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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).
Henry B. Walthall was a respected stage actor who became a favorite of pioneering film director D.W. Griffith. Born in 1878 in Alabama, Walthall embarked on a law career but quit law school in 1898 to enlist in the US Army in order to fight in the Spanish-American War.
Mar 14, 2022 · Here are 10 things you should know about Henry B. Walthall, born on March 16, 1878. After a few years on the Broadway stage, he made more than 300 films in a...
Find the location of Henry B. Walthall's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, read a biography, see related stars and browse a map of important places in their career. Born Henry Brazeale...
Judith of Bethulia is an American film starring Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall, and produced and directed by D. W. Griffith, based on the play "Judith and the Holofernes" (1896) by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, which itself was an adaptation of the Book of Judith.
The years 1917 and 1918 were pivotal for Henry B. Walthall, both professionally and personally. After a two-year stint in Chicago with Essanay, Walthall vowed to move away from the bizarre, morbid roles that made him famous beyond the "Little Colonel."
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.
One hesitates to begin a biography of Henry B. Walthall with a description of his famous role in the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation. Nearly every article found on Walthall introduces the actor as the "Little Colonel"--hero of the D.W. Griffith masterpiece.
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's mini bio and pictorial are on pages 212-213. Six pics, all of which can be found on the Silent Gents site (see my Links page). The book includes movie credits with the photos.
