Children John Huntley Long Role Character actor | Name Walter Long Years active 1910 - 1950 | |
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Died July 4, 1952, Los Angeles, California, United States Spouse Luray Huntley (m. 1908–1919) Movies The Birth of a Nation, The Sheik, Intolerance, Pardon Us, Going Bye‑Bye! Similar People Joseph Henabery, Charley Rogers, George Melford, Elmer Clifton, James Parrott | ||
Walter Huntley Long (March 5, 1879 – July 4, 1952) was an American character actor in films from the 1910s.
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Career
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. They had a son named John. She died in 1918 at age 28, due to the Spanish influenza epidemic. Long never remarried.
Walter Long served 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.
Although he was often called upon to play antagonists and villains because of his gravel voice and rugged appearance, many people reported that he was actually a warm, kindhearted man off-camera.
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.
Filmography
Actor
1950
Fireside Theatre (TV Series)
- Mother's Mutiny (1950)
1948
No More Relatives (Short) as
Joe
1945
Dillinger as
Mug in Police Lineup (uncredited)
1941
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island as
Captain Quinez (uncredited)
1941
Silver Stallion as
Benson
1941
Lady from Louisiana as
Lottery Thug (uncredited)
1941
City of Missing Girls as
Officer Larkin
1941
A Man Betrayed as
Henchman Asking About Pete and Louie (uncredited)
1941
Ridin' on a Rainbow as
Three Feathers Bartender (uncredited)
1940
When the Daltons Rode as
Deputy on Train (uncredited)
1940
Hidden Gold as
Henchman Sanford (uncredited)
1940
Men Without Souls as
Fireman (uncredited)
1940
Dark Command as
Townsman (uncredited)
1939
Fighting Mad as
Frenchy
1939
Flaming Lead as
Big Jim Creely
1939
Daughter of the Tong as
Henchman (uncredited)
1939
Union Pacific as
Irishman (uncredited)
1938
Wild Horse Canyon as
Roscoe
1938
Prison Break as
Convict (uncredited)
1938
Man's Country as
Lex Crane / Buck Crane
1938
Bar 20 Justice as
Pierce
1938
Six-Shootin' Sheriff as
Chuck
1938
The Painted Trail as
Gang Leader Driscoll
1937
Federal Bullets as
Henchman
1937
Hoosier Schoolboy as
Riley
1937
North of the Rio Grande as
Bull O'Hara
1937
Pick a Star as
Bandit
1937
Dick Tracy as
Whitey (uncredited)
1936
The Bold Caballero as
Guard
1936
The Accusing Finger as
Convict (uncredited)
1936
Wedding Present as
Gangster (uncredited)
1936
The Glory Trail as
Riley - Renegade Leader
1936
Sutter's Gold as
Sailor (uncredited)
1936
Drift Fence as
Bev Wilson
1935
Frisco Kid as
Gambling Miner (uncredited)
1935
Annie Oakley as
Dan - First Indian Hater (uncredited)
1935
Here Comes Cookie as
Tramp (uncredited)
1935
Naughty Marietta as
Pirate Leader (uncredited)
1935
The Whole Town's Talking as
Convict (uncredited)
1935
Horse Heir (Short)
1934
The Live Ghost (Short) as
Captain
1934
Three Little Pigskins (Short) as
Joe Stacks (uncredited)
1934
Lightning Strikes Twice as
Policeman (uncredited)
1934
Going Bye-Bye! (Short) as
Butch
1934
Operator 13 as
Operator 55
1934
The Thin Man as
Studsy Burke (uncredited)
1934
Lazy River as
Buck - Prisoner (uncredited)
1934
The House of Rothschild as
Prussian Soldier (uncredited)
1934
Six of a Kind as
Hold-Up Man (uncredited)
1934
Fugitive Lovers as
Prison Guard (uncredited)
1933
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men as
Red's Prison Cellmate (uncredited)
1933
Easy Millions
1933
Blondie Johnson as
Artie (uncredited)
1933
Laughter in Hell as
Chain Gang Member (uncredited)
1932
Silver Dollar as
Sick Miner Selling Mine to Yates (uncredited)
1932
Call Her Savage as
Man Who Tries to Pick Up Nasa (uncredited)
1932
Women Won't Tell as
Joe Kummer
1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as
Blacksmith (uncredited)
1932
Ship A Hooey! (Short) as
Officer Long
1932
Cornered as
Henchman Slade
1932
Hawkins & Watkins Inc. (Short) as
James the Butler
1932
Escapade as
Gympy McLane
1932
Any Old Port! (Short) as
Mugsie Long - Proprietor of Ye Mariner's Rest
1932
Lady! Please! (Short) as
Mike Solino
1931
Dragnet Patrol as
Jim Grainger
1931
Soul of the Slums as
Pete Thompson
1931
Taxi Troubles (Short) as
Joe 'Spike' Malone
1931
Hinter Schloss und Riegel (Short) as
The Tiger
1931
Pardon Us as
Le Tigre
1931
Night Class (Short)
1931
The Maltese Falcon as
Miles Archer
1931
Pardon Us as
The Tiger
1931
A Butter 'n' Yeggman (Short) as
The Bandit
1931
Los presidiarios as
El Tigre (uncredited)
1931
The Sargie's Playmate (Short)
1931
Sea Devils as
Johnson the First Mate
1931
Other Men's Women as
Bixby
1930
Moby Dick as
Stubbs
1930
Conspiracy as
Weinberg
1930
Beau Bandit as
Bobcat
1929
The Dancing Gob (Short)
1929
The Black Watch as
Harrim Bey
1928
Black Cargos of the South Seas as
Fursey
1928
Me, Gangster as
Gangster (uncredited)
1928
Forbidden Grass
1928
Gang War as
Mike Luego
1928
Thundergod as
Bruce Drossler
1927
Chicago as
Flynn's Thug (uncredited)
1927
White Pants Willie as
Mock Epply
1927
Back to God's Country as
Captain Blake
1927
The Yankee Clipper as
Portuguese Joe
1927
Jewels of Desire as
Pedro aka Jose Hernandez
1926
Jim the Conqueror as
Hank Milford
1926
West of Broadway as
Bad Willie
1926
Eve's Leaves as
Chang Fang
1926
Things Wives Tell as
Ben Felton
1926
The Highbinders as
Bill Dorgan
1926
Red Dice as
Nick Webb
1925
Steel Preferred as
Redface
1925
Bobbed Hair as
Doc
1925
The Road to Yesterday as
Rowdy in Burning-at-the-Stake Scene (uncredited)
1925
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman as
Crawshay
1925
Soul-Fire as
Herbert Jones - Sailor
1925
The Verdict as
Convict
1925
The Shock Punch as
Bull Malarkey
1925
The Reckless Sex
1925
The Lady as
Blackie
1924
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River as
Steve Lanning
1924
White Man as
The River Thief
1924
Wine as
Benedict, Count Montebello
1924
Daring Love as
Red Bishop
1924
Missing Daughters as
Guy Benson
1924
Yankee Madness as
Pablo del Gardo
1923
A Shot in the Night
1923
Desire as
Bud Reisner
1923
Call of the Wild as
Hagin
1923
The Huntress as
Joe Hagland
1923
The Broken Wing as
Capt. Innocencio Dos Santos
1923
The Shock as
The Captain
1923
The Isle of Lost Ships as
Peter Forbes
1923
Little Church Around the Corner as
Big Hex Poulon
1923
Quicksands as
Ring Member
1923
The Last Hour as
Red Brown
1922
My American Wife as
Gomez
1922
Omar the Tentmaker as
The Executioner
1922
Kick In as
Whip Fogarty
1922
The Beautiful and Damned as
Hull
1922
Shadows as
Daniel Gibbs
1922
To Have and to Hold as
Red Gill
1922
Blood and Sand as
Plumitas
1922
South of Suva as
Sydney Latimer
1922
The Dictator as
Mike 'Bigg' Dooley
1922
Across the Continent as
Dutton Tyler
1922
Moran of the Lady Letty as
Captain 'Slippery' Kitchell
1921
The Sheik as
Omair - the Bandit
1921
A Giant of His Race
1921
White and Unmarried as
Chicoq
1921
The Fire Cat as
Gringo Burke
1921
Tiger True as
Old Whitey / The Baboon
1920
What Women Love as
Captain Buck Nelson
1920
Held in Trust as
Hasbrouck Rutherford
1920
Go and Get It as
Jim Hogan
1920
The Sea Wolf as
'Black' Harris - The Mate
1920
The Third Woman as
Scar Norton
1920
Excuse My Dust as
Ritz
1920
The Fighting Shepherdess as
Pete Mullendore
1919
An Adventure in Hearts as
Guilamo Sevier
1919
Scarlet Days as
King Bagley aka Knight of the Black Stain
1919
Desert Gold as
Rojas
1919
Chasing Rainbows as
Lacy
1919
The Poppy Girl's Husband as
Boston Blackie
1917
The Woman God Forgot as
Taloc (High Priest)
1917
Hashimura Togo as
Carlos Anthony
1917
The Little American as
German Captain
1917
A Romance of the Redwoods as
Sheriff
1917
The Cost of Hatred as
Jefe Politico
1917
The Winning of Sally Temple as
Duke of Chatto
1917
Each to His Kind as
Mulai Singh
1917
The Golden Fetter as
McGill
1917
The Evil Eye as
Mexican Joe
1916
Joan the Woman as
The Executioner
1916
The Years of the Locust as
Aaron Roth
1916
Unprotected as
Joshua Craig
1916
Intolerance as
The Musketeer of the Slums / Babylonian Warrior
1916
The Marriage of Molly-O as
Joseph McGuire
1916
The Children in the House as
Al Fellowes
1916
Sold for Marriage as
Col. Gregioff
1916
Daphne and the Pirate as
Jamie d'Arcy
1916
Let Katie Do It as
Pedro Garcia
1916
The She-Devil (Short)
1915
Martyrs of the Alamo as
Santa Anna
1915
Jordan Is a Hard Road as
Agent
1915
Hearts and Flowers (Short) as
A Tramp
1915
The Kinship of Courage (Short)
1915
Victorine (Short) as
The Strong Man
1915
Little Marie (Short)
1915
In Old Mexico (Short) as
Don José - a Toreador
1915
Out of Bondage (Short) as
Clancy
1915
The Old Shoemaker (Short) as
Luigi
1915
The Buried Treasure (Short) as
Ragout
1915
The Highbinders (Short) as
Pat Gallagher
1915
The Outlaw's Revenge as
Federal officer
1915
A Man and His Mate as
Taylor
1915
The Man with a Record (Short) as
Detective Murphy
1915
The Birth of a Nation as
Gus - A Renegade Negro
1915
The Beast Within (Short) as
Spike Hennessey
1915
The Express Messenger (Short) as
Bill Mailey
1915
On the Table Top (Short) as
Hicks
1915
A Night's Adventure (Short) as
Bland
1915
His Lesson (Short)
1914
Bobby's Medal (Short)
1914
Ethel Has a Steady (Short)
1914
The Hidden Message (Short) as
One of the Bandits
1914
The Revenue Officer's Deputy (Short) as
Bruner
1914
Where the Mountains Meet (Short) as
Big Dan Jaffry - the Crook (as Walter H. Long)
1914
The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' as
The Detective (uncredited)
1914
Blue Pete's Escape (Short) as
Chicago Red
1914
Dan Morgan's Way (Short) as
Dick Ramsey
1914
The Escape as
Minor Role
1914
Home, Sweet Home (as W.H. Long)
1914
The Life of General Villa as
Federal Officer
1914
The Broken Bottle (Short) as
Bud Fay - 1st Crook (as H.W. Long)
1913
Traffic in Souls as
Policeman (uncredited)
1913
The Deerslayer (Short) as
Indian (uncredited)
1912
A Millionaire for a Day (Short) as
The Clerk in the Clothing Store (as M. Long, unconfirmed)
1911
Bobby, the Coward (Short)
1911
The Primal Call (Short) as
Undetermined Role
1910
The Fugitive (Short)
Self
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 (Short) as
Self
1922
A Trip to Paramountown (Documentary short) as
Self
Archive Footage
2011
These Amazing Shadows (Documentary) as
Gus (clip from The Birth of a Nation (1915)) (uncredited)
2003
Living Famously (TV Series documentary) as
Bandit
- Laurel & Hardy (2003) - Bandit (uncredited)
1990
Dick Tracy (TV Movie) as
Whitey - Cafe Owner (uncredited)
1986
The Laurel and Hardy Show (TV Series) as
Tiger / Butch (1986)
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s (Documentary)
1982
Dance of the Cookoos as
Maxie Long
1975
Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (TV Movie documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
1968
The Best of Laurel and Hardy (TV Movie) as
The Captain / The Tiger (uncredited)
1968
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed (TV Movie documentary) as
Self / Gus (uncredited)
1919
The Mother and the Law as
The Musketeer of the Town
References
Walter Long (actor) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA