Raoul Walsh
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Raoul Walsh was an American director born in New York City, celebrated across a remarkably long career for muscular, fast-paced action filmmaking spanning silent adventure epics to Warner Bros. crime dramas. The Thief of Bagdad, an elaborate silent-era fantasy adventure, showed his early gift for large-scale spectacle, while White Heat, built around James Cagney's explosive performance as a psychotic gangster, became one of the defining films of the classic gangster genre. High Sierra and The Roaring Twenties, also starring Cagney and Humphrey Bogart respectively, cemented his reputation for tough, kinetic crime pictures rendered with unpretentious visual efficiency. Walsh lost an eye in a car accident midway through his career yet continued directing for another four decades, and his brisk, action-forward visual style influenced generations of American genre filmmakers who followed him.
Raoul Walsh
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Raoul Walsh was an American director born in New York City, celebrated across a remarkably long career for muscular, fast-paced action filmmaking spanning silent adventure epics to Warner Bros. crime dramas. The Thief of Bagdad, an elaborate silent-era fantasy adventure, showed his early gift for large-scale spectacle, while White Heat, built around James Cagney's explosive performance as a psychotic gangster, became one of the defining films of the classic gangster genre. High Sierra and The Roaring Twenties, also starring Cagney and Humphrey Bogart respectively, cemented his reputation for tough, kinetic crime pictures rendered with unpretentious visual efficiency. Walsh lost an eye in a car accident midway through his career yet continued directing for another four decades, and his brisk, action-forward visual style influenced generations of American genre filmmakers who followed him.
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White Heat
1949
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Distant Drums
1951
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The Tall Men
1955
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They Died with Their Boots On
1941
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Gun Fury
1953
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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
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The Roaring Twenties
1939
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The Big Trail
1930
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High Sierra
1941
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Saskatchewan
1954
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Hello, Sister!
1933
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A Distant Trumpet
1964
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Battle Cry
1955
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The Man I Love
1946
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The King and Four Queens
1956
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The Thief of Bagdad
1924
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Objective, Burma!
1945
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Along the Great Divide
1951
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The Naked and the Dead
1958
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Pursued
1947
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The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
1958
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Gentleman Jim
1942
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They Drive by Night
1940
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Colorado Territory
1949
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Sea Devils
1953
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Dark Command
1940
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Manpower
1941
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Salty O'Rourke
1945
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Band of Angels
1957
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Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
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Desperate Journey
1942
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Silver River
1948
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Wild Girl
1932
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The Lawless Breed
1952
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Esther and the King
1960
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The World in His Arms
1952
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Northern Pursuit
1943
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Fighter Squadron
1948
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The Revolt of Mamie Stover
1956
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Jump for Glory
1937
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Background to Danger
1943
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College Swing
1938
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Cheyenne
1947
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One Sunday Afternoon
1948
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Big Brown Eyes
1936
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Sadie Thompson
1928
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A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
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In Old Arizona
1928
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Me and My Gal
1932
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The Bowery
1933
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A Distant Trumpet
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1964
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Marines, Let's Go
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1961
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Esther and the King
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1960
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A Private's Affair
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1959
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The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
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1958
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The Naked and the Dead
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1958
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Band of Angels
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1957
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The King and Four Queens
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1956
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The Revolt of Mamie Stover
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1956
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Raoul Walsh still alive?
Raoul Walsh passed away on December 31, 1980 at age 93.
What are the most famous roles of Raoul Walsh?
Raoul Walsh is best known for directing White Heat, High Sierra, The Roaring Twenties.
How many movies has Raoul Walsh directed?
Over a 67-year career (since 1913), Raoul Walsh has directed or written 108 films and worked on 0 TV shows.
What was Raoul Walsh's first movie?
The career of Raoul Walsh began with The Pseudo Prodigal (1913).
What is Raoul Walsh's most recent movie or series?
Raoul Walsh's most recent release is A Distant Trumpet, which premiered on May 20, 1964.
Raoul Walsh
1887-03-11 · New York City, New York, USA
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.Raoul Walsh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.