1883 - 1950
Walter Thomas Huston ( HEW-stən; April 5, 1883 – 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 1,909,831 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Walter Huston is the 1,329th most popular actor (up from 1,602nd in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Canada (up from 130th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Canadian Actor.
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Among actors, Walter Huston ranks 1,329 out of 9,996. Before him are Fred Ward, Frances Fisher, Claire Bloom, Elizabeth McGovern, Don S. Davis, and Chris Noth. After him are Geneviève Grad, Sydney Chaplin, Akiko Wakabayashi, Stefanie Powers, Daniel Stern, and Grace Moore.
1942 - 2022
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 1,323
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 1,324
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 1,325
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 1,326
1942 - 2008
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1,327
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1,328
1883 - 1950
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 1,329
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 1,330
1885 - 1965
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 1,331
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 1,332
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 1,333
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 1,334
1898 - 1947
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 1,335
Among people born in 1883, Walter Huston ranks 81. Before him are Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko, Henri Delaunay, Yan Xishan, Augustinas Voldemaras, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and Walter Buch. After him are Henk Sneevliet, Edgard Varèse, Dmitry Manuilsky, Sam Wood, Eurico Gaspar Dutra, and Katia Mann. Among people deceased in 1950, Walter Huston ranks 60. Before him are Karl Guthe Jansky, Rafael Sabatini, Adam Rainer, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Henry L. Stimson, and Nikolai Voznesensky. After him are Henry H. Arnold, Yvan Goll, Kim Kyu-sik, Olaf Stapledon, Traian Vuia, and Edwin Sutherland.
1883 - 1938
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 75
1883 - 1955
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 76
1883 - 1960
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 77
1883 - 1942
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 78
1883 - 1981
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 79
1883 - 1949
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 80
1883 - 1950
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 81
1883 - 1942
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 82
1883 - 1965
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 83
1883 - 1959
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 84
1883 - 1949
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 85
1883 - 1974
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 86
1883 - 1980
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 87
1905 - 1950
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 54
1875 - 1950
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 55
1899 - 1950
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 56
1874 - 1950
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 57
1867 - 1950
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 58
1903 - 1950
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 59
1883 - 1950
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 60
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 61
1891 - 1950
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 62
1881 - 1950
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 63
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 64
1872 - 1950
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 65
1883 - 1950
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 66
Among people born in Canada, Walter Huston ranks 102 out of 1,350. Before him are Donna Strickland (1959), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), Denny Doherty (1940), Ian Stevenson (1918), Steven Pinker (1954), and David Easton (1917). After him are Conrad Bain (1923), Louis Slotin (1910), Norman Jewison (1926), Loreena McKennitt (1957), Joseph Wiseman (1918), and David Foster (1949).
1959 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 96
1874 - 1950
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 97
1940 - 2007
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 98
1918 - 2007
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 99
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 100
1917 - 2014
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 101
1883 - 1950
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 102
1923 - 2013
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 103
1910 - 1946
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 104
1926 - 2024
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 105
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 106
1918 - 2009
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 107
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 108
Among actors born in Canada, Walter Huston ranks 26. Before him are Yvonne De Carlo (1922), Rick Moranis (1953), Victor Garber (1949), Michael Ironside (1950), Graham Greene (1952), and Norma Shearer (1902). After him are Conrad Bain (1923), Joseph Wiseman (1918), Margot Kidder (1948), Fay Wray (1907), Peter Cullen (1941), and Martin Short (1950).
1922 - 2007
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 20
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 21
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 22
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 23
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 24
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 25
1883 - 1950
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 26
1923 - 2013
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 27
1918 - 2009
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 28
1948 - 2018
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 29
1907 - 2004
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 30
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 31
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 32