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Henry Brazeale Walthall (March 16, 1878 – June 17, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared as the Little Colonel in D. W. Griffith 's The Birth of a Nation (1915).
Henry B. Walthall was a respected stage actor who became a favorite of pioneering film director D.W. Griffith. Born in 1878 in Alabama, Walthall embarked on a law career but quit law school in 1898 to enlist in the US Army in order to fight in the Spanish-American War.
The years 1917 and 1918 were pivotal for Henry B. Walthall, both professionally and personally. After a two-year stint in Chicago with Essanay, Walthall vowed to move away from the bizarre, morbid roles that made him famous beyond the "Little Colonel."
Henry Brazeale Walthall (March 16, 1878 – June 17, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared as the Little Colonel in D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915). In New York in 1901, Walthall won a role in Under Southern Skies by Charlotte Blair Parker.
Find the location of Henry B. Walthall's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, read a biography, see related stars and browse a map of important places in their career. Born Henry Brazeale...
One hesitates to begin a biography of Henry B. Walthall with a description of his famous role in the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation. Nearly every article found on Walthall introduces the actor as the "Little Colonel"--hero of the D.W. Griffith masterpiece.
One summer day in 1909, Henry B. Walthall left the Player's Club in New York to find his friend James Kirkwood at the request of a producer. He was met at the Kirkwood residence by Mrs. Kirkwood who told him her husband was working in films.
Walthall’s portrayal of a Confederate veteran rounding up the Ku Klux Klan won him large-scale fame, and Walthall was soon able to emerge as a leading actor in the years leading up to the 1920s, parting ways with Griffith.
Following shortly upon the opening, tight comedy with Clark Gable as hustler Eddie caught running a street scam, diving into the apartment where Jean Harlow bathes, gamely providing cover when his mark and a cop (Henry B. Walthall, Jack Cheatham) arrive in pursuit, in MGM's Hold Your Man, 1933.
China Clipper is a 1936 American drama film directed by Ray Enright, written by Frank Wead and starring Pat O'Brien, Ross Alexander, Beverly Roberts, Humphrey Bogart and, in his final motion-picture appearance, veteran actor Henry B. Walthall.
