Walter Huntley Long (March 5, 1879 â€" July 4, 1952) was an American
character actor in films from the 1910s.Long debuted in films in 1909
with Broncho Billy Anderson. He appeared in many D. W. Griffith films,
notably The Birth of a Nation (1915), where he appeared as Gus, an
African American, in blackface make-up, and Intolerance (1916).Long
also supported Rudolph Valentino in the films The Sheik, Moran of the
Lady Letty, and Blood and Sand. He later appeared as a comic villain
in four Laurel and Hardy films during the early 1930s.In 1908, Long
married Luray Grace Roblee, a stenographer from Wisconsin who later
became an actress at Triangle/Fine Arts. She died in 1918 at age 28,
due to the Spanish influenza epidemic. Walter re-married on the 16th
October 1923 to Leta Amanda Held (1897-1967) in Los Angeles,
California. They adopted a son who they called John Huntley Long
(1923-2000) See the 1930 US Census for details.
character actor in films from the 1910s.Long debuted in films in 1909
with Broncho Billy Anderson. He appeared in many D. W. Griffith films,
notably The Birth of a Nation (1915), where he appeared as Gus, an
African American, in blackface make-up, and Intolerance (1916).Long
also supported Rudolph Valentino in the films The Sheik, Moran of the
Lady Letty, and Blood and Sand. He later appeared as a comic villain
in four Laurel and Hardy films during the early 1930s.In 1908, Long
married Luray Grace Roblee, a stenographer from Wisconsin who later
became an actress at Triangle/Fine Arts. She died in 1918 at age 28,
due to the Spanish influenza epidemic. Walter re-married on the 16th
October 1923 to Leta Amanda Held (1897-1967) in Los Angeles,
California. They adopted a son who they called John Huntley Long
(1923-2000) See the 1930 US Census for details.
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