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