Walter Huston of Huston's grandchildren have become actors, as well as his great-grandson. Granddaughter Anjelica sang his famous "September Song" on the May 7, 2012 episode of the NBC TV series "Smash". In 1998, John Weld wrote and published the biographical book "September Song – An Intimate Biography of Walter Huston". Walter Huston Walter Thomas Huston (; né Houghston; April 5, 1883 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian actor and singer. Huston won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", directed by his son John Huston. He is the patriarch of
Walter Huston appeared in a play, "Mr. Pitt". Several more Broadway plays solidified his fame, e.g., "Desire Under the Elms, Kongo, The Barker, Elmer the Great "and" Dodsworth." Once talkies began in Hollywood, he achieved fame in both character roles and as a leading man. His first major role was portraying the villainous Trampas in the western "The Virginian" (1929) with Gary Cooper. He starred as the title character in the Broadway theatrical adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's novel "Dodsworth" in 1934 and the play's film version two years later. For his role as Sam Dodsworth, Huston won the New York Critic's Circle