Henry B. Walthall

Henry Brazeale Walthall () adalah aktor teater dan film berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Namanya dikenal melalui perannya sebagai The Little Colonel dalam D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915).

 Latar belakang 
Henry B. Walthall lahir 16 Maret1878, di kawasan ladang kapas milik ayahnya, Shelby County, Alabama. Ayahnya pernah aktif dinas tentara dengan pangkat kapten. Walthall bekerja di ladang dan dididik oleh orang tuanya serta seorang paman yang meminjamkan buku-buku kepadanya. Dia menempuh pendidikan di Howard College selama enam bulan.

Tahun 1898, seama Perang Amerika-Spanyol, dia tercatat sebagai bagian dari Resimen Alabama Pertama. Dia menderita Malaria ketika berada di kamp Jacksonville, Florida, dan perang berakhir sebelum sembuh. Dia mengabdi selama sebelas bulan, dan resimennya memperbolehkan dia pulang ke rumah. Kemudian, dengan uang sebesar $100, dia pergi ke New York untuk mengejar kariernya di dunia keaktoran panggung. Dia bermain peran-peran kecil di Murray Hill Theater. Kemudian dia berafiliasi dengan American Theater dan tak lama kemudian pindah di The Providence, Rhode Island.

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Di New York tahun 1901, Walthall mendapatkan peran dalam pertunjukan Under Southern Skies oleh Charlotte Blair Parker. Dia tampil selama tiga tahun, di New York dan pentas kelilingnya. Bersama perusahaan Henry Miller dia memperoleh pengakuan di pertunjukan-pertunjukan Teater Broadway antara lain melalui pertunjukan Pippa Passes, The Only Way dan karya William Vaughn Moody, The Great Divide (1906–08). Rekan sesama pemerannya, James Kirkwood memperkenalkan Walthall kepada D. W. Griffith, dan pada hasilnya, Walthall boleh bergabung di Biograph Company.

Kariernya di perfilman dimulai sejak 1909 di Biograph Studios New York dengan peran utama dalam film A Convict's Sacrifice. Film ini juga menampilkan James Kirkwood, dan diarahkan oleh D.W. Griffith. Sebagaimana industri yang sedang bertumbuh dan meningkat popularitasnya, Griffith muncul sebagai sutradara dan Walthall ditemukan olehnya sebagai andalan di perusahaanGriffith, yang kadang-kadang berkarya bersama seperti halnya Owen Moore, Kate Bruce, Lillian dan Dorothy Gish, Mae Marsh, Bobby Harron, Jack dan Mary Pickford. Dia kemudian mengikuti kepindahan Griffith dari New York's Biograph ke California's Reliance-Majestic Studios tahun 1913. Setelah beberapa bulan bersama Reliance, dia bergabung dengan Pathé untuk kurun waktu yang singkat.

Dia memutuskan untuk mengelola bisnis dan membentuk The Union Feature Film Company, perusahaan pertama yang dikembangkan yang seluruhnya memproduksi film-film panjang. Percobaannya kurang menuai sukses sayangnya, dan dia kembali bekerja sama dengan perusahaan Griffith.

Diberi kesempatan mengerjakan film-film pendek di awal tahun, Walthall terkadang dia tampil dalam belasan film setiap tahun. Keberadaannya mendapatkan perhatian nasional pada tahun 1915 atas perannya sebagai Kolonel Ben Cameron dalam film arahan Griffith yang sangat berpengaruh dan kontroversial, berjudul The Birth of a Nation.

Walthall melanjutkan berkarya di film sampai dasawarsa 1920-an, tampil di The Plastic Age bersama Gilbert Roland dan Clara Bow. Dia memerankan sebagai Roger Chillingworth dalam film adaptasi arahan Victor Seastrom produksi 1926 The Scarlet Letter menjadi lawan main Lillian Gish.

Walthall melanjutkan kariernya sampai dasawarsa 1930-an. Setelah penampilannya di film arahan John Ford tahun 1934 berjudul Judge Priest yang dibintangi Will Rogers dia menikmati periode emas kariernya. Dia berperan sebagai Manette dalam A Tale of Two Cities (1935), dibintangi Ronald Colman. Tahun 1936 dia tampil sebagai Marcel dalam film The Devil-Doll. Dia mengalami sakit parah selama film terkhirnya, Clipper. Frank Capra menginginkan Walthall untuk berperan sebagai The High Lama dalam filmnya Lost Horizon tahun 1937.

 Filmografi terpilih 
 Tahun Judul Peran Catatan 1909 A Convict's Sacrifice  1909 Pranks  1909 The Sealed RoomThe Minstrel  1909 In Old KentuckyRobert, the Confederate Son  1909 A Corner in Wheat The wheat king's assistant 1909The Hessian Renegades1909Fools of Fate1909A Trap for Santa ClausArthur1909In Little ItalyVictor1909The Day AfterParty Guest1909The Mended LuteIndian1909Choosing a HusbandHarry1909Getting EvenMiner 1910 The Honor of His Family 1910The Two BrothersPedro1910The KidWalter Holden1910RamonaAlessandro1910In the Border StatesConfederate Corporal1910The House with Closed ShuttersThe Confederate Soldier1910Rose O'Salem-TownThe Trapper 1910 In Old California  1910 The Gold Seekers  1910 The Oath and the Man  1910 The Sorrows of the Unfaithful  1910 A Summer Idyl  1910 The Armorer's Daughter  1911 A Little Child  1912 Home Folks  1912 The Miser's Daughter  1912 FriendsDandy Jack 1912The Inner Circle1912A Change of SpiritFirst Gentleman Thief1912Two Daughters of EveThe Father1912So Near, Yet So Far1912A Feud in the Kentucky HillsPsalm Singer1912In the Aisles of the WildJim Watson1912The One She LovedThe Husband1912The Painted Lady1912My BabyThe Husband1912The InformerThe false Brother1912Brutality1912My HeroIndian Charlie1912The Burglar's DilemmaHouseholder's Weakling Brother1912The God WithinThe Woodsman 1913 The Vengeance of Galora  1913 Oil and WaterThe Idealist  1913 The Wedding Gown 1913Three FriendsThe Husband1913Love in an Apartment HotelThe Young Woman's Fiance1913Broken WaysThe Road Agent1913The Sheriff's BabyFirst Bandit1913If We Only KnewThe Father1913The Lady and the Mouse1913The WandererThe Wanderer1913The House of Darkness1913The Tenderfoot's MoneyThe Prospector1913The Stolen LoafThe Poor Man1913Red Hicks Defies the World1913The Switch TowerThe Switchman1913The Mothering HeartClub Patron1913The MistakeJack, the Friend, a Prospector1913A Gambler's HonorBeth's Brother1913During the Round-UpThe Stranger1913The MirrorThe Station Agent1913Two Men of the Desert First Partner1913A Woman in the Ultimate Member of the Badger Gang1913The Perfidy of Mary Poet1913The Battle at Elderbush GulchIndian Chief's Son1913Death's MarathonThe Husband1914The Green-Eyed DevilShort film1914The Mountain RatDouglas Williams1914The Floor AboveStephen Pryde1914The Gangsters of New YorkPorky Dugan1914Ashes of the Past1914Judith of BethuliaHolofernes1914Strongheart1914ClassmatesDuncan Irving1914Lord ChumleyLord Chumley1914Man's Enemy1914The Avenging ConscienceThe Nephew1914Home, Sweet HomeJohn Howard Payne1914The Odalisque1915The Birth of a NationCol. Ben Cameron1915BeulahDr. Guy Hartwell1915The RavenEdgar Allan Poe1915GhostsCaptain Arling/Oswald1915The Woman Hater1916The Birth of a Man1916The Pillars of SocietyKarsten Bernick1916The Sting of VictoryDavid Whiting/Walker Whiting1916The Truant SoulDr. John Lancaster/Dr. Lawson1916The Misleading LadyJack Craigen1916The Strange Case of Mary PagePhil Langdon, AttorneySerial; lost film1917Burning the CandleJames Maxwell1917The Saint's AdventureRev. Paul Manson1917Little ShoesDavid Noel1917National Association's All-Star Picture1918His Robe of HonorJulian Randolph1918With Hoops of SteelEmerson Mead1918The Great LoveSir Roger Brighton1918And a Still Small VoiceClay Randolph1918Humdrum BrownHector "Humdrum" Brown1919The False FacesMichael Lanyard, "The Lone Wolf"1919Modern HusbandsStephen Duane1919The BoomerangGeorge Gray1919The Long Lane's TurningHarry Sevier1919The Long Arm of MannisterGeorge Mannister1920The ConfessionFather Bartlett1920Parted CurtainsJoe Jenkins1920A Splendid HazardKarl Breitman1921Flower of the NorthPhilip Whittemore1921The Ableminded LadyBreezy Bright1922The KickbackAaron Price1922The Long ChanceHarley P. Hennage1922The Marriage ChanceDr. Paul Graydon1922One Clear CallHenry Garnett1922Boy of MineWilliam Latimer1923The Face on the Bar-Room FloorRobert Stevens1923The Unknown PurplePeter Marchmont/Victor Cromport1924The Bowery BishopNorman Strong1924Single WivesFranklin Dexter1924The Woman on the JuryProsecuting AttorneyLost film1925The Girl Who Wouldn't WorkWilliam Hale1925Kit Carson Over the Great DivideDr. Samuel Webb1925On the ThresholdAndrew Masters1925The Golden BedColonel Peake1925The Plastic AgeHenry Carver1925Kentucky PrideMr. Beaumont1925Dollar DownAlec Craig1925Simon the JesterBrandt1926Everybody's ActingThorpe1926Three Faces EastGeorge Bennett1926The BarrierGale1926The Road to MandalayFather James1926The Scarlet LetterRoger Chillingworth1926The Unknown SoldierMr. Phillips1927WingsMr. Armstrong1927London After MidnightSir James Hamlin1927The Enchanted IslandTim Sanborn1927Fighting LoveFilipo Navarro1927A Light in the WindowJohann Graff1927The Rose of KildareBob Avery1928Freedom of the PressJohn Ballard1928RetributionVitaphone Varieties 24181928Love Me and the World Is MineVan Denbosch1929SpeakeasyFuzzy1929The Jazz AgeMr. Maxwell1929The Bridge of San Luis ReyFather Juniper1929The TrespasserFuller1929Black MagicDr. Bradbroke1929In Old CaliforniaDon Pedro DeLeón1929From HeadquartersBuffalo Bill Ryan1929The Phantom in the HouseBoyd Milburn1929River of RomanceGen. Jeff Rumford1929Stark MadCaptain RhodesLost film1929Street CornerShort film1930Temple TowerBlackton1930Abraham LincolnColonel Marshall1930The Love TraderCaptain Adams1930Tol'able DavidAmos Hatburn1930Blaze o' GloryBurkeLost film1931Anybody's BlondeThe Editor1931Is There Justice?District Attorney John Raymond1932Chandu the MagicianRobert Regent1932Police CourtNat Barry1932The Cabin in the CottonEph Clinton1932Ride Him, CowboyJohn Gaunt1932Strange InterludeProfessor Leeds1932Me and My GalSarge1932Central ParkEby1932Alias Mary SmithAtwell1932KlondikeMark Armstrong1932Hotel ContinentalWinthrop1932Self-DefenseDr. Borden1932The Flaming SignalRev. James193342nd StreetThe Actor1933Headline ShooterJudge Beacon1933Laughing at LifePresidente Valenzuela1933The Sin of Nora MoranFather Ryan1933Somewhere in SonoraBob Leadly1933Her Forgotten PastMr. Maynard1933The Whispering ShadowSerial1933The Wolf DogJim CourtneySerial1934Judge PriestRev. Ashby Brand1934A Girl of the LimberlostDr. Ammon1934Viva Villa!Francisco I. Madero1934The Scarlet LetterRoger Chillingworth1934Men in WhiteDr. McCabe1934Bachelor of ArtsProfessor Barth1934Dark HazardSchultz1934The Murder in the MuseumBernard Latham Wayne, alias Professor Mysto1934Beggars in ErmineMarchant the Blind Man1934The Lemon Drop Kid 1935A Tale of Two CitiesDr. Manette1935Dante's InfernoPop McWade1935Helldorado1936The Devil-DollMarcel1936The Garden Murder CaseDr. Garden1936The Mine with the Iron Door1936Hearts in BondageCaptain Buchanan1936The Last OutlawUnder Sheriff Calvin YatesScreening on Broadway when Walthall died1936China ClipperDadWalthall collapsed on the set after completing his scenes and died three weeks later

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 Tribute Site
 portrait of Henry B. Walthall (moviecard)
 Literature on Henry B. Walthall

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