Walter Thomas Huston (/ˈhjuË stÉ™n/; né Houghston; April 5, 1883 â€"
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, Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston, Allegra Huston, and Jack Huston.
The family has produced three generations of Academy Award winners:
Walter, his son John, and John's daughter Anjelica.Huston was born in
Toronto, Ontario, where he attended Winchester Street Public School.
He was the son of Elizabeth (née McGibbon) and Robert Moore Huston, a
farmer who founded a construction company. He was of Scottish and
Irish descent. He had a brother and two sisters, one of whom was the
theatrical voice coach Margaret Carrington (1877â€"1941).His family
moved, before his birth, from Melville, just south of Orangeville,
Ontario, where they were farmers. As a young man, he worked in
construction and in his spare time attended the Shaw School of Acting.
He made his stage debut in 1902. He went on to tour in In Convict
Stripes, a play by Hal Reid, father of Wallace Reid and also appeared
with Richard Mansfield in Julius Caesar. He again toured in another
play The Sign of the Cross. In 1904, he married Rhea Gore
(1882â€"1938) and gave up acting to work as a manager of electric
power stations in Nevada, Missouri. He maintained these jobs until
1909.In 1909, with his marriage foundering, he appeared with an older
actress named Bayonne Whipple (born Mina Rose, 1865â€"1937). They were
billed as Whipple and Huston and, in 1915, they married. Vaudeville
was their livelihood into the 1920s.
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, Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston, Allegra Huston, and Jack Huston.
The family has produced three generations of Academy Award winners:
Walter, his son John, and John's daughter Anjelica.Huston was born in
Toronto, Ontario, where he attended Winchester Street Public School.
He was the son of Elizabeth (née McGibbon) and Robert Moore Huston, a
farmer who founded a construction company. He was of Scottish and
Irish descent. He had a brother and two sisters, one of whom was the
theatrical voice coach Margaret Carrington (1877â€"1941).His family
moved, before his birth, from Melville, just south of Orangeville,
Ontario, where they were farmers. As a young man, he worked in
construction and in his spare time attended the Shaw School of Acting.
He made his stage debut in 1902. He went on to tour in In Convict
Stripes, a play by Hal Reid, father of Wallace Reid and also appeared
with Richard Mansfield in Julius Caesar. He again toured in another
play The Sign of the Cross. In 1904, he married Rhea Gore
(1882â€"1938) and gave up acting to work as a manager of electric
power stations in Nevada, Missouri. He maintained these jobs until
1909.In 1909, with his marriage foundering, he appeared with an older
actress named Bayonne Whipple (born Mina Rose, 1865â€"1937). They were
billed as Whipple and Huston and, in 1915, they married. Vaudeville
was their livelihood into the 1920s.
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