Henry B. Walthall
Known for Acting · 217 credits
- Born
- 1878-03-15
- Died
- 1936-06-17
- Place of birth
- Shelby County, Alabama, USA
- Also known as
- Henry B. Walthal · H. B. Walthall · H.B. Walthall · Henry Walthall · William Walthall · Henry Brazeale 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.
Known For
Movies (217)
Wings
1927
as Mr. Armstrong
The Birth of a Nation
1915
as Col. Ben Cameron
City Park
1934
as Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome
The Trespasser
1929
as Fuller
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
as Dr. Manette
Modern Husbands
1919
as Stephen Duane
My Hero
1912
as Indian Charlie
My Baby
1912
as The Husband
Kentucky Pride
1925
as Mr. Beaumont
The Iconoclast
1910
42nd Street
1933
as Concerned Actor (uncredited)
The Newlyweds
1910
as A Friend / At Station Reception
Classmates
1914
as Duncan Irving
Police Court
1932
as Nathaniel "Nat" Barry
Judge Priest
1934
as Reverend Ashby Brand
The Odalisque
1914
as Joe, in love with May
Ghosts
1915
as Captain Alving / Oswald
Abraham Lincoln
1930
as Colonel Marshall
Fighting Love
1927
as Filipo Navarro
Souls Courageous
1911
The Confession
1920
as Father Bartlett
Getting Even
1909
as Miner
Ramona
1910
as Alessandro
The Converts
1910
Judith of Bethulia
1914
as Holofernes
China Clipper
1936
as Dad Brunn
Strongheart
1914
as Soangataha / Strongheart
Viva Villa!
1934
as Francisco Madero
Men in White
1934
as enry B. Walthall
Stark Mad
1929
as Capt. Rhodes - Yacht Commander
Helldorado
1935
as Abner Meadows
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Eph Clinton
Headline Shooter
1933
as Judge Beacon (uncredited)
Dark Hazard
1934
as Schultz
The Usurer
1910
as One of the Second Debtors
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1929
as Father Juniper
Lord Chumley
1914
as Lord Chumley
Central Park
1932
as Eby
The Scarlet Letter
1934
as Roger Chillingworth
Pippa Passes
1909
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
London After Midnight
1927
as Sir James Hamlin
Chandu the Magician
1932
as Robert Regent
Broken Ways
1913
as The Road Agent
Love Time
1934
as Duke Johann von Hatzfeld
The Scarlet Letter
1927
as Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth
From Headquarters
1929
as Buffalo Bill Ryan
Somewhere in Sonora
1933
as Bob Leadly
The Last Outlaw
1936
as Cal Yates
Ride Him, Cowboy
1932
as John Gaunt
Self Defense
1932
as Doctor Borden
The Mine with the Iron Door
1936
as David Burton
Dante's Inferno
1935
as Pop McWade
Freedom of the Press
1928
as John Ballard
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1923
as Robert Stevens
The Plastic Age
1925
as Henry Carver
A Corner in Wheat
1909
as Wheat King's Assistant
The Informer
1912
as The False Brother
Tol'able David
1930
as Amos Hatburn
The River of Romance
1929
as General Jeff Rumford
London After Midnight
2002
as Sir James Hamlin (archive footage)
A Trap for Santa Claus
1909
as Arthur Rogers (uncredited)
Klondike
1932
as Mark Armstrong
Death's Marathon
1913
as The Husband
The Sealed Room
1909
as The Minstrel
The Lemon Drop Kid
1934
as Jonas Deering
The Avenging Conscience
1914
as The Nephew
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908
as Woodsman
The Murder in the Museum
1934
as Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto
The Mirror
1913
as The Station Agent
Strange Interlude
1932
as Professor Leeds
The Phantom in the House
1929
as Boyd Milburn
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Slave
1909
as Alachus' Friend
Speakeasy
1929
as Piano player
In the Border States
1910
as Confederate Corporal
The Great Love
1918
as Sir Roger Brighton
Anybody's Blonde
1931
as Mr. Evans
The Wanderer
1913
as The Wanderer
Home, Sweet Home
1914
as John Howard Payne
Hold Your Man
1933
as Clergyman in Alternate Version (uncredited)
Temper
1915
as Frank Bradbury
Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927
as Van Denbosch
Pranks
1909
as Sunbather
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
as The Householder's Weakling Brother
The Raven
1915
as Edgar Allan Poe
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
as The Father
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913
as The Young Woman's Fiance
The Devil-Doll
1936
as Marcel
The Day After
1909
as Party Guest
Temple Tower
1930
as Blackton
Dollar Down
1925
as Alec Craig
Brutality
1912
as Actor In Oliver Twist
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933
as Father Ryan
The Barrier
1926
as Gale Gaylord
During the Round-Up
1913
as The Stranger
The Unknown Purple
1923
as Peter Marchmont / Victor Cromport
Is There Justice?
1931
as District Attorney John Raymond
Everybody's Acting
1926
as Thorpe
The Lady and the Mouse
1913
as The First Rival
Her Forgotten Past
1933
as Mr. Maynard
I Am Not a Racist
2019
as Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
Beggars in Ermine
1934
as Marchant the Blind Man
The Oath and the Man
1910
as Henri Prevost
The Garden Murder Case
1936
as Dr. Garden
Black Magic
1929
as Dr. Bradbroke
The Misleading Lady
1916
as Jack Craiger
The Long Arm of Mannister
1919
as George Mannister
The Whispering Shadow
1933
as J. D. Bradley
They Would Elope
1909
Friends
1912
as Dandy Jack
The Kickback
1922
as Aaron Price
Hotel Continental
1932
as Winthrop
Love Among the Roses
1910
as The Lord
The False Faces
1919
as Michael Lanyard
The Broken Locket
1909
as Mexican Man
A Flash of Light
1910
as Younger John Rogers
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Col. Ben Cameron (archive footage)
Rose o' Salem Town
1910
as The Trapper
The Wolf Dog
1933
as Jim Courtney
About Henry B. Walthall
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… With 217 credits spanning from 1908 to 2019, Henry B. Walthall has appeared in 217 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Wings (1927) — as Mr. Armstrong
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) — as Col. Ben Cameron
- City Park (1934) — as Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome
- The Trespasser (1929) — as Fuller
- A Tale of Two Cities (1935) — as Dr. Manette
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