Walter Huston

Walter Huston is an Academy Award winning Canadian actor. 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. The family has produced three generations of Academy Award winners: Walter, his son John, and granddaughter Anjelica.

Huston is known for The Virginian (1929), Abraham Lincoln (1930), Rain (1932), and Gabriel Over the White House (1933).