---
name: "Walter Long"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/walter-long"
fi1m_id: "walter-long"
imdb_id: "nm0519227"
tmdb_id: 100245
wikidata_id: "Q574529"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 March 1879"
died: "4 July 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T23:26:15.640966+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Walter Long

## Identity

Walter Long

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/walter-long
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** walter-long
- **IMDb ID:** nm0519227
- **TMDB ID:** 100245
- **Wikidata ID:** Q574529
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Long_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574529, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0519227/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/100245

Actor. Born 4 March 1879 in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA. Died 4 July 1952.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 March 1879, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
- **Died:** 4 July 1952
- **Active:** 1915–1916
- **Also known as:** Walter H. Long, W.H. Long , Walter Huntley Long
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 2 acting, 3 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1910s 58 (2), 1930s 78 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Long_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574529, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0519227/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/100245

## Biography

Walter Long was an American character actor who appeared in films from the 1910s to the 1950s. He is credited as Gus in D. W. Griffith's *The Birth of a Nation* (1915) and also appeared in Griffith's *Intolerance* (1916). He played supporting roles in several films starring Rudolph Valentino, including *The Sheik* (1921).

Long appeared as a comic villain in four Laurel and Hardy films in the early 1930s, among them *Pardon Us* (1931) and *Any Old Port!* (1932). He had uncredited roles in *The Thin Man* (1934) and *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932). Long died in Los Angeles in 1952.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), Fi1m 83, as The Musketeer of the Slums / Babylonian Warrior — [page](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md)
- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), Fi1m 32, as Gus — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation.md)

### Also credited (3) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Naughty Marietta* (1935), Fi1m 64, as Pirate Leader (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/naughty-marietta.md)
- *The Thin Man* (1934), Fi1m 84, as Stutsy Burke (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-man.md)
- *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), Fi1m 85, as Blacksmith (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md)

## Complete filmography (154)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *I Am Not a Racist* (2019), as The Boyfriend (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Going Hollywood: The '30s* (1984), as (archive footage)
- *Dance of the Cookoos* (1982), as Maxie Long
- *The Best of Laurel and Hardy* (1968), as The Captain / The Tiger (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Dillinger* (1945), as Mug in Police Lineup (uncredited)
- *Silver Stallion* (1941), as Benson
- *Lady from Louisiana* (1941), as Lottery Thug
- *City of Missing Girls* (1941), as Larkin
- *A Man Betrayed* (1941), as Henchman Asking About Pete and Louie (uncredited)
- *When the Daltons Rode* (1940), as Deputy on Train
- *Hidden Gold* (1940), as Sanford
- *Men Without Souls* (1940), as Fireman (uncredited)
- *Dark Command* (1940), as Townsman
- *Fighting Mad* (1939), as Frenchy
- *Flaming Lead* (1939), as Big Jim Creely
- *Daughter of the Tong* (1939), as Henchman
- *Union Pacific* (1939), as Irishman (uncredited)
- *Wild Horse Canyon* (1938), as Roscoe
- *Man's Country* (1938), as Lex Crane / Buck Crane
- *Bar 20 Justice* (1938), as Pierce
- *Six Shootin' Sheriff* (1938), as Gang Leader Chuck
- *The Painted Trail* (1938), as Gang Leader Driscoll
- *North of the Rio Grande* (1937), as Bull O'Hara
- *Pick a Star* (1937), as Bandit
- *The Bold Caballero* (1936), as Guard
- *The Accusing Finger* (1936), as Convict
- *Wedding Present* (1936), Actor
- *The Glory Trail* (1936), as Riley - Renegade Leader
- *Sutter's Gold* (1936), as Sailor
- *Drift Fence* (1936), as Bev Wilson
- *Frisco Kid* (1935), as Gambling Miner (uncredited)
- *Here Comes Cookie* (1935), as Tramp (uncredited)
- *Naughty Marietta* (1935), as Pirate Leader (uncredited) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/naughty-marietta.md)
- *The Live Ghost* (1934), as Captain
- *Three Little Pigskins* (1934), as Joe Stacks (uncredited)
- *Going Bye-Bye!* (1934), as Butch
- *Operator 13* (1934), as Operator 55
- *The Thin Man* (1934), as Stutsy Burke (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-man.md)
- *Lazy River* (1934), as Buck - Prisoner
- *Blondie Johnson* (1933), as Artie (uncredited)
- *Call Her Savage* (1932), as Man Who Tries to Pick Up Nasa (Uncredited)
- *Women Won't Tell* (1932), as Joe Kummer
- *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), as Blacksmith (uncredited) — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md)
- *Ship A Hooey!* (1932), as Officer Long
- *Cornered* (1932), as Henchman Slade
- *Hinter Schloss und Riegel* (1932), as The Tiger
- *Escapade* (1932), as Gympy McLane
- *Any Old Port!* (1932), as Mugsie Long, proprietor of Ye Mariner's Rest
- *Dragnet Patrol* (1931), as Jim Grainger
- *Soul of the Slums* (1931), as Pete Thompson
- *Taxi Troubles* (1931), as Joe 'Spike' Malone
- *Pardon Us* (1931), as The Tiger
- *The Maltese Falcon* (1931), as Miles Archer
- *Other Men's Women* (1931), as Bixby
- *Sea Devils* (1931), as Johnson the First Mate
- *Moby Dick* (1930), as Stubbs
- *Conspiracy* (1930), as Weinberg
- *Beau Bandit* (1930), as Bobcat
- *The Black Watch* (1929), as Harrim Bey
- *Me, Gangster* (1928), as Gangster (uncredited)
- *Gang War* (1928), as Mike Luego
- *The Adorable Outcast* (1928), as Fursey
- *Back to God's Country* (1927), as Captain Blake
- *White Pants Willie* (1927), as Mock Epply
- *The Yankee Clipper* (1927), as Portuguese Joe
- *Jim the Conqueror* (1926), as Hank Milford
- *West of Broadway* (1926), as Bad Willie
- *The Highbinders* (1926), as Bill Dorgan
- *Red Dice* (1926), as Nick Webb
- *Eve's Leaves* (1926), as Chang Fang
- *Bobbed Hair* (1925), as Doc
- *Soul-Fire* (1925), as Herbert Jones - Sailor
- *Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman* (1925), as Crawshay
- *The Verdict* (1925), as Convict
- *The Shock Punch* (1925), as Bull Malarkey
- *The Lady* (1925), as Blackie
- *The Ridin' Kid from Powder River* (1924), as Steve Lanning
- *White Man* (1924), as The River Thief
- *Wine* (1924), as Benedict, Count Montebello
- *Yankee Madness* (1924), as Pablo del Gardo
- *The Broken Wing* (1923), as Captain Innocencio Dos Santos
- *Desire* (1923), as Bud Reisner
- *The Call of the Wild* (1923), as Hagin
- *The Huntress* (1923), as Joe Hagland
- *The Shock* (1923), as The Captain
- *The Isle of Lost Ships* (1923), as Peter Forbes
- *Little Church Around the Corner* (1923), as Big Hex Poulon
- *Quicksands* (1923), as Ring Member
- *The Last Hour* (1923), as Red Brown
- *My American Wife* (1922), as Gomez
- *Omar the Tentmaker* (1922), as The executioner
- *Kick In* (1922), as Whip Fogarty
- *Shadows* (1922), as Daniel Gibbs
- *To Have and to Hold* (1922), as Red Gill
- *Blood and Sand* (1922), as Plumitas
- *South of Suva* (1922), as Sydney Latimer
- *The Dictator* (1922), as Mike "Bigg" Dooley
- *Across the Continent* (1922), as Dutton Tyler
- *Moran of the Lady Letty* (1922), as Captain 'Slippery' Kitchell
- *The Sheik* (1921), as Omair - the Bandit
- *A Giant of His Race* (1921), Actor
- *White and Unmarried* (1921), as Chicoq
- *The Fire Cat* (1921), Actor
- *Tiger True* (1921), as Old Whitey / The Baboon
- *Held in Trust* (1920), as Hasbrouck Rutherford
- *Go and Get It* (1920), as Jim Hogan
- *What Women Love* (1920), as Captain Buck Nelson
- *The Sea Wolf* (1920), as 'Black' Harris
- *The Third Woman* (1920), as Scar Norton
- *Excuse My Dust* (1920), as Ritz
- *The Fighting Shepherdess* (1920), as Pete Mullendore
- *An Adventure in Hearts* (1919), as Guilamo Sevier
- *Desert Gold* (1919), as Rojas
- *Scarlet Days* (1919), as King Bagley aka Knight of the Black Stain
- *Chasing Rainbows* (1919), as Lacy
- *The Poppy Girl's Husband* (1919), as Boston Blackie
- *The Woman God Forgot* (1917), as High Priest Taloc
- *Hashimura Togo* (1917), as Carlos Anthony
- *The Little American* (1917), as German Captain
- *A Romance of the Redwoods* (1917), as Sheriff
- *The Cost of Hatred* (1917), as Jefe Politico
- *The Winning of Sally Temple* (1917), as Duke of Chatto
- *Each to His Kind* (1917), as Mulai Singh
- *The Golden Fetter* (1917), as McGill
- *The Evil Eye* (1917), as Mexican Joe
- *The Years of the Locust* (1916), as Aaron Roth
- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), as The Musketeer of the Slums / Babylonian Warrior — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md)
- *The Marriage of Molly-O* (1916), as Joseph McGuire
- *The Children in the House* (1916), as Al Fellowes
- *Sold for Marriage* (1916), as Col. Gregioff
- *Daphne and the Pirate* (1916), as Jamie d'Arcy
- *Let Katie Do it* (1916), as Pedro Garcia
- *The She-Devil* (1916), Actor
- *Jordan Is a Hard Road* (1915), as Agent
- *Martyrs of the Alamo* (1915), as Santa Anna
- *Hearts and Flowers* (1915), as A Tramp
- *Victorine* (1915), as The Strong Man
- *Out of Bondage* (1915), as Clancy
- *The Buried Treasure* (1915), as Ragout
- *A Man and His Mate* (1915), Actor
- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), as Gus — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation.md)
- *The Beast Within* (1915), as Spike Hennessey
- *The Express Messenger* (1915), as Bill Mailey
- *His Lesson* (1915), Actor
- *Ethel Has a Steady* (1914), Actor
- *The Hidden Message* (1914), as One of the Bandits
- *Where the Mountains Meet* (1914), as Big Dan Jaffry - the Crook
- *The Avenging Conscience* (1914), as The Detective (uncredited)
- *The Escape* (1914), as unknown
- *Home, Sweet Home* (1914), as (as W.H. Long)
- *The Life of General Villa* (1914), as Federal Officer
- *The Deerslayer* (1913), as Indian
- *Bobby the Coward* (1911), Actor
- *The Primal Call* (1911), as Undetermined Role

## Gallery

- ![Walter Long, silent film actorom the back: "Walter Long, Acting in Desire. There's a shrewd look in Walter Long's eyes which betokens no good for those who try  (1923)](https://film.one/media/person/1226323/gallery-27091010cacf.jpg) Walter Long, silent film actorom the back: "Walter Long, Acting in Desire. There's a shrewd look in Walter Long's eyes which betokens no good for those who try  (1923) — Brown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Walter_Long%2C_silent_film_actor_%28SAYRE_5730%29.jpg/1280px-Walter_Long%2C_silent_film_actor_%28SAYRE_5730%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Walter Long](https://film.one/media/person/1226323/gallery-9e937427c5d4.jpg) Walter Long — Photoplay Publishing Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Walter_Long.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Omschrijving: In 1925 speelt de actrice Gloria Swanson de rol van een 'luxe poppetje' in de Paramount film 'Mijn Amerikaansche Vrouw' . Haar tegenspeler is de a](https://film.one/media/person/1226323/gallery-c6c2d628bb4e.jpg) Omschrijving: In 1925 speelt de actrice Gloria Swanson de rol van een 'luxe poppetje' in de Paramount film 'Mijn Amerikaansche Vrouw' . Haar tegenspeler is de a — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/In_1925_speelt_de_actrice_Gloria_Swanson_de_rol_van_een_%27luxe_poppetje%27_in_de_Paramount_film_%27Mijn%2C_SFA022004626.jpg/1280px-In_1925_speelt_de_actrice_Gloria_Swanson_de_rol_van_een_%27luxe_poppetje%27_in_de_Paramount_film_%27Mijn%2C_SFA022004626.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Film actor Walter Long, who often played villain roles](https://film.one/media/person/1226323/gallery-c86093a349b5.jpg) Film actor Walter Long, who often played villain roles — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Walter_Long_portrait_Screenland_1923-01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Walter Long](https://film.one/media/person/1226323/gallery-f87dfeb85a33.jpg) Walter Long — Image via TMDB

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