Raoul Walsh

Director

Born: March 11, 1887 (93 years old)

Died: December 31, 1980

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Raoul Walsh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography (74)

• You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008, ★ 8.5)
• Murnau, Borzage and Fox (2008, ★ 7)
• Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951, ★ 6.9)
• High Sierra (1941, ★ 7.1)
• Colorado Territory (1949, ★ 6.9)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1924, ★ 7.3)
• Gentleman Jim (1942, ★ 7.1)
• Along the Great Divide (1951, ★ 7.4)
• The Roaring Twenties (1939, ★ 7.5)
• They Drive by Night (1940, ★ 6.9)
• White Heat (1949, ★ 7.7)
• The Strawberry Blonde (1941, ★ 6.9)
• Cheyenne (1947, ★ 7)
• The Enforcer (1951, ★ 7.1)
• It's a Great Feeling (1949, ★ 5.9)
• Sadie Thompson (1928, ★ 6.5)
• The Birth of a Nation (1915, ★ 6)
• Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005, ★ 6.2)
• Manpower (1941, ★ 6.6)
• The Man I Love (1946, ★ 6.1)
• Background to Danger (1943, ★ 6.6)
• Pursued (1947, ★ 6.6)
• Dark Command (1940, ★ 6.3)
• The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958, ★ 6.5)
• The Big Trail (1930, ★ 6.7)
• Band of Angels (1957, ★ 6.2)
• The Tall Men (1955, ★ 6.4)
• Gun Fury (1953, ★ 6)
• Objective, Burma! (1945, ★ 6.8)
• Going Hollywood (1933, ★ 5.3)