Raoul Walsh

Raoul Walsh

American film director and actor (1887–1980)

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). He directed numerous films: 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 influencing such directors as Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Martin Scorsese.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 81 films (1914–1961) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 28 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1942 THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON. Raoul Walsh 4968 16mm B&W
1942 They Died With Their Boots On. Raoul Walsh, B. Reeves Eason 140 min B&W
1943 Action In The North Atlantic. Lloyd Bacon, Raoul Walsh 127 min 16mm B&W sound
1943 Background To Danger. Raoul Walsh 80 min. B&W
1944 Uncertain Glory. Raoul Walsh 102 min B&W
1945 Salty O'Rourke. Paramount 100 min 16mm B&W sound
1945 Salty O'rourke. Raoul Walsh 11 reels. B&W
1945 The Horn Blows At Midnight. Raoul Walsh 78 min. B&W
1946 San Antonio. Robert Florey, Raoul Walsh, David Butler 111 min Color sound
1947 Cheyenne. Raoul Walsh 100 min 35mm B&W sound
1947 Pursued. Raoul Walsh 101 min 35mm B&W sound
1947 Stallion Road. James V. Kern, Raoul Walsh 97 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 The Man I Love. Raoul Walsh 96 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 Fighter squadron. Raoul Walsh 3400 16mm Color sound
1948 Silver River. Raoul Walsh 110 min 35mm B&W sound
1949 Colorado Territory. Raoul Walsh 94 min. B&W sound
1949 One Sunday Afternoon. Raoul Walsh 90 min. 35mm Color
1949 White Heat Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 1:14 16mm B&W sound
1949 White heat. Raoul Walsh 4150 16mm B&W sound
1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. Raoul Walsh 112 min Color
1952 The Lawless Breed. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 83 min. 35mm Color sound
1952 The World In His Arms. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 104 min 35mm Color sound
1953 Gun Fury. Columbia Pictures Corp. 9 reels 35mm Color sound
1955 The Tall Men. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 121 min 35mm Color sound
1956 The Revolt Of Mamie Stover. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 93 min. 35mm Color sound
1958 The Naked And The Dead Ideal Pictures Inc 130 min 16mm Color sound
1958 The Sheriff Of Fractured Jaw. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 103 min 35mm Color sound
1959 A Private’s Affair. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 92 min. 35mm B&W sound
1961 Come September Robert Mulligan 112 min Color
1961 Come September Robert Mulligan 112 min Color
1961 Come September. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 7 Pictures Corp. & Raoul Walsh Enterprises 112 min 35mm Color sound