Henry B. Walthall
Acting
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. Walthall continued working in films through the 1920s, appearing in The Plastic Age with Gilbert Roland and Clara Bow. He portrayed Roger Chillingworth in Victor Seastrom's 1926 adaptation of The Scarlet Letter opposite Lillian Gish. Walthall continued his career into the 1930s. After his performance in director John Ford's 1934 film Judge Priest starring Will Rogers he enjoyed a golden period of his career. He portrayed Dr. Manette in A Tale of Two Cities (1935), starring Ronald Colman. In 1936 he appeared as Marcel in The Devil-Doll. He was gravely ill during his final film, China Clipper. Frank Capra wanted Walthall to portray the High Lama in his 1937 film, Lost Horizon. "Frail and failing, he died before we could test him," Capra wrote. Walthall has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard.
Movies(217)
I Am Not a Racist
Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019
London After Midnight
Sir James Hamlin (archive footage)
2002
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Col. Ben Cameron (archive footage)
1998
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1975
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1942
China Clipper
Dad Brunn
1936
The Devil-Doll
Marcel
1936
The Last Outlaw
Cal Yates
1936
Hearts in Bondage
Capt. Buchanan
1936
The Mine with the Iron Door
David Burton
1936
The Garden Murder Case
Dr. Garden
1936
A Tale of Two Cities
Dr. Manette
1935
Dante's Inferno
Pop McWade
1935
Helldorado
Abner Meadows
1935
Love Time
Duke Johann von Hatzfeld
1934
A Girl of the Limberlost
Dr. Amon
1934
The Lemon Drop Kid
Jonas Deering
1934
The Scarlet Letter
Roger Chillingworth
1934
Judge Priest
Reverend Ashby Brand
1934
The Murder in the Museum
Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto
1934
City Park
Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome
1934
Viva Villa!
Francisco Madero
1934
Men in White
enry B. Walthall
1934
Beggars in Ermine
Marchant the Blind Man
1934
Dark Hazard
Schultz
1934
The Sin of Nora Moran
Father Ryan
1933
The Wolf Dog
Jim Courtney
1933
Her Forgotten Past
Mr. Maynard
1933
Headline Shooter
Judge Beacon (uncredited)
1933
The Flaming Signal
Rev. Mr. James
1933
Hold Your Man
Clergyman in Alternate Version (uncredited)
1933
Somewhere in Sonora
Bob Leadly
1933
The Whispering Shadow
J. D. Bradley
1933
42nd Street
Stage Actor (uncredited)
1933
Strange Interlude
Professor Leeds
1932
Self Defense
Doctor Borden
1932
Central Park
Eby
1932
Me and My Gal
Sarge
1932
The Cabin in the Cotton
Eph Clinton
1932
Klondike
Mark Armstrong
1932
Ride Him, Cowboy
John Gaunt
1932
Chandu the Magician
Robert Regent
1932
Alias Mary Smith
Atwell
1932
Hotel Continental
Winthrop
1932
Police Court
Nathaniel "Nat" Barry
1932
Anybody's Blonde
Mr. Evans
1931
Is There Justice?
District Attorney John Raymond
1931
Tol'able David
Amos Hatburn
1930
Abraham Lincoln
Colonel Marshall
1930
The Love Trader
Captain Adams
1930
Temple Tower
Blackton
1930
Blaze o' Glory
Burke
1929
The Trespasser
Fuller
1929
The Phantom in the House
Boyd Milburn
1929
In Old California
Don Pedro De León
1929
Black Magic
Dr. Bradbroke
1929
The River of Romance
General Jeff Rumford
1929
From Headquarters
Buffalo Bill Ryan
1929
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Father Juniper
1929
Speakeasy
Piano player
1929
Stark Mad
Capt. Rhodes - Yacht Commander
1929
The Jazz Age
Mr Maxwell
1929
Freedom of the Press
John Ballard
1928
Retribution
Henry / Tommy Mooney
1928
London After Midnight
Sir James Hamlin
1927
A Light in the Window
Johann Graff
1927
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Van Denbosch
1927
Wings
Mr. Armstrong
1927
Fighting Love
Filipo Navarro
1927
The Scarlet Letter
Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth
1927
Everybody's Acting
Thorpe
1926
The Road to Mandalay
Father James
1926
The Unknown Soldier
John Phillips
1926
The Barrier
Gale Gaylord
1926
Three Faces East
George Bennett
1926
The Plastic Age
Henry Carver
1925
Dollar Down
Alec Craig
1925
Kentucky Pride
Mr. Beaumont
1925
Kit Carson Over the Great Divide
Dr. Samuel Webb
1925
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
William Hale
1925
The Golden Bed
Col. Peake
1925
Single Wives
Franklin Dexter
1924
The Woman on the Jury
Prosecuting Attorney
1924
Boy of Mine
William Latimer
1923
The Unknown Purple
Peter Marchmont / Victor Cromport
1923
Gimme
John McGimsey
1923
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Robert Stevens
1923
The Long Chance
Harley P. Hennage
1922
The Kickback
Aaron Price
1922
One Clear Call
Henry Garnett
1922
The Able-Minded Lady
Breezy Bright
1922
Flower of the North
Philip Whitemore
1921
A Splendid Hazard
Karl Breitman
1920
Parted Curtains
Joe Jenkins
1920
The Confession
Father Bartlett
1920
The Long Arm of Mannister
George Mannister
1919
The Boomerang
George Gray
1919
Modern Husbands
Stephen Duane
1919
The False Faces
Michael Lanyard
1919
The Long Lane's Turning
Harry Sevier
1919
The Great Love
Sir Roger Brighton
1918
Humdrum Brown
Hector 'Humdrum' Brown
1918
His Robe of Honor
Julian Randolph
1918
Pillars of Society
Karsten Bernick
1916
The Sting of Victory
David Whiting / Walker Whiting
1916
The Strange Case of Mary Page
Phil Langdon, Attorney
1916
The Misleading Lady
Jack Craiger
1916
The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe
1915
The Outer Edge
Dr. Rownlee
1915
The Circular Path
Reverend Darwin Kirby
1915
Temper
Frank Bradbury
1915
Ghosts
Captain Alving / Oswald
1915
The Birth of a Nation
Col. Ben Cameron
1915
Rod of Wrath
Erickson's Son
1915
The Odalisque
Joe, in love with May
1914
The Avenging Conscience
The Nephew
1914
Lord Chumley
Lord Chumley
1914
Home, Sweet Home
John Howard Payne
1914
The Mountain Rat
Douglas Williams
1914
The Old Man
The Old Man
1914
The Mysterious Shot
The Gopher
1914
The Floor Above
Stephen Pryde
1914
Judith of Bethulia
Holofernes
1914
Strongheart
Soangataha / Strongheart
1914
The Green-Eyed Devil
1914
Classmates
Duncan Irving
1914
The Gangsters of New York
Porky Dugan
1914
The Awakening of Donna Isolla
The President of the Republic
1914
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
The Indian Chief's Son
1913
A Woman in the Ultimate
Badger Gang Member
1913
Two Men of the Desert
First Partner
1913
The Mirror
The Station Agent
1913
During the Round-Up
The Stranger
1913
A Gambler's Honor
Beth's Brother
1913
Her Mother's Oath
The Actor
1913
The Switchtower
The Switchman
1913
Death's Marathon
The Husband
1913
The Stolen Loaf
The Poor Man
1913
The Tenderfoot's Money
The Prospector
1913
The Wanderer
The Wanderer
1913
If We Only Knew
The Father
1913
The Lady and the Mouse
The First Rival
1913
The Little Tease
The Valley Man
1913
The Perfidy of Mary
The Poet
1913
The Sheriff's Baby
First Bandit
1913
Broken Ways
The Road Agent
1913
Love in an Apartment Hotel
The Young Woman's Fiance
1913
Oil and Water
The Idealist
1913
Three Friends
The Husband
1913
The God Within
The Woodsman
1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma
The Householder's Weakling Brother
1912
My Hero
Indian Charlie
1912
Brutality
Actor In Oliver Twist
1912
The Informer
The False Brother
1912
My Baby
The Husband
1912
The One She Loved
The Husband
1912
In the Aisles of the Wild
Jim Watson
1912
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
A Psalm Singer
1912
So Near, Yet So Far
In Club
1912
Friends
Dandy Jack
1912
Two Daughters of Eve
The Father
1912
For His Sake
1911
Souls Courageous
1911
The Command from Galilee
The Lover
1911
Where the Sea and the Shore Doth Meet
1910
The Armorer’s Daughter
Macennas
1910
The Gray of the Dawn
1910
The Iconoclast
1910
Rose o' Salem Town
The Trapper
1910
The Oath and the Man
Henri Prevost
1910
In Life's Cycle
Vincent, as an Adult
1910
A Summer Idyll
1910
Wilful Peggy
The Lord
1910
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
Bill
1910
The Usurer
One of the Second Debtors
1910
The House with Closed Shutters
Charles Randolph - The Confederate Soldier
1910
The Call to Arms
The Lord
1910
A Flash of Light
Younger John Rogers
1910
In the Border States
Confederate Corporal
1910
A Child of the Ghetto
The Farmer
1910
Ramona
Alessandro
1910
The Two Brothers
Pedro
1910
The Face at the Window
Ralph Bradford
1910
Love Among the Roses
The Lord
1910
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
A Horse Thief
1910
The Kid
Walter Holden
1910
The Gold Seekers
1910
The Way of the World
1910
In Old California
Perdita's Son
1910
The Thread of Destiny
Estrada
1910
Thou Shalt Not
1910
The Newlyweds
A Friend / At Station Reception
1910
The Converts
1910
The Cloister’s Touch
The Father
1910
The Honor of His Family
George Pickett Jr.
1910
The Call
Billy Harvey
1910
On the Reef
Mr. Wilson
1910
His Last Burglary
1910
The Heart of an Outlaw
The Mexican Lover
1909
The Day After
Party Guest
1909
In Little Italy
Victor Ratazzi
1909
A Trap for Santa Claus
Arthur Rogers (uncredited)
1909
A Corner in Wheat
Wheat King's Assistant
1909
Fools of Fate
1909
Pippa Passes
1909
In Old Kentucky
Robert, the Confederate son
1909
The Broken Locket
Mexican Man
1909
Getting Even
Miner
1909
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909
The Sealed Room
The Minstrel
1909
The Little Darling
In Boarding House
1909
Pranks
Sunbather
1909
They Would Elope
1909
The Mended Lute
Indian
1909
A Strange Meeting
A Thief
1909
The Slave
Alachus' Friend
1909
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
Woodsman
1908