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Raoul Walsh

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American film director and actor (1887-1980)

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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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Filmography 40

The Birth of a Nation1915 · ★ 6.0
White Heat1949 · ★ 7.7
High Sierra1941 · ★ 7.1
The Roaring Twenties1939 · ★ 7.5
The Thief of Bagdad1924 · ★ 7.3
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.1951 · ★ 6.9
The Big Trail1930 · ★ 6.7
They Died with Their Boots On1941 · ★ 6.7
They Drive by Night1940 · ★ 6.9
Come September1961 · ★ 6.8
Pursued1947 · ★ 6.6
Distant Drums1951 · ★ 6.3
Objective, Burma!1945 · ★ 6.8
The Tall Men1955 · ★ 6.5
The Strawberry Blonde1941 · ★ 7.0
Colorado Territory1949 · ★ 6.9
Gentleman Jim1942 · ★ 7.2
Dark Command1940 · ★ 6.4
Gun Fury1953
The World in His Arms1952
Blackbeard, the Pirate1952
Band of Angels1957
Along the Great Divide1951
The Man I Love1946
Me and My Gal1932
The Naked and the Dead1958
The Regeneration1915
Sadie Thompson1928
The King and Four Queens1956
It's a Great Feeling1949
Sea Devils1953
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw1958
Silver River1948
In Old Arizona1928
Desperate Journey1942
A Distant Trumpet1964
Battle Cry1955
Big Brown Eyes1936
Uncertain Glory1944
Background to Danger1943

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star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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About this person

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. 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
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