Henry B. Walthall
1878-03-15 ( 147 years old ) in Shelby County, Alabama, USA

​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.

Movies

I Am Not a Racist 2019-06-16
London After Midnight 2002-11-01
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists 1998-01-01
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen 1975-04-19
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) 1942-01-01
China Clipper 1936-08-11
The Devil-Doll 1936-07-10
The Last Outlaw 1936-06-19
Hearts in Bondage 1936-05-26
The Mine with the Iron Door 1936-05-06
The Garden Murder Case 1936-02-21
A Tale of Two Cities 1935-12-25
Dante's Inferno 1935-08-23
Helldorado 1935-01-05
Love Time 1934-11-03
A Girl of the Limberlost 1934-10-14
The Lemon Drop Kid 1934-09-27
The Scarlet Letter 1934-09-18
Judge Priest 1934-09-15
The Murder in the Museum 1934-05-26
City Park 1934-05-01
Viva Villa! 1934-04-27
Men in White 1934-04-06
Beggars in Ermine 1934-02-21
Dark Hazard 1934-01-31
The Sin of Nora Moran 1933-12-13
The Wolf Dog 1933-09-29
Her Forgotten Past 1933-09-01
Headline Shooter 1933-07-28
The Flaming Signal 1933-07-24
Hold Your Man 1933-06-30
Somewhere in Sonora 1933-05-27
The Whispering Shadow 1933-04-17
42nd Street 1933-03-11
Strange Interlude 1932-12-30
Self Defense 1932-12-15
Central Park 1932-12-10
Me and My Gal 1932-12-04
The Cabin in the Cotton 1932-09-26
Klondike 1932-08-29
Ride Him, Cowboy 1932-08-27
Chandu the Magician 1932-08-04
Alias Mary Smith 1932-07-14
Hotel Continental 1932-02-21
Police Court 1932-02-19
Anybody's Blonde 1931-11-01
Tol'able David 1930-11-15
Abraham Lincoln 1930-11-08
The Love Trader 1930-09-25
Temple Tower 1930-04-12
Blaze o' Glory 1929-12-30
The Trespasser 1929-11-11
The Phantom in the House 1929-10-20
Black Magic 1929-07-06
The River of Romance 1929-06-28
From Headquarters 1929-04-27
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 1929-03-30
Speakeasy 1929-03-08
Stark Mad 1929-02-02
Freedom of the Press 1928-10-28
Retribution 1928-06-16
London After Midnight 1927-12-03
A Light in the Window 1927-10-15
Love Me and the World Is Mine 1927-09-26
Wings 1927-08-12
Fighting Love 1927-02-14
The Scarlet Letter 1927-01-08
Everybody's Acting 1926-10-04
The Road to Mandalay 1926-06-26
The Unknown Soldier 1926-05-29
The Barrier 1926-03-21
Three Faces East 1926-02-03
The Plastic Age 1925-12-15
Kentucky Pride 1925-09-06
Kit Carson Over the Great Divide 1925-09-02
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work 1925-08-18
The Golden Bed 1925-01-25
The Woman on the Jury 1924-04-20
Boy of Mine 1923-12-30
The Unknown Purple 1923-10-01
Gimme 1923-01-14
The Face on the Barroom Floor 1923-01-01
The Long Chance 1922-10-02
The Kickback 1922-06-30
One Clear Call 1922-05-20
The Able-Minded Lady 1922-01-01
Flower of the North 1921-12-04
A Splendid Hazard 1920-09-26
Parted Curtains 1920-04-02
The Confession 1920-01-01
The Long Arm of Mannister 1919-11-15
Modern Husbands 1919-04-28
The False Faces 1919-02-15
The Long Lane's Turning 1919-02-10
The Great Love 1918-08-11
Humdrum Brown 1918-03-15
Pillars of Society 1916-08-27
The Strange Case of Mary Page 1916-01-24
The Misleading Lady 1916-01-03
The Raven 1915-11-08
Ghosts 1915-05-31
The Birth of a Nation 1915-02-08
Rod of Wrath 1915-02-06
The Odalisque 1914-11-15
The Avenging Conscience 1914-08-02
Lord Chumley 1914-06-14
Home, Sweet Home 1914-05-16
The Mountain Rat 1914-05-01
The Old Man 1914-04-17
The Mysterious Shot 1914-04-04
The Floor Above 1914-04-01
Judith of Bethulia 1914-03-08
Strongheart 1914-03-08
The Green-Eyed Devil 1914-02-28
Classmates 1914-02-14
The Gangsters of New York 1914-02-01
The Awakening of Donna Isolla 1914-01-24
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch 1913-12-01
A Woman in the Ultimate 1913-09-03
Two Men of the Desert 1913-08-23
The Mirror 1913-07-24
During the Round-Up 1913-07-19
A Gambler's Honor 1913-07-14
Her Mother's Oath 1913-06-28
The Switchtower 1913-06-15
Death's Marathon 1913-06-14
The Stolen Loaf 1913-05-10
The Tenderfoot's Money 1913-05-05
The Wanderer 1913-05-02
If We Only Knew 1913-05-01
The Lady and the Mouse 1913-04-26
The Little Tease 1913-04-12
The Perfidy of Mary 1913-04-05
The Sheriff's Baby 1913-03-29
Broken Ways 1913-03-08
Love in an Apartment Hotel 1913-02-27
Oil and Water 1913-02-10
Three Friends 1913-01-02
The God Within 1912-12-26
The Burglar’s Dilemma 1912-12-16
My Hero 1912-12-12
Brutality 1912-12-02
The Informer 1912-11-21
My Baby 1912-11-14
The One She Loved 1912-10-21
In the Aisles of the Wild 1912-10-14
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills 1912-10-03
So Near, Yet So Far 1912-09-29
Friends 1912-09-22
Two Daughters of Eve 1912-09-19
For His Sake 1911-09-27
Souls Courageous 1911-02-18
The Command from Galilee 1911-02-04
Where the Sea and the Shore Doth Meet 1910-11-05
The Armorer’s Daughter 1910-10-29
The Gray of the Dawn 1910-10-22
The Iconoclast 1910-10-03
Rose o' Salem Town 1910-09-25
The Oath and the Man 1910-09-21
In Life's Cycle 1910-09-14
A Summer Idyll 1910-09-05
Wilful Peggy 1910-08-24
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful 1910-08-22
The Usurer 1910-08-15
The House with Closed Shutters 1910-08-08
The Call to Arms 1910-07-25
A Flash of Light 1910-07-17
In the Border States 1910-06-13
A Child of the Ghetto 1910-06-06
Ramona 1910-05-23
The Two Brothers 1910-05-12
The Face at the Window 1910-05-10
Love Among the Roses 1910-05-08
The Kid 1910-04-14
The Gold Seekers 1910-03-18
The Way of the World 1910-03-12
In Old California 1910-03-10
The Thread of Destiny 1910-03-07
Thou Shalt Not 1910-03-03
The Converts 1910-02-08
The Cloister’s Touch 1910-01-31
The Honor of His Family 1910-01-24
The Call 1910-01-20
On the Reef 1910-01-17
His Last Burglary 1910-01-07
The Heart of an Outlaw 1909-12-31
The Day After 1909-12-30
In Little Italy 1909-12-23
A Trap for Santa Claus 1909-12-20
A Corner in Wheat 1909-12-13
Fools of Fate 1909-10-06
Pippa Passes 1909-10-03
In Old Kentucky 1909-09-20
The Broken Locket 1909-09-16
Getting Even 1909-09-12
1776, or The Hessian Renegades 1909-09-06
The Sealed Room 1909-09-02
The Little Darling 1909-09-01
Pranks 1909-08-30
They Would Elope 1909-08-09
The Mended Lute 1909-08-05
A Strange Meeting 1909-08-01
The Slave 1909-07-29
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest 1908-01-16

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