ACTOR

Walter Huston

1883 - 1950

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Walter Thomas Huston ( HEW-stən; April 6, 1884 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian actor and singer. Huston won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, directed by his son John Huston. He is the patriarch of the four generations of the Huston acting family, including his son John, grandchildren Anjelica Huston and Danny Huston, as well as great-grandchild Jack Huston. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Huston has received more than 2,064,758 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Walter Huston is the 1,368th most popular actor (down from 1,327th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Canada (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Canadian Actor.

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  • 49

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  • 3.13

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  • 5.26

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Walter Huston ranks 1,368 out of 13,578. Before him are Anne Heche, Arnold Vosloo, Lina Romay, Hilary Swank, Andrew Garfield, and Inna Churikova. After him are Eva Longoria, Claire Forlani, Aamir Khan, John de Lancie, Marianne Koch, and Tuncel Kurtiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Walter Huston ranks 83. Before him are Louis Lavelle, Prince Konrad of Bavaria, Katia Mann, Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Walter Buch, and José Mendes Cabeçadas. After him are Johnston McCulley, Louis Massignon, Leonid Kulik, Bertram Ramsay, Edgard Varèse, and Joseph Stilwell. Among people deceased in 1950, Walter Huston ranks 60. Before him are Rafael Sabatini, Alfred Korzybski, Alma Karlin, Agnes Smedley, Kim Kyu-sik, and Henry H. Arnold. After him are Abraham Wald, Olaf Stapledon, Hantaro Nagaoka, John C. Woods, Walter Eucken, and Yvan Goll.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Walter Huston ranks 112 out of 1,622. Before him are Rachel McAdams (1978), James Randi (1928), Jean Chrétien (1934), Margot Kidder (1948), Hubert Reeves (1932), and Deanna Durbin (1921). After him are Myron Scholes (1941), Reginald Fessenden (1866), Paul Martin (1938), Rick Moranis (1953), Linda Evangelista (1965), and Bruce Greenwood (1956).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Walter Huston ranks 32. Before him are Michael Ironside (1950), Norma Shearer (1902), Nathan Fillion (1971), Rachel McAdams (1978), Margot Kidder (1948), and Deanna Durbin (1921). After him are Rick Moranis (1953), Bruce Greenwood (1956), Graham Greene (1952), Florence Lawrence (1886), Eric McCormack (1963), and Lorne Greene (1915).

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