Henry B. Walthall
Known for Acting · 218 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 (218)
Dollar Down
1925
as Alec Craig
Wings
1927
as Mr. Armstrong
The Birth of a Nation
1915
as Col. Ben Cameron
Parted Curtains
1920
as Joe Jenkins
The Kid
1910
as Walter Holden
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913
as The Indian Chief's Son
Classmates
1914
as Duncan Irving
Humdrum Brown
1918
as Hector 'Humdrum' Brown
Temper
1915
as Frank Bradbury
The Raven
1915
as Edgar Allan Poe
The Mirror
1913
as The Station Agent
Ride Him, Cowboy
1932
as John Gaunt
Abraham Lincoln
1930
as Colonel Marshall
42nd Street
1933
as Concerned Actor (uncredited)
Is There Justice?
1931
as District Attorney John Raymond
Three Friends
1913
as The Husband
Single Wives
1924
as Franklin Dexter
The Garden Murder Case
1936
as Dr. Garden
The Devil-Doll
1936
as Marcel
China Clipper
1936
as Dad Brunn
Judith of Bethulia
1914
as Holofernes
The Road to Mandalay
1926
as Father James
London After Midnight
1927
as Sir James Hamlin
The Kickback
1922
as Aaron Price
Me and My Gal
1932
as Sarge
The Mountain Rat
1914
as Douglas Williams
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
as Dr. Manette
In Old California
1929
as Don Pedro De León
Men in White
1934
as enry B. Walthall
Souls Courageous
1911
The Unknown Soldier
1926
as John Phillips
Brutality
1912
as Actor In Oliver Twist
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
Oil and Water
1913
as The Idealist
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Eph Clinton
His Robe of Honor
1918
as Julian Randolph
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
1910
as A Horse Thief
Anybody's Blonde
1931
as Mr. Evans
Strongheart
1914
as Soangataha / Strongheart
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912
as Jim Watson
The Scarlet Letter
1927
as Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth
Her Forgotten Past
1933
as Mr. Maynard
Hold Your Man
1933
as Clergyman in Alternate Version (uncredited)
The Call to Arms
1910
as The Lord
Boy of Mine
1923
as William Latimer
The Sting of Victory
1916
as David Whiting / Walker Whiting
The Face at the Window
1910
as Ralph Bradford
Somewhere in Sonora
1933
as Bob Leadly
The Gold Seekers
1910
as The Prospector
Death's Marathon
1913
as The Husband
The Misleading Lady
1916
as Jack Craiger
For His Sake
1911
A Gambler's Honor
1913
as Beth's Brother
Judge Priest
1934
as Reverend Ashby Brand
The Slave
1909
as Alachus' Friend
Chandu the Magician
1932
as Robert Regent
Home, Sweet Home
1914
as John Howard Payne
The Way of the World
1910
The Outer Edge
1915
as Dr. Rownlee
Love in an Apartment Hotel
1913
as The Young Woman's Fiance
Beggars in Ermine
1934
as Marchant the Blind Man
The One She Loved
1912
as The Husband
The Scarlet Letter
1934
as Roger Chillingworth
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
as The Father
Temple Tower
1930
as Blackton
The Plastic Age
1925
as Henry Carver
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
as The Householder's Weakling Brother
A Corner in Wheat
1909
as Wheat King's Assistant
Blaze o' Glory
1929
as Burke
The Sealed Room
1909
as The Minstrel
The Trespasser
1929
as Fuller
The Golden Bed
1925
as Col. Peake
In Old California
1910
as Perdita's Son
Flower of the North
1921
as Philip Whitemore
The Day After
1909
as Party Guest
One Clear Call
1922
as Henry Garnett
Strange Interlude
1932
as Professor Leeds
Gold Is Not All
1910
as Man at Party
Pranks
1909
as Sunbather
Hearts in Bondage
1936
as Capt. Buchanan
Kentucky Pride
1925
as Mr. Beaumont
Viva Villa!
1934
as Francisco Madero
They Would Elope
1909
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908
as Woodsman
In Little Italy
1909
as Victor Ratazzi
The Strange Case of Mary Page
1916
as Phil Langdon, Attorney
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933
as Father Ryan
Headline Shooter
1933
as Judge Beacon (uncredited)
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
as In Club
The Floor Above
1914
as Stephen Pryde
Dark Hazard
1934
as Schultz
Two Men of the Desert
1913
as First Partner
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Pippa Passes
1909
Rod of Wrath
1915
as Erickson's Son
The Little Darling
1909
as In Boarding House
I Am Not a Racist
2019
as Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tol'able David
1930
as Amos Hatburn
Speakeasy
1929
as Piano player
If We Only Knew
1913
as The Father
The House with Closed Shutters
1910
as Charles Randolph - The Confederate Soldier
His Last Burglary
1910
A Summer Idyll
1910
The River of Romance
1929
as General Jeff Rumford
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1929
as Father Juniper
The Wolf Dog
1933
as Jim Courtney
Central Park
1932
as Eby
Fools of Fate
1909
Helldorado
1935
as Abner Meadows
Klondike
1932
as Mark Armstrong
The Confession
1920
as Father Bartlett
The Great Love
1918
as Sir Roger Brighton
Pillars of Society
1916
as Karsten Bernick
Ramona
1910
as Alessandro
The Usurer
1910
as One of the Second Debtors
Dante's Inferno
1935
as Pop McWade
The Mended Lute
1909
as Indian
The Tenderfoot's Money
1913
as The Prospector
Lord Chumley
1914
as Lord Chumley
My Baby
1912
as The Husband
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 218 credits spanning from 1908 to 2019, Henry B. Walthall has appeared in 218 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Dollar Down (1925) — as Alec Craig
- Wings (1927) — as Mr. Armstrong
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) — as Col. Ben Cameron
- Parted Curtains (1920) — as Joe Jenkins
- The Kid (1910) — as Walter Holden
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