Walt Whitman
Acting
Biography
Walt Whitman _(not to be confused with the poet, 1819-1892, of the same name)_ was an American stage and screen character actor, in films from 1915 to 1924.
Born: April 25, 1859
Place of Birth: Lyon, New York, USA
Known For
The Mark of Zorro
Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Everybody's Sweetheart
When the benign headmistress of the county poor farm is discharged and replaced with a tyrant, John and Mary, two orphans who have lived there since infancy, decide to run away. Accompanied by a feeble old corporal from the farm, they are forced to seek refuge at the home of General Phillip Bingham when the old soldier becomes ill. After the corporal's death, the general promises to care for the two waifs. Mary becomes his protegee, and John his gardener. Friction develops between the two newcomers and Willing and his wife Jessica, a couple living with the general who hope to inherit his wealth, until one day the general notices a close resemblance between a portrait of his deceased son and John. It is discovered then that John is actually the general's grandson. Thus legitimized, John weds Mary, and the general is pleased with his newly acquired family.
The Three Musketeers
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
The Grub Stake
A young woman is lured to the Yukon by a gambler with promises of marriage and a grubstake for a gold mine. She takes her ailing father with her, only to discover when she gets there that the gambler was lying to her and actually planned to sell her to a dance hall. She gathers her father and an old miner she has met, takes a dogsled and supplies from the gambler and the three of them head for the wilderness to look for a lost gold claim the old miner has been looking for.
The Heart of Humanity
The story centers around Nanette, an American girl living in a small Canadian village, who is in love with John Patricia, the eldest of five brothers. The war interrupts their romantic idyll, as everyone goes overseas to Belgium and France. Nanette becomes a Red Cross nurse and is terrorized by the evil Prussian Lt. von Eberhard.
His Nibs
Shenanigans at a small town movie theater.
Dangerous Hours
Idealistic young American falls under the influence of Communist agitators.
Captain of His Soul
At the suggestion of his sons Horace and Henry, aging Ebenezer Boyce turns over control of his pistol factory to Martin. However, when Ebenezer discovers the extent of Martin's dishonesty and corruption, the shock gives the old man a heart attack and he dies. Soon afterward Martin is discovered dead, and the brothers begin to suspect each other of the murder.
The Ne'er to Return Road
A mother is waiting for her boy, not knowing that he is dead. An escaped convict falls exhausted at her door, and she gives him food and drink while the story is told, in flashback, of how he committed his crime. An unfaithful wife, a bar room, a dude and self-defense; these were the elements that made him a convict. The mother learns that it was her boy that he killed. Although the mother helps him to escape, the prison officials capture him.
Passion's Playground
Mary Grant has a gambling father and a mother who has disappeared. Even though she has been raised in a convent she proves true to her ancestry by running away to Monte Carlo and spending her small inheritance at the gambling table.
Filmography
as The Chancellor
as The Skipper
as Charley Stump
as Capt. Markham
as Sheb
as Bellounds
as The Boy's Father
as The Father
as The Old Inventor
as D'Artagnan's Father
as Mr. Warren
as Fray Felipe
as The Corporal
as James McCarthy
as Cure of Roquebrune
as Dr. King
as Judge Clay Emerson Meredith
as Joel Fulkerson
as Ex-convict
as Judge Creighton
as Matthieu
as Father Michael
as Anthony Brenton
as Ebenezer Boyce
as Deacon Hanford
as Mynderse Van Duyn
as 'Tough Luck' Baxter
as Jacob Straightline
as The O'Reilly
as Jed Wharton
as Old Bookkeeper
as Old Burns
as The Monk
as Malcolm Clayton
as Sir John Constable
as Police Magistrate
as The Vicar of Hadleigh
as Cardinal Richelieu
as Rev. Austin