Walter Huston Movies

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Walter Huston (1883-1950) was an Oscar winning Canadian actor.  He is the patriarch of the four generations of the Huston acting family, including his son John, Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston, Allegra Huston, and Jack Huston. The family has produced three generations of Academy Award winners: Walter, his son John, and John’s daughter Anjelica Huston.  His IMDb page shows 57 acting credits from 1915 to 1950. This page will rank 36 Walter Huston movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.   Sadly many of his early movies are not included in the rankings, as the box office for those movies are unknown.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) starred Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston

Walter Huston Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Walter and John Huston. John directed Walter in Walter’s Oscar winning role.

Walter Huston Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

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31 thoughts on “Walter Huston Movies”

  1. My favorite Walter Huston flic is All That Money Can Buy/The Devil and Daniel Webster. If they hadn’t gone from the IMDB to Wikipedia I doubt he would have had any connections since he died 69 years ago but now he does. Of course none of them are living.

    48 JOHN CARRADINE Of Human Hearts (1938)
    48 JOHN CARRADINE Swamp Water (1941)
    57 ORSON WELLES Duel in the Sun (1946)
    109 DAVID NIVEN Dodsworth (1936)
    172 MICKEY ROONEY Summer Holiday (1948)
    172 MICKEY ROONEY The Beast of the City (1932)
    241 AKIM TAMIROFF Dragon Seed (1944)
    241 AKIM TAMIROFF Storm at Daybreak (1933)
    242 AVA GARDNER The Great Sinner (1949)
    302 GREGORY PECK Duel in the Sun (1946)
    302 GREGORY PECK The Great Sinner (1949)
    305 JOSEPH COTTEN Duel in the Sun (1946)
    452 JOHN HUSTON The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
    469 VINCENT PRICE Dragonwyck (1946)
    487 MARCEL DALIO The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
    621 BEN JOHNSON The Outlaw (1943)
    661 ANN DORAN Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
    682 JOHN HOWARD The Outlaw (1943)
    801 BETTE DAVIS In This Our Life (1942)
    805 CHARLES LANE Mission to Moscow (1943)
    815 DANA ANDREWS Swamp Water (1941)
    815 DANA ANDREWS The North Star (1943)
    854 PAT O’BRIEN American Madness (1932)
    909 JAMES STEWART Of Human Hearts (1938)

    Despite the fact Walter died 69 years ago he appeared with 29 Oscar winners in films, 9 more than Delroy Lindo.

    ANNE BAXTER Swamp Water (1941)
    ANNE BAXTER The North Star (1943)
    BARRY FITZGERALD And Then There Were None (1945)
    BEN JOHNSON The Outlaw (1943)
    BETTE DAVIS In This Our Life (1942)
    CHARLES COBURN In This Our Life (1942)
    CHARLES COBURN Of Human Hearts (1938)
    CLAUDETTE COLBERT The Lady Lies (1929)
    DAVID NIVEN Dodsworth (1936)
    DEAN JAGGER The North Star (1943)
    ETHEL BARRYMORE The Great Sinner (1949)
    GARY COOPER The Virginian (1929)
    GREGORY PECK Duel in the Sun (1946)
    GREGORY PECK The Great Sinner (1949)
    HATTIE MCDANIEL IN THIS OUR LIFE (1942)
    HUMPHREY BOGART The Maltese Falcon (1941)
    HUMPHREY BOGART The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
    JAMES CAGNEY Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
    JAMES STEWART Of Human Hearts (1938)
    JANE DARWELL All That Money Can Buy (1941)
    JANE DARWELL Ann Vickers (1933)
    JENNIFER JONES Duel in the Sun (1946)
    JOAN CRAWFORD Rain (1932)
    KATHARINE HEPBURN Dragon Seed (1944)
    LIONEL BARRYMORE Dragon Seed (1944)
    LIONEL BARRYMORE Duel in the Sun (1946)
    LORETTA YOUNG The Ruling Voice (1931)
    MARY ASTOR Dodsworth (1936)
    MARY ASTOR The Maltese Falcon (1941)
    MELVYN DOUGLAS The Great Sinner (1949)
    OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND In This Our Life (1942)
    PAUL LUKAS Dodsworth (1936)
    PEGGY ASHCROFT RHODES OF AFRICA (1936)
    RONALD COLMAN The Light That Failed (1939)
    THOMAS MITCHELL THE OUTLAW (1943)
    WALTER BRENNAN A House Divided (1931)
    WALTER BRENNAN Law and Order (1932)
    WALTER BRENNAN Swamp Water (1941)
    WALTER BRENNAN The North Star (1943)

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    1. Hey Dan. Once again, thanks for battling the new computer to get this Bacon lists out there. Hmmm…you and Steve both really liked All That Money Can Buy/The Devil and Daniel Webster. I freely admit, I know almost nothing about that movie….but not now I am really interested in checking it out.

      Some big names on that first page. 13 of them have UMR pages. Walter Brennan easily his most frequent Oscar winning co-star. I have not seen a single one of their four movies. I imagine a scene with the both of them would be fun to watch. Great information. Remember…you are the man.

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      1. He actually appeared with 30 Oscar winners. He also appeared with George Arliss in Tunnel aka Transatlantic Tunnel

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        1. Hey Dan…you are forgiven for forgetting the late great George Arliss….lol. Thanks for the correction.

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  2. I have seen 24 of these Walter Huston movies. Huston is one of my favourite character actors.

    The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Yankee Doodle Dandy.

    The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Criminal Code.

    The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Summer Holiday.

    Favourite Walter Huston Movies:

    And Then There Were None
    The Maltese Falcon
    Yankee Doodle Dandy
    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    Duel in the Sun
    The Outlaw
    Dodsworth
    The Great Sinner
    The Light That Failed
    The Devil and Daniel Webster
    In This Our Life
    The Virginian
    Hell Below
    Dragonwyck

    I always enjoy Huston performances, regardless of the overall quality of a film.

    Other Walter Huston Movies I Have Seen:

    Edge of Darkness
    The North Star
    Rain (original version of Miss Sadie Thompson)
    The Star Witness
    Gabriel Over the Whitehouse
    The Prizefighter and the Lady
    Always in My Heart
    The Beast of the City
    Hell Below
    Summer Holiday

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    1. Hey Flora. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Walter Huston. Tally count. Flora 24, Steve 10, Cogerson 9 and Bob 7. The combined total of the three of us….barely tops your total. 26 to 24. So congrats on your win. Wow…9 of the 10 I have seen are on your favorites list. I guess I have been watching the right ones. I would like to see The Great Sinner. It looks like the only other Huston movie I have seen that you have not seen is The Furies. The Furies was his last movie…sadly it is only ok. Good stuff as always.

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  3. I have seen 7 or roughly 20% of the movies in the above tables and my favourites are

    And then there Were None
    Dodsworth
    Treasure of Sierra Madre.

    I had forgotten that Walt had an uncredited role in his son’s Maltese Falcon

    I loved Walter’s parting shot towards the end of Dodsworth at his narcisstic and unfaithful wife [Ruth Chatterton] as he finally leaves her

    “Love has to stop somewhere short of madness!”

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    1. Hey Bob. So glad to see you continuing on the tally train. Skipping ahead to Flora’s comment. Here the current results. Flora 24, Steve 10, Cogerson 9 and Bob 7. Of your favorites….I would also list And Then There Were None and The Treasure of the Sierre Madre. As for Dodsworth…it was a huge hit….but has not aged well. Huston is excellent….and well deserving of his Oscar nomination for that movie. Good parting shot indeed for Walter in Dodsworth.

      One of my favorite pieces of movie trivia involves Walter. John Huston directed his father and daughter to Oscar winning performances. First he helped get his dad an Oscar for The Treasure of the Sierre Madre and then he helped his daughter get an Oscar for Prizzi’s Honor. Good feedback as always.

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      1. HI BRUCE

        I note that I again collect the wooden spoon when competing with The Big Three in respect of “have seen” movies with Flora now seemingly well on her way to achieving Myrna Loy status in the ‘competition’!

        Good trivia about Walter and his movie dynasty. Thanks for sharing it.

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  4. I’ll always remember Walter Huston best as Mr. Scratch alias The Devil in All That Money Can Buy (better known as The Devil and Daniel Webster here in the UK). Especially the last shot of his face pointing at the camera and grinning wildly.

    I’ve seen just 10 of the 36 films on the chart, I expected more. Favorites are – The Maltese Falcon (I don’t remember him in that), Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Duel in the Sun and Daniel and the Devil (another alternative title).

    I haven’t seen Dodsworth. I should add it to my growing list of movie greats I’ve missed.

    (Jabez Stone is examining Mr. Scratch’s contract)

    Jabez Stone: What does it mean here, about my soul?

    Mr. Scratch: Why should that worry you? A soul? A soul is nothing. Can you see it, smell it, touch it? No. This soul, *your* soul, are nothing against seven years of good luck. You’ll have money and all that money can buy.

    Nice work Bruce. Vote Up!

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    1. Walter Huston played Jacoby in The Maltese Falcon, the skipper of La Paloma, the ship upon which the bird is shipped. He brings the bird wrapped in newspaper to Spade’s office, says “you know, the falcon” and promptly dies of gunshot wounds.

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        1. Hey Flora…I edited your previous Huston comment a little. So Marlowe is no longer referenced.

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        1. Hey Steve….good picture. Today Walter’s role is viewed slightly different than when it was filmed. Now it seems like it was a cameo in a big Humphrey Bogart movie..and movie that everybody would see. The reality is The Maltese Falcon was a small budget movie. Starring a pretty much supporting actor in Bogart (not yet a star) and directed by a first time director (John Huston)….Warner’s had no real expectations for the movie. So when the great Walter showed up for his role the cast was really blown away that such a huge star would appear in such a small movie. The power of fathers and sons. Good stuff.

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      3. Hey Flora…you are 100% correct. A small but important role in The Maltese Falcon…..which is one of my favorite movies. Thanks for helping Steve and Bob out.

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    2. Hey Steve
      1. As always, thanks for the visit. It is greatly appreciated.
      2. Hmmmm….noticing many comments talking about the greatness of The Devil in All That Money. Gotta admit….I was not really aware of that movie.
      3. I actually forgot to include Huston’s Oscar nomination for The Devil and Mr. Webster. But they error has been fixed.
      4. Tally count. I have seen 9….so I am right behind your total…but suspect Flora will easily beat both of us.
      5. Huston was Captain Jacoby in The Maltese Falcon. A small small role…..but…..a piece of movie trivia I have thrown out for years and years….so I could not…not….include it on the table.
      6. I like all of your favorites….though Yankee Doodle Dandy would fall last in my personal rankings…my musical bias coming to the front again.
      7. Dodsworth was a massive hit….today it is very very dated….but you do get a very young David Niven.
      8. Wow….two mentions for the Devil and Webster. I was for sure any quotes would revolve around…..”Badges?….Badges!….We don’t need no stinkin’ Badges.”
      Good stuff.

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  5. “Unlike his son John, whose acting stints are enjoyable but mannered, Walter Huston had a glowing, accessible warmth”. Villain or hero, he turned all of his co-stars into cardboard whenever he walked on the screen.” – Rating The Movie Stars (1983)

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    1. Joel’s book had Walter Huston ranked as the 4th best thespian. Trailing only James Dean, Ben Kingsley and Eddie Murphy. Those 3 actors only had 7 movies between them….so they had a perfect score. If you put in a minimum requirement of movies….then Walter Huston would be their highest rated thespian.

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