Walter Long (actor)
| Walter Long | |
|---|---|
 Walter Long, 1924 | |
| Born |
March 5, 1879 Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died |
July 4, 1952 (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1910 - 1950 |
Walter Huntley Long (March 5, 1879 – July 4, 1952) was an American character actor in films from the 1910s. He was born in Nashua, New Hampshire.
Career
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He appeared in many D. W. Griffith films, notably The Birth of a Nation (1915), where he appeared as Gus, an African American, in blackface make-up, and Intolerance (1916).
Long also supported Rudolph Valentino in the films The Sheik, Moran of the Lady Letty, and Blood and Sand. He later appeared as a comic villain in four Laurel and Hardy films during the early 1930s.
Personal life
In 1908, Long married Luray Roble, a stenographer from Wisconsin who later became an actress at Triangle/Fine Arts. She died in 1918 at age 28, due to the Spanish influenza epidemic.
Walter Long served in "home guard" units during World War I and World War II attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel before receiving an honorable discharge at the end of World War II.
Death
Long died of a heart attack on July 4, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, while watching the fireworks display at The Coliseum, during Fourth of July celebrations.
Partial filmography
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| Year | Title | Genre | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | The Fugitive | drama | Unknown | |
| 1911 | The Primal Call | drama | Unknown | short silent film |
| 1911 | Bobby, the Coward | drama | Unknown | |
| 1912 | The Girl and Her Trust | drama | Grace's Bashful Suitor | |
| 1912 | The Painted Lady | drama | Unknown | short silent film |
| 1912 | The Musketeers of Pig Alley | drama | Unknown | Credited as the first gangster film in history. |
| 1913 | The Deerslayer | drama | Unknown | |
| 1913 | Traffic in Souls | drama | Policeman | silent film |
| 1914 | The Broken Bottle | drama | Unknown | |
| 1914 | The Life of General Villa | action-drama | Federal Officer | Poncho Villa plays himself. |
| 1914 | Home, Sweet Home (1914 film) | drama | himself | silent, biographical |
| 1914 | The Escape | drama | Unknown | Now considered to be a lost film. |
| 1914 | Dan Morgan's Way | drama | Unknown | silent film |
| 1914 | Blue Pete's Escape | western | Unknown | |
| 1914 | The Avenging Conscience | drama | Detective | Based on The Tell-Tale Heart. |
| 1914 | Where the Mountains Meet | Unknown | himself | silent film |
| 1914 | The Revenue Officer's Deputy | drama | Bruner | silent film |
| 1914 | Ethel Has a Steady | comedy | Unknown | silent film |
| 1914 | Bobby's Medal | drama | Unknown | silent film |
| 1915 | The Birth of a Nation | drama | Gus | silent film |
| 1915 | Martyrs of the Alamo | Santa Anna | ||
| 1915 | The Highbinders | crime | Pat Gallagher | short silent film |
| 1915 | Little Marie | |||
| 1916 | Daphne and the Pirate | Jamie d'Arcy | ||
| 1916 | Sold for Marriage | Col. Gregioff | ||
| 1916 | Intolerance | drama | Musketeer of the Slums | silent film |
| 1916 | Joan the Woman | |||
| 1917 | The Evil Eye | Mexican Joe | silent film | |
| 1917 | A Romance of the Redwoods | |||
| 1917 | The Woman God Forgot | |||
| 1919 | An Adventure in Hearts | Guilamo Sevier | ||
| 1920 | The Sea Wolf | drama | 'Black Harris, the Mate | silent film |
| 1921 | The Sheik | Omair | ||
| 1922 | My American Wife | |||
| 1922 | Moran of the Lady Letty | Captain 'Slippery' Kitchel | ||
| 1922 | Shadows | |||
| 1922 | Blood and Sand | Plumitas | ||
| 1922 | Omar the Tentmaker | |||
| 1923 | His Great Chance | |||
| 1923 | The Shock | |||
| 1924 | White Man | |||
| 1924 | The Ridin' Kid from Powder River | western | Steve Lanning | |
| 1925 | The Lady | drama | Blackie | silent film |
| 1926 | Red Dice | crime drama | Nick Webb | |
| 1926 | West of Broadway | comedy-western | Bad Willie | |
| 1926 | Jim, the Conqueror | Western | ||
| 1927 | The Yankee Clipper | Portuguese Joe | silent film | |
| 1928 | Gang War | |||
| 1929 | The Black Watch | |||
| 1930 | Beau Bandit | |||
| 1930 | Conspiracy | mystery melodrama | Weinberg | |
| 1931 | The Maltese Falcon | Miles Archer | ||
| 1931 | Pardon Us | comedy | The Tiger | Laurel & Hardy film |
| 1932 | Any Old Port! | comedy | Mugsie Long | Laurel & Hardy film short |
| 1932 | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | crime drama | Blacksmith | uncredited |
| 1934 | Going Bye-Bye! | comedy | Butch Long | Laurel & Hardy film short |
| 1934 | The Live Ghost | comedy | Sea captain | Laurel & Hardy film short |
| 1934 | Three Little Pigskins | comedy | Joe Stacks | Three Stooges film |
| 1937 | Pick a Star | |||
| 1939 | Union Pacific | |||
| 1940 | Dark Command | |||
| 1941 | City of Missing Girls | drama | Officer Larkin | |
| 1948 | No More Relatives | comedy | Joe | Edgar Kennedy film short |
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