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Raoul Walsh

American film director and actor (1887-1980) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 93

Raoul Walsh was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent cinema actor George Walsh.

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1980Died31 December 1980HollywoodSeries, 19801964A Distant TrumpetFilm, Director1960Esther and the KingFilm, Director, Writer1957Band of AngelsFilm, Director1955Battle CryFilm, Director, Producer1953Gun FuryFilm, Director1951Along the Great DivideFilm, Director1947PursuedFilm, Director1945Objective, Burma!Film, Director1943Background to DangerFilm, Director1941High SierraFilm, Director1940Dark CommandFilm, Director1936Big Brown EyesFilm, Director, Writer1928Sadie ThompsonFilm, Director, Producer1915The Birth of a NationFilm, John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)1887Born11 March 1887

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Known for

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  • White Heat 1949
  • The Roaring Twenties 1939
  • The Thief of Bagdad 1924
  • Gentleman Jim 1942
  • The Enforcer 1951

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Filmography 40

181 credits on file

Television 1

Media & music

Awards

Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

About this person

He portrayed John Wilkes Booth in the silent film The Birth of a Nation (1915) and directed the widescreen epic The Big Trail (1930) starring John Wayne in his first leading role, The Roaring Twenties starring James Cagney, Gladys George, Priscilla Lane and Humphrey Bogart, High Sierra (1941) starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart, and White Heat (1949) starring James Cagney, Edmond O'Brien, Virginia Mayo and Margaret Wycherly. He directed his last film in 1964. His work has been noted as influences on directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Martin Scorsese.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1887 to 1980 · aged 93

In the same film or series as Raoul

William FaulknerAlso in Background to Danger (1943)Gary CooperAlso in Distant Drums (1951)James CagneyAlso in The Roaring Twenties (1939)Yvonne De CarloAlso in Band of Angels (1957)