Walter Huston
| Walter Huston | |
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Huston in The Furies (1950)
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| Born |
Walter Thomas Houghston April 5, 1883 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | April 7, 1950 (aged 67) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Aortic aneurysm |
| Resting place | Belmont Memorial Park |
| Occupation | Actor, Singer |
| Years active | 1902–1950 |
| Spouse(s) |
Rhea Gore (m. 1904; div. 1912) Bayonne Whipple (m. 1915; div. 1924) Ninetta (Nan) Sunderland (m. 1931–50) |
| Children | John Huston (1906–1987) |
| Relatives |
Anjelica Huston (granddaughter) |
Anjelica Huston (granddaughter)
Danny Huston (grandson)
Allegra Huston (granddaughter)
Walter Thomas Huston (/ˈwɔːltər ˈhjuːstən/; born Walter Thomas Houghston; April 5, 1883 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian-born American actor and singer. Huston won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. He was the father of actor and director John Huston, the grandfather of Pablo Huston, Walter Anthony (Tony) Huston, Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston, and Allegra Huston, and the great-grandfather of actor Jack Huston.
Huston was born in Toronto, Ontario, where he attended Winchester Street Public School. He was the son of Elizabeth (née McGibbon) and Robert Moore Houghston, a provincial farmer who founded a construction company. He was of Scottish and Irish descent. He had a brother and two sisters, one of whom was the theatrical voice coach Margaret Carrington (1877–1941).
His family moved, before his birth, from Orangeville, Ontario where they were farmers. As a young man, he worked in construction and in his spare time attended the Shaw School of Acting. He made his stage debut in 1902. He went on to tour in In Convict Stripes, a play by Hal Reid, father of Wallace Reid and also appeared with Richard Mansfield in Julius Caesar. He again toured in another play The Sign of the Cross. In 1904, he married Rhea Gore (1882–1938) and gave up acting to work as a manager of electric power stations in Nevada, Missouri. He maintained these jobs until 1909.
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