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Walter Huston

Walter Huston

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1920s
0.8492
5
total ranking of 0.8492
1930s
3.1543
27
total ranking of 3.1543
1940s
2.7552
18
total ranking of 2.7552
1950s
1.2948
1
total ranking of 1.2948
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Walter Huston is ranked overall as 2.7014 of of 4 stars2.7014

Walter Huston Movie Rankings

1
Walter Huston starring in Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Walter Huston scores a combined 3.4197 out of 4 stars for Treasure of the Sierra Madre3.4197
Three men set to the hills for lost treasure. They agree to split the gold three ways, but as they work they become distrustful of each other and grow increasingly paranoid they begin turn on each other. ...more about Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Supporting Actor
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
2
Walter Huston starring in And Then There Were None
Walter Huston scores a combined 3.1173 out of 4 stars for And Then There Were None3.1173
Ten people are invited for a weekend on an island by a Mr U. N. Own, but he isn't on the island. At dinner a record is played, by that all the people are accused of murder, suddenly the first of them is dead, then the next... ...more about And Then There Were None
3
Walter Huston starring in Yankee Doodle Dandy
Walter Huston scores a combined 3.0031 out of 4 stars for Yankee Doodle Dandy3.0031
A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. ...more about Yankee Doodle Dandy
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
4
Shanghai Gesture, The (1941)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.9679 out of 4 stars for Shanghai Gesture2.9679
A young woman, Poppy, out for excitement in Shanghai, enters a gambling house owned by "Mother" Gin Sling, a dragon-lady who worked herself up from poverty to buy the casino. ...more about Shanghai Gesture
5
Devil and Daniel Webster, The (1941)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.8161 out of 4 stars for Devil and Daniel Webster2.8161
A down-on-his-luck farmer makes a deal with the devil for seven years of prosperity. When Mr. Scratch comes to collect, orator and hero of the common man Daniel Webster comes to the rescue. Based on the short story by Stephen Vincent Benet. ...more about Devil and Daniel Webster
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
6
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.7711 out of 4 stars for Duel in the Sun2.7711
When her father is hanged for shooting his wife and her lover, half-breed Pearl Chevez goes to live with distant relatives in Texas. ...more about Duel in the Sun
7
Prizefighter and the Lady, The (1933)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.7031 out of 4 stars for Prizefighter and the Lady2.7031
Steve is just a heavy duty bartender when Edwin J. Bennett, known as the Professor, starts training him for the ring. While doing road work, he is almost killed by a speeding car which crashes into a ditch. In the car is Belle Mercer and her driver. ...more about Prizefighter and the Lady
  • Not Available on DVD
8
American Madness (1932)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.6775 out of 4 stars for American Madness2.6775
It's the 1930s, the Depression era, and the Board of Directors of Thomas Dickson's bank want Dickson to merge with New York Trust and resign. He refuses. One night, Dickson's bank is robbed of $100,000. ...more about American Madness
9
Always in My Heart (1942)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.5752 out of 4 stars for Always in My Heart2.5752
After many years, MacKenzie Scott is pardoned from prison, but his wife is already involved with another man. Nevertheless, he travels incognito to his family's town. ...more about Always in My Heart
  • Not Available on DVD
10
Storm at Daybreak (1933)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.5752 out of 4 stars for Storm at Daybreak2.5752
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. ...more about Storm at Daybreak
  • Not Available on DVD
11
Wet Parade, The (1932)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.5204 out of 4 stars for Wet Parade2.5204
Sprawling story of Prohibition set against two families and how they are affected by booze. The stories come together when two young people (Robert Young, Dorothy Jordan) join in a common fight against liquor because it has destroyed their families. ...more about Wet Parade
  • Not Available on DVD
12
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.5067 out of 4 stars for Edge of Darkness2.5067
It's two years after the Nazi's invasion of Norway and in a small fishing village that is headquarters to 150 German soldiers, the 800 locals are stewing, waiting for a supply of arms so they can revolt. ...more about Edge of Darkness
  • Not Available on DVD
13
Rain (1932)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.4991 out of 4 stars for Rain2.4991
Sadie Thompson is a prostitute quarantined with other passengers on Pago Pago Island. While she gets along with American military stationed there, the missionaries Davidson make her life miserable. ...more about Rain
14
Beast of the City, The (1932)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.4154 out of 4 stars for Beast of the City2.4154
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is fighting gangster Sam Belmonte. He asks his dishonest brother Ed to keep an eye on Daisy who was connected with Belmonte. ...more about Beast of the City
  • Not Available on DVD
15
Furies, The (1950)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.3760 out of 4 stars for Furies2.3760
  • Not Available on DVD
16
December 7th (1943)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.3515 out of 4 stars for December 7th2.3515
Documentary about the bombing of Pearl Habour on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US effors to beat back the Japanese inforcements. ...more about December 7th
17
Criminal Code, The (1931)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.3378 out of 4 stars for Criminal Code2.3378
A wily D.A.(Brady) gets a 10 year conviction of a young 20 year old (Robert Graham)who he knows killed a man in self defense. Years later Brady becomes warden of the prison holding Graham. ...more about Criminal Code
  • Not Available on DVD
18
Of Human Hearts (1938)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.2099 out of 4 stars for Of Human Hearts2.2099
This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. ...more about Of Human Hearts
  • Not Available on DVD
19
Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.1771 out of 4 stars for Gabriel Over the White House2.1771
Newly inaugurated President Judson Hammond is content to live out the next four years exercising a hands-off approach and leaving the problems of Depression America to local authorities. ...more about Gabriel Over the White House
  • Not Available on DVD
20
Dragon Seed (1944)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.1141 out of 4 stars for Dragon Seed2.1141
  • Not Available on DVD
21
Ann Vickers (1933)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.1004 out of 4 stars for Ann Vickers2.1004
As the Great War breaks out, Ann Vickers, a serious, independent and forthright woman, falls for an officer who jilts her before she can tell him she's pregnant. ...more about Ann Vickers
  • Not Available on DVD
22
Kongo (1932)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.0730 out of 4 stars for Kongo2.0730
This remake of _West of Zanzibar (1928)_ (qv) made four years later tries to outdo the Lon Chaney original in morbidity. From a wheelchair a handicapped white man rules an area of Africa as a living god. ...more about Kongo
  • Not Available on DVD
23
North Star, The (1943)
Walter Huston scores a combined 2.0547 out of 4 stars for North Star2.0547
In a peaceful Ukrainian village, the school year is just ending in June 1941. ...more about North Star
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Tunnel, The (1935)
Walter Huston scores a combined 1.9999 out of 4 stars for Tunnel1.9999
  • Not Available on DVD
25
Outlaw, The (1943)
Walter Huston scores a combined 1.9482 out of 4 stars for Outlaw1.9482
Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stolen horse, and it is discovered in the possession of Billy the Kid. ...more about Outlaw
26
Virginian, The (1929)
Walter Huston scores a combined 1.8538 out of 4 stars for Virginian1.8538
Molly Wood arrives in a small western town to be the new schoolmarm. The Virginian, foreman on a local ranch, and Steve, his best fiend, soon become rivals for her affection. ...more about Virginian
  • Not Available on DVD
27
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Walter Huston scores a combined 1.7853 out of 4 stars for Abraham Lincoln1.7853
Brief vignettes about Lincoln's early life include his birth, early jobs, (unsubstantiated) affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary Todd, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates; his presidency and the Civil War are followed in somewhat more detail, though ...more about Abraham Lincoln
  • Not Available on DVD
28
Star Witness, The (1931)
Walter Huston scores a combined 1.7807 out of 4 stars for Star Witness1.7807
The Leeds family is thrown right in the middle of a war between the cops and gangland when they are the only witnesses to two murders committed by gang kingpin Maxey Campos. ...more about Star Witness
  • Not Available on DVD
29
Swamp Water (1941)
Walter Huston scores a combined 1.6803 out of 4 stars for Swamp Water1.6803
A hunter (Andrews) happens upon a fugitive (Brennan) and his daughter (Baxter) living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and pursuades the fugitive to return to town. ...more about Swamp Water
  • Not Available on DVD
30
Dragonwyck (1946)
Walter Huston scores a combined 1.4703 out of 4 stars for Dragonwyck1.4703
In 1844, farmer's daughter Miranda Wells is invited by Nicholas Van Ryn, distant relation, to live in his mansion as companion to his daughter. Arriving in high hopes, Miranda finds the Van Ryns a bit strange. ...more about Dragonwyck
  • Not Available on DVD
31
Summer Holiday (1948)
Walter Huston scores a combined 1.4703 out of 4 stars for Summer Holiday1.4703
Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighbourhood with his family. ...more about Summer Holiday
  • Not Available on DVD
32
Bad Man, The (1930)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
33
Bishop's Candlesticks, The (1929)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
34
Gentlemen of the Press (1929)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
35
Great Sinner, The (1949)
No Reviews Available
A young writer goes to Monte Carlo to write about gambling and gamblers, only to ultimately become a compulsive gambler himself. ...more about Great Sinner
  • Not Available on DVD
36
Hell Below (1933)
No Reviews Available
On leave in Italy, Lt. Tommy Knowlton falls in love with Jean Standish, who's not only married, but is the daughter of his submarine's commander. ...more about Hell Below
  • Not Available on DVD
37
House Divided, A (1931)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
38
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' (1931)
No Reviews Available
Zelma O'Neal comes to the office of Judge Walter Huston to complain that her husband, Warren William, is neglecting her for golf. ...more about How I Play Golf
  • Not Available on DVD
39
Lady Lies, The (1929)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
40
Law and Order (1932)
No Reviews Available
Traveling west, former peace officer Frame Johnson and his three friends arrive in Tombstone, a lawless town controlled by the three Northrup brothers. Preceded by his reputation, the town Council tries to get him to take the job of Marshal. ...more about Law and Order
  • Not Available on DVD
41
Light That Failed, The (1939)
No Reviews Available
Dick Heldar, a London artist, is gradually losing his sight. He struggles to complete his masterpiece, the portrait of Bessie Broke, a cockney girl, before his eyesight fails him. ...more about Light That Failed
  • Not Available on DVD
42
Mission to Moscow (1943)
No Reviews Available
Mission to Moscow was made at the behest of F.D.R. in order to garner more support for the Soviet Union during WWII. It was from the book by Joseph E. Davies, former U.S. Ambassador To Russia. ...more about Mission to Moscow
  • Not Available on DVD
43
Night Court (1932)
No Reviews Available
Judge Moffett is as crooked as they come and the Board of Judicial Corruption is after him. So he hides out in the poor part of town. While there, she drops the bankbook that Moffett has listing his accounts and Mary returns it to him. ...more about Night Court
  • Not Available on DVD
44
Our Russian Front (1942)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
45
Rhodes of Africa (1936)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
46
Ruling Voice, The (1931)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
47
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
48
Two Americans (1929)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
49
Virtuous Sin, The (1930)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
50
Warner Bros. Jubilee Dinner (1930)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
51
Woman from Monte Carlo, The (1932)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD