Raoul Walsh

Raoul Walsh
Walsh, c. 1918
Born
Albert Edward Walsh

March 11, 1887
DiedDecember 31, 1980(1980-12-31) (aged 93)
Resting placeAssumption Catholic Cemetery, Simi Valley, Ventura County, California[2]
Occupations
  • Film director
  • actor
Years active1909–1964
Spouses
(m. 1916; div. 1926)
Lorraine Miller
(m. 1928; div. 1947)
Mary Simpson
(m. 1947)
RelativesGeorge Walsh (brother)
AwardsFounding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Raoul Walsh (born Albert Edward 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 film The Birth of a Nation (1915) and for directing such films as the widescreen epic The Big Trail (1930) starring John Wayne in his first leading role, The Roaring Twenties starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, High Sierra (1941) starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart, and White Heat (1949) starring James Cagney and Edmond O'Brien. He directed his last film in 1964. His work has been noted as influences on directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder,[3] Jack Hill,[4] and Martin Scorsese.[5]

  1. ^ Billiter, Bill (January 3, 1981). "Famed Motion Picture Director Raoul Walsh Dies at 93". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  2. ^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland & Company. p. 232. ISBN 0-7864-0983-5.
  3. ^ Perlmutter, Ruth (1989). "Real Feelings, Hollywood Melodrama and the Bitter Tears of Fassbinder's Petra von Kant". Minnesota Review. 33 (1): 79–98. ISSN 2157-4189.
  4. ^ Jack Hill on WHITE HEAT, retrieved October 29, 2022
  5. ^ "ISS 2017 Annual Meeting New York, New York". Skeletal Radiology. 46 (9): 1305–1314. June 28, 2017. doi:10.1007/s00256-017-2691-9. ISSN 0364-2348. PMID 30357500.

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