Raoul Walsh
Biography
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Raoul Walsh (March 11, 1887 – December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh. He was known for portraying John Wilkes Booth in the silent classic Birth of a Nation (1915) and for directing such films as High Sierra (1941) starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart and White Heat (1949) with James Cagney and Edmond O'Brien. His last directorial effort came in 1964.
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Known For
The Birth of a Nation
John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
Sadie Thompson
Sergeant Timothy 'Tim' O'Hara
Two Guys and a Gal
Raoul Walsh (uncredited)
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Angel of Contention
Jack Colter
The Life of General Villa
Villa as a young man
The Mystery of the Hindu Image
The Detective