Henry B. Walthall

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1878-03-15
Place of Birth: Shelby County, Alabama, USA
Also Known As: Henry B. Walthal , H. B. Walthall , H.B. Walthall, Henry Walthall, William Walthall , Henry Brazeale Walthall

Movies List of Henry B. Walthall

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A Light in the Window

1927 Movie
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The Birth of a Nation

1915 Movie
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42nd Street

1933 Movie
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The Sealed Room

1909 Movie
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Judge Priest

1934 Movie
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The Devil-Doll

1936 Movie
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Viva Villa!

1934 Movie
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The Scarlet Letter

1934 Movie
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London After Midnight

1927 Movie
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A Tale of Two Cities

1935 Movie
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A Corner in Wheat

1909 Movie
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The Road to Mandalay

1926 Movie
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Love Time

1934 Movie
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The Sheriff's Baby

1913 Movie
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A Flash of Light

1910 Movie
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The Trespasser

1929 Movie
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Ride Him, Cowboy

1932 Movie
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Stark Mad

1929 Movie
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Somewhere in Sonora

1933 Movie
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Two Daughters of Eve

1912 Movie
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The Scarlet Letter

1927 Movie
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During the Round-Up

1913 Movie
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The Green-Eyed Devil

1914 Movie
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If We Only Knew

1913 Movie
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The Golden Bed

1925 Movie
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Lord Chumley

1914 Movie
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Brutality

1912 Movie
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My Hero

1912 Movie
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The Stolen Loaf

1913 Movie
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A Gambler's Honor

1913 Movie
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The Mirror

1913 Movie
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Helldorado

1935 Movie
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The Odalisque

1914 Movie
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Judith of Bethulia

1914 Movie
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Chandu the Magician

1932 Movie
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The Misleading Lady

1916 Movie
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Men in White

1934 Movie
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Modern Husbands

1919 Movie
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Dark Hazard

1934 Movie
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Hearts in Bondage

1936 Movie
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The Mysterious Shot

1914 Movie
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Strange Interlude

1932 Movie
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Death's Marathon

1913 Movie
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The Perfidy of Mary

1913 Movie
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Hotel Continental

1932 Movie
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Klondike

1932 Movie
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The Barrier

1926 Movie
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Police Court

1932 Movie
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Beggars in Ermine

1934 Movie
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Dante's Inferno

1935 Movie
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The Wanderer

1913 Movie
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The Switchtower

1913 Movie
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Wilful Peggy

1910 Movie
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The Oath and the Man

1910 Movie
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Rose o' Salem Town

1910 Movie
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Friends

1912 Movie
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Strongheart

1914 Movie
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Central Park

1932 Movie
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Home, Sweet Home

1914 Movie
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The False Faces

1919 Movie
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Ramona

1910 Movie
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A Child of the Ghetto

1910 Movie
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A Splendid Hazard

1920 Movie
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The Flaming Signal

1933 Movie
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City Park

1934 Movie
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The Unknown Purple

1923 Movie
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Her Forgotten Past

1933 Movie
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Alias Mary Smith

1932 Movie
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The Wolf Dog

1933 Movie
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Disclosure

2020 Movie
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Her Mother's Oath

1913 Movie
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Three Faces East

1926 Movie
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The Old Man

1914 Movie
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The Floor Above

1914 Movie
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The Mountain Rat

1914 Movie
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Abraham Lincoln

1930 Movie
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Kentucky Pride

1925 Movie
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Classmates

1914 Movie
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London After Midnight

2002 Movie
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Gimme

1923 Movie
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The Kickback

1922 Movie
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Pippa Passes

1909 Movie
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River of Romance

1929 Movie
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Everybody's Acting

1926 Movie
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Getting Even

1909 Movie
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Anybody's Blonde

1931 Movie
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Tol'able David

1930 Movie
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In Old Kentucky

1909 Movie
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Three Friends

1913 Movie
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The Great Love

1918 Movie
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The Mended Lute

1909 Movie
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The Last Outlaw

1936 Movie
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A Strange Meeting

1909 Movie
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Temple Tower

1930 Movie
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Me and My Gal

1932 Movie
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The Broken Locket

1909 Movie
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Love Among the Roses

1910 Movie
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Wings

1927 Movie
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The Unknown Soldier

1926 Movie
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The Two Brothers

1910 Movie
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Fools of Fate

1909 Movie
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Hold Your Man

1933 Movie
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Retribution

1928 Movie
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Black Magic

1929 Movie
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Pillars of Society

1916 Movie
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Ghosts

1915 Movie
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The Whispering Shadow

1933 Movie
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In Old California

1910 Movie
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Headline Shooter

1933 Movie
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Flower of the North

1921 Movie
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The Thread of Destiny

1910 Movie
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Broken Ways

1913 Movie
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The Day After

1909 Movie
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The Usurer

1910 Movie
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In Life's Cycle

1910 Movie
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The Call to Arms

1910 Movie
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The Informer

1912 Movie
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My Baby

1912 Movie
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The One She Loved

1912 Movie
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The Confession

1920 Movie
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From Headquarters

1929 Movie
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The Little Tease

1913 Movie
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Two Men of the Desert

1913 Movie
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Speakeasy

1929 Movie
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Oil and Water

1913 Movie
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The Love Trader

1930 Movie
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The Lemon Drop Kid

1934 Movie
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His Last Burglary

1910 Movie
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The Converts

1910 Movie
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Thou Shalt Not

1910 Movie
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The Way of the World

1910 Movie
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The Gold Seekers

1910 Movie
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A Summer Idyll

1910 Movie
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The Iconoclast

1910 Movie
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So Near, Yet So Far

1912 Movie
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The God Within

1912 Movie
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One Clear Call

1922 Movie
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The Sin of Nora Moran

1933 Movie
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The Plastic Age

1925 Movie
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Boy of Mine

1923 Movie
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China Clipper

1936 Movie
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The Raven

1915 Movie
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Fighting Love

1927 Movie
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Pranks

1909 Movie
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Freedom of the Press

1928 Movie
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The Kid

1910 Movie
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The Long Chance

1922 Movie
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Blaze o' Glory

1929 Movie
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The Slave

1909 Movie
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The Woman on the Jury

1924 Movie
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The Little Darling

1909 Movie
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The Call

1910 Movie
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For His Sake

1911 Movie
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Souls Courageous

1911 Movie
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The Gray of the Dawn

1910 Movie
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In Little Italy

1909 Movie
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On the Reef

1910 Movie
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In the Border States

1910 Movie
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Parted Curtains

1920 Movie
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They Would Elope

1909 Movie
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Humdrum Brown

1918 Movie
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The Able-Minded Lady

1922 Movie
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Self Defense

1932 Movie