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Biography. Walter Thomas Huston (April 5, 1883 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian actor and singer. Huston won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), directed by his son John Huston. He is the patriarch of the four generations of the Huston acting family, including his son John ...
Acting Career. Huston began his Broadway career on January 22, 1924 in 'Mr. Pitt'. It did well and led to several successful New York seasons for the actor in a variety of plays including 'Desire Under the Elms' in 1924, 'Kongo' in 1926, 'The Barker' in 1927, 'Elmer the Great' in 1928 and years later, in 1934, 'Dodsworth'.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., April 7--Walter Huston, one of the nation's outstanding stage and film actors for a generation, died of a heart attack at the Beverly Hills Hotel this morning. View Full ...
