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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.
Movie | Disclosure | Holofernes (archive footage) | 2020-06-19 |
Movie | London After Midnight | Sir James Hamlin (archive footage) | 2002-11-01 |
Movie | Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists | Col. Ben Cameron (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1975-04-19 |
Movie | The Garden Murder Case | Dr. Garden | 1936-02-21 |
Movie | The Mine with the Iron Door | David Burton | 1936-05-06 |
Movie | Hearts in Bondage | Capt. Buchanan | 1936-05-26 |
Movie | The Devil-Doll | Marcel | 1936-07-10 |
Movie | The Last Outlaw | Cal Yates | 1936-06-19 |
Movie | China Clipper | Dad Brunn | 1936-08-11 |
Movie | Dante's Inferno | Pop McWade | 1935-08-23 |
Movie | A Tale of Two Cities | Dr. Manette | 1935-12-25 |
Movie | Men in White | enry B. Walthall | 1934-04-06 |
Movie | Beggars in Ermine | Marchant the Blind Man | 1934-02-21 |
Movie | Dark Hazard | Schultz | 1934-01-31 |
Movie | Viva Villa! | Francisco Madero | 1934-04-27 |
Movie | City Park | Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome | 1934-05-01 |
Movie | A Girl of the Limberlost | Dr. Amon | 1934-10-14 |
Movie | The Scarlet Letter | Roger Chillingworth | 1934-09-18 |
Movie | The Lemon Drop Kid | Jonas Deering | 1934-09-27 |
Movie | Judge Priest | Reverend Ashby Brand | 1934-09-15 |
Movie | The Murder in the Museum | Bernard Latham Wayne, alias Prof. Mysto | 1934-05-26 |
Movie | Somewhere in Sonora | Bob Leadly | 1933-05-27 |
Movie | The Whispering Shadow | J. D. Bradley | 1933-04-17 |
Movie | 42nd Street | Stage Actor (uncredited) | 1933-03-11 |
Movie | Hold Your Man | Clergyman in Alternate Version (uncredited) | 1933-06-30 |
Movie | The Flaming Signal | Rev. Mr. James | 1933-07-24 |
Movie | The Sin of Nora Moran | Father Ryan | 1933-12-13 |
Movie | The Wolf Dog | Jim Courtney | 1933-09-29 |
Movie | Headline Shooter | Judge Beacon (uncredited) | 1933-07-28 |
Movie | Ride Him, Cowboy | John Gaunt | 1932-08-27 |
Movie | Alias Mary Smith | Atwell | 1932-07-14 |
Movie | Police Court | Nathaniel "Nat" Barry | 1932-02-19 |
Movie | Klondike | Mark Armstrong | 1932-08-29 |
Movie | Hotel Continental | Winthrop | 1932-02-21 |
Movie | Chandu the Magician | Robert Regent | 1932-08-04 |
Movie | The Cabin in the Cotton | Eph Clinton | 1932-09-26 |
Movie | Strange Interlude | Professor Leeds | 1932-12-30 |
Movie | Self Defense | Doctor Borden | 1932-12-15 |
Movie | Me and My Gal | John Collins | 1932-12-04 |
Movie | Central Park | Eby | 1932-12-10 |
Movie | Anybody's Blonde | Mr. Evans | 1931-11-01 |
Movie | The Love Trader | Captain Adams | 1930-09-25 |
Movie | Temple Tower | Blackton | 1930-04-12 |
Movie | Abraham Lincoln | Colonel Marshall | 1930-11-08 |
Movie | Tol'able David | Amos Hatburn | 1930-11-15 |
Movie | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Father Juniper | 1929-03-30 |
Movie | Stark Mad | Capt. Rhodes - Yacht Commander | 1929-02-02 |
Movie | From Headquarters | Buffalo Bill Ryan | 1929-04-27 |
Movie | Speakeasy | Piano player | 1929-03-08 |
Movie | Black Magic | Dr. Bradbroke | 1929-07-06 |
Movie | Blaze o' Glory | Burke | 1929-12-30 |
Movie | River of Romance | General Jeff Rumford | 1929-06-28 |
Movie | The Trespasser | Fuller | 1929-11-11 |
Movie | The Phantom in the House | Boyd Milburn | 1929-10-20 |
Movie | Retribution | Henry / Tommy Mooney | 1928-06-16 |
Movie | Freedom of the Press | John Ballard | 1928-10-28 |
Movie | Fighting Love | 1927-02-14 | |
Movie | London After Midnight | Sir James Hamlin | 1927-12-03 |
Movie | Wings | Mr. Armstrong | 1927-08-12 |
Movie | The Scarlet Letter | Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth | 1927-01-08 |
Movie | Love Me and the World is Mine | Van Denbosch | 1927-09-26 |
Movie | A Light in the Window | Johann Graff | 1927-10-15 |
Movie | The Barrier | Gale Gaylord | 1926-03-21 |
Movie | The Unknown Soldier | John Phillips | 1926-05-29 |
Movie | The Road to Mandalay | Father James | 1926-06-26 |
Movie | The Golden Bed | Col. Peake | 1925-01-25 |
Movie | The Girl Who Wouldn't Work | William Hale | 1925-08-18 |
Movie | The Plastic Age | Henry Carver | 1925-12-15 |
Movie | Kentucky Pride | Mr. Beaumont | 1925-09-06 |
Movie | Kit Carson Over the Great Divide | Dr. Samuel Webb | 1925-09-02 |
Movie | The Face on the Barroom Floor | Robert Stevens | 1923-01-01 |
Movie | Boy of Mine | William Latimer | 1923-12-30 |
Movie | One Clear Call | Henry Garnett | 1922-05-20 |
Movie | The Long Chance | Harley P. Hennage | 1922-10-02 |
Movie | The Kickback | Aaron Price | 1922-06-30 |
Movie | Flower of the North | Philip Whitemore | 1921-12-04 |
Movie | A Splendid Hazard | Karl Breitman | 1920-09-26 |
Movie | The Confession | Father Bartlett | 1920-01-01 |
Movie | Parted Curtains | Joe Jenkins | 1920-04-02 |
Movie | The False Faces | Michael Lanyard | 1919-02-15 |
Movie | Modern Husbands | Stephen Duane | 1919-04-28 |
Movie | The Long Arm of Mannister | George Mannister | 1919-11-15 |
Movie | The Great Love | Sir Roger Brighton | 1918-08-11 |
Movie | The Strange Case of Mary Page | Phil Langdon, Attorney | 1916-01-24 |
Movie | Pillars of Society | Karsten Bernick | 1916-08-27 |
Movie | The Birth of a Nation | Col. Ben Cameron | 1915-02-08 |
Movie | Ghosts | Captain Alving / Oswald | 1915-05-31 |
Movie | The Raven | Edgar Allan Poe | 1915-11-08 |
Movie | Classmates | Duncan Irving | 1914-02-14 |
Movie | Strongheart | Soangataha / Strongheart | 1914-03-08 |
Movie | Judith of Bethulia | Holofernes | 1914-03-08 |
Movie | The Odalisque | Joe, in love with May | 1914-11-15 |
Movie | The Avenging Conscience | The Nephew | 1914-08-02 |
Movie | Home, Sweet Home | John Howard Payne | 1914-05-16 |
Movie | The Little Tease | The Valley Man | 1913-04-12 |
Movie | Oil and Water | The Idealist | 1913-02-10 |
Movie | The Wanderer | The Wanderer | 1913-05-02 |
Movie | The Lady and the Mouse | The First Rival | 1913-04-26 |
Movie | During the Round-Up | The Stranger | 1913-07-19 |
Movie | Two Men of the Desert | First Partner | 1913-08-23 |
Movie | A Woman in the Ultimate | Badger Gang Member | 1913-09-03 |
Movie | The Battle at Elderbush Gulch | The Indian Chief's Son | 1913-12-01 |
Movie | The One She Loved | The Husband | 1912-10-21 |
Movie | A Feud in the Kentucky Hills | A Psalm Singer | 1912-10-03 |
Movie | So Near, Yet So Far | In Club | 1912-09-29 |
Movie | My Baby | The Husband | 1912-11-14 |
Movie | Friends | Dandy Jack | 1912-09-22 |
Movie | The God Within | The Woodsman | 1912-12-26 |
Movie | The Informer | The False Brother | 1912-11-21 |
Movie | The Burglar’s Dilemma | The Householder's Weakling Brother | 1912-12-16 |
Movie | Brutality | Actor In Oliver Twist | 1912-12-02 |
Movie | Love Among the Roses | The Lord | 1910-05-08 |
Movie | The Gold Seekers | 1910-03-18 | |
Movie | Ramona | Alessandro | 1910-05-23 |
Movie | The Way of the World | 1910-03-12 | |
Movie | The Two Brothers | Pedro | 1910-05-12 |
Movie | The Face at the Window | 1910-05-10 | |
Movie | Thou Shalt Not | 1910-03-03 | |
Movie | His Last Burglary | 1910-01-07 | |
Movie | The Converts | 1910-02-08 | |
Movie | A Child of the Ghetto | The Farmer | 1910-06-06 |
Movie | The Thread of Destiny | Estrada | 1910-03-07 |
Movie | In Old California | Perdita's Son | 1910-03-10 |
Movie | The Oath and the Man | Henri Prevost | 1910-09-21 |
Movie | A Summer Idyll | 1910-09-05 | |
Movie | In Life's Cycle | Vincent, as an Adult | 1910-09-14 |
Movie | The Iconoclast | 1910-10-03 | |
Movie | In the Border States | Confederate Corporal | 1910-06-13 |
Movie | Wilful Peggy | The Lord | 1910-08-24 |
Movie | Rose o' Salem Town | The Trapper | 1910-09-25 |
Movie | A Flash of Light | Younger John Rogers | 1910-07-17 |
Movie | The Sorrows of the Unfaithful | Bill | 1910-08-22 |
Movie | The Call to Arms | The Lord | 1910-07-25 |
Movie | The House with Closed Shutters | Charles Randolph - The Confederate Soldier | 1910-08-08 |
Movie | The Usurer | One of the Second Debtors | 1910-08-15 |
Movie | Pranks | Sunbather | 1909-08-30 |
Movie | The Little Darling | In Boarding House | 1909-09-01 |
Movie | They Would Elope | 1909-08-09 | |
Movie | The Sealed Room | The Minstrel | 1909-09-02 |
Movie | A Strange Meeting | A Thief | 1909-08-01 |
Movie | 1776, or The Hessian Renegades | 1909-09-06 | |
Movie | The Slave | Alachus' Friend | 1909-07-29 |
Movie | The Mended Lute | Indian | 1909-08-05 |
Movie | A Trap for Santa Claus | 1909-12-20 | |
Movie | A Corner in Wheat | Wheat King's Assistant | 1909-12-13 |
Movie | The Day After | Party Guest | 1909-12-30 |
Movie | The Heart of an Outlaw | The Mexican Lover | 1909-12-31 |
Movie | Fools of Fate | 1909-10-06 | |
Movie | Pippa Passes | 1909-10-03 | |
Movie | The Broken Locket | Mexican Man | 1909-09-16 |
Movie | In Old Kentucky | Robert, the Confederate son | 1909-09-20 |
Movie | Getting Even | Miner | 1909-09-12 |