![]() John Barrymore recalled spending time reading in the Walsh family library as a youth. Growing up in New York, Walsh was also a friend of the Barrymore family. ![]() Walsh was part of Omega Gamma Delta in high school, as was his younger brother. Bruff, the daughter of Irish Catholic immigrants, and Thomas W. Walsh was born in New York as Albert Edward Walsh to Elizabeth T. His work has been noted as influences on director such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Jack Hill, and Martin Scorsese. ![]() 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. 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. Founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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