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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. Actor: The Birth of a Nation. 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.
- March 16, 1878
- June 17, 1936
Mar 14, 2022 · Here are 10 things you should know about Henry B. Walthall, born 144 years ago today. After a few years on the Broadway stage, he made more than 300 films in a 28-year movie career.
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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.
Henry B. Walthall (Henry Brazeale Walthall) was born on 16 March, 1878 in Shelby City, Alabama, USA, is an Actor, Assistant Director. Discover Henry B. Walthall's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates.
Henry Brazeale Walthall (born March 16, 1878 at Mallory Station in Shelby County; died June 17, 1936 in Monrovia, California) was a silent film actor, appearing in dozens of films between 1909 and 1936. He was best known for playing Colonel Ben Cameron in D. W. Griffith's epic The Birth of a Nation.
Henry Brazeale Walthall was born on March 16, 1878 on a plantation near Shelby County, Alabama, sharing with D.W. Griffith a chivalric southern culture and tradition but enjoying perhaps a more affluent family life than the director (Slide II, pg. 401).
