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Raoul Walsh (born Albert Edward Walsh; March 11, 1887 – December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh.
Jan 3, 1981 · Raoul Walsh, a dynamic movie pioneer and a major director for nearly half a century, died of a heart attack Wednesday night at Simi Valley (Calif.) Adventist Hospital near Los Angeles.
Dec 14, 2011 · In 1947, Walsh wed Mary Simpson. He was 60, she was 24. Blue-eyed, blonde and vivacious, Mary, like her husband, was not immune to the attentions of the opposite sex, especially when Walsh was busy looking the other way.
Jul 10, 2011 · Only Mary Simpson, an equestrian who was in her mid-20s when Walsh, then in his late 50s, made her his wife, is acknowledged. Apart from her beauty, it was Simpson's roots in Virginia horse country that Walsh connected to: Throughout his years in Hollywood, the director led a second life as a horse breeder and racetrack habitué.
Aug 29, 2022 · Walsh’s third and final wife was Mary Simpson who he married in 1947. The couple remained together until Walsh’s death. Keep watching to learn all about his incredible life story and how Raoul Walsh spent the last years of his life blind.
Oct 14, 2021 · They would divorce in 1947 when he would marry third wife Mary Simpson with whom he would remain for the rest of his life. In 1930, Walsh directed The Big Trail , the first widescreen film starring his discovery, John Wayne.
Dec 9, 2018 · Yet Walsh lived in quiet, happy retirement with his third wife Mary Simpson, in California, granting interviews to the likes of director and film scholar Peter Bogdanovich.
