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)
The Birth of a Nation
1915
as Col. Ben Cameron
Wings
1927
as Mr. Armstrong
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
as Dr. Manette
42nd Street
1933
as Concerned Actor (uncredited)
Modern Husbands
1919
as Stephen Duane
The Trespasser
1929
as Fuller
City Park
1934
as Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome
My Baby
1912
as The Husband
Abraham Lincoln
1930
as Colonel Marshall
Ramona
1910
as Alessandro
Classmates
1914
as Duncan Irving
The Newlyweds
1910
as A Friend / At Station Reception
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933
as Father Ryan
The Iconoclast
1910
Police Court
1932
as Nathaniel "Nat" Barry
My Hero
1912
as Indian Charlie
Ghosts
1915
as Captain Alving / Oswald
Kentucky Pride
1925
as Mr. Beaumont
Dante's Inferno
1935
as Pop McWade
Getting Even
1909
as Miner
Men in White
1934
as enry B. Walthall
Souls Courageous
1911
The Converts
1910
Viva Villa!
1934
as Francisco Madero
Fighting Love
1927
as Filipo Navarro
Helldorado
1935
as Abner Meadows
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Confession
1920
as Father Bartlett
The Odalisque
1914
as Joe, in love with May
Judith of Bethulia
1914
as Holofernes
China Clipper
1936
as Dad Brunn
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Eph Clinton
Lord Chumley
1914
as Lord Chumley
The Scarlet Letter
1934
as Roger Chillingworth
Broken Ways
1913
as The Road Agent
The Garden Murder Case
1936
as Dr. Garden
Headline Shooter
1933
as Judge Beacon (uncredited)
Tol'able David
1930
as Amos Hatburn
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
The Scarlet Letter
1927
as Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth
Somewhere in Sonora
1933
as Bob Leadly
Chandu the Magician
1932
as Robert Regent
The Avenging Conscience
1914
as The Nephew
Judge Priest
1934
as Reverend Ashby Brand
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913
as The Indian Chief's Son
The Devil-Doll
1936
as Marcel
London After Midnight
1927
as Sir James Hamlin
The Last Outlaw
1936
as Cal Yates
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1929
as Father Juniper
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
as In Club
The Usurer
1910
as One of the Second Debtors
The Murder in the Museum
1934
as Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto
Ride Him, Cowboy
1932
as John Gaunt
The River of Romance
1929
as General Jeff Rumford
Self Defense
1932
as Doctor Borden
Love Among the Roses
1910
as The Lord
Central Park
1932
as Eby
The Great Love
1918
as Sir Roger Brighton
Klondike
1932
as Mark Armstrong
Me and My Gal
1932
as Sarge
Stark Mad
1929
as Capt. Rhodes - Yacht Commander
Temple Tower
1930
as Blackton
The Mine with the Iron Door
1936
as David Burton
A Corner in Wheat
1909
as Wheat King's Assistant
Three Friends
1913
as The Husband
Love Time
1934
as Duke Johann von Hatzfeld
The Sealed Room
1909
as The Minstrel
The Honor of His Family
1910
as George Pickett Jr.
Hold Your Man
1933
as Clergyman in Alternate Version (uncredited)
Hotel Continental
1932
as Winthrop
From Headquarters
1929
as Buffalo Bill Ryan
Temper
1915
as Frank Bradbury
The Informer
1912
as The False Brother
Pippa Passes
1909
During the Round-Up
1913
as The Stranger
The Lemon Drop Kid
1934
as Jonas Deering
Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927
as Van Denbosch
Speakeasy
1929
as Piano player
The Raven
1915
as Edgar Allan Poe
Anybody's Blonde
1931
as Mr. Evans
The Mirror
1913
as The Station Agent
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908
as Woodsman
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913
as The Young Woman's Fiance
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Col. Ben Cameron (archive footage)
The Plastic Age
1925
as Henry Carver
Home, Sweet Home
1914
as John Howard Payne
The False Faces
1919
as Michael Lanyard
I Am Not a Racist
2019
as Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
Strange Interlude
1932
as Professor Leeds
The Unknown Purple
1923
as Peter Marchmont / Victor Cromport
Flower of the North
1921
as Philip Whitemore
The God Within
1912
as The Woodsman
The Wanderer
1913
as The Wanderer
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
as The Householder's Weakling Brother
London After Midnight
2002
as Sir James Hamlin (archive footage)
Hearts in Bondage
1936
as Capt. Buchanan
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1923
as Robert Stevens
The Barrier
1926
as Gale Gaylord
A Trap for Santa Claus
1909
as Arthur Rogers (uncredited)
Pillars of Society
1916
as Karsten Bernick
A Child of the Ghetto
1910
as The Farmer
Dark Hazard
1934
as Schultz
Freedom of the Press
1928
as John Ballard
The Phantom in the House
1929
as Boyd Milburn
Beggars in Ermine
1934
as Marchant the Blind Man
In the Border States
1910
as Confederate Corporal
Wilful Peggy
1910
as The Lord
Strongheart
1914
as Soangataha / Strongheart
Black Magic
1929
as Dr. Bradbroke
The Wolf Dog
1933
as Jim Courtney
Friends
1912
as Dandy Jack
Retribution
1928
as Henry / Tommy Mooney
The Slave
1909
as Alachus' Friend
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
as The Father
The Perfidy of Mary
1913
as The Poet
The Old Man
1914
as The Old Man
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912
as A Psalm Singer
They Would Elope
1909
Her Forgotten Past
1933
as Mr. Maynard
Dollar Down
1925
as Alec Craig
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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- The Birth of a Nation (1915) — as Col. Ben Cameron
- Wings (1927) — as Mr. Armstrong
- A Tale of Two Cities (1935) — as Dr. Manette
- 42nd Street (1933) — as Concerned Actor (uncredited)
- Modern Husbands (1919) — as Stephen Duane
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