
as Pedro
The Long Chance
as Harley P. Hennage
The Circular Path
as Reverend Darwin Kirby
Oil and Water
as The Idealist
Kit Carson Over the Great Divide
as Dr. Samuel Webb
A Summer Idyll
The Golden Bed
as Col. Peake
In Life's Cycle
as Vincent, as an Adult
The Boomerang
as George Gray
Single Wives
as Franklin Dexter
The Call
as Billy Harvey
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
as William Hale
The Way of the World
The Able-Minded Lady
as Breezy Bright
The Armorer’s Daughter
as Macennas
The House with Closed Shutters
as Charles Randolph - The Confederate Soldier
The Little Darling
as In Boarding House
The Thread of Destiny
as Estrada
The Call to Arms
as The Lord
The Gray of the Dawn
The Kid
as Walter Holden
The Love Trader
as Captain Adams
A Light in the Window
as Johann Graff
The Strange Case of Mary Page
as Phil Langdon, Attorney
A Gambler's Honor
as Beth's Brother
The Sheriff's Baby
as First Bandit
The Face at the Window
as Ralph Bradford
Blaze o' Glory
as Burke
Humdrum Brown
as Hector 'Humdrum' Brown
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
as A Horse Thief
Two Men of the Desert
as First Partner
The Awakening of Donna Isolla
as The President of the Republic
His Last Burglary
Where the Sea and the Shore Doth Meet
In Old California
as Don Pedro De León
The Long Lane's Turning
as Harry Sevier