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1. Albert Edward Walsh was born in New York in 1887. He was the brother of actor, George Walsh.
2. Raoul Walsh was a friend of the Barrymore acting family. John Barrymore spent many a hour in the Walsh family library.
3. Raoul Walsh began acting in 1909, first as a stage actor in New York City and later as a film actor.
4. Raoul Walsh changed his professional name–at the suggestion of playwright friend Paul Armstrong–from Albert Edward Walsh to the more exotic Raoul Walsh.
5. In 1914 Raoul Walsh became an assistant to D.W. Griffith and made his first full-length feature film, The Life of General Villa.
6. The Life of General Villa, was shot on location in Mexico with Pancho Villa playing the lead and with actual ongoing battles filmed in progress as well as recreations. (events dramatized in the 2003 film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself, with Kyle Chandler playing Walsh).
7. The events in the making of The Life of General Villa were dramatized in the 2003 film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself, with Kyle Chandler playing Raoul Walsh and Antonio Banderas playing Pancho Villa.
8. Raoul Walsh was the assistant director on D.W. Griffith’s epic The Birth of a Nation (1915). Walsh appeared in front of the cameras as well….as he played John Wilkes Booth.
9. Raoul Walsh served as an officer in the United States Army during World War I.
10. Raoul Walsh was set to direct and star as the Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona (1928), but had to abandon the project when a jackrabbit jumped through a windshield of a vehicle he was driving and cost Walsh an eye, after which he wore an eyepatch for the remainder of his life. Walsh never acted again but continued his illustrious career as a film director.
11. Director Raoul Walsh saw “Duke” Morrison moving studio furniture and decided to cast him in the lead role in the 1930’s big budget western The Big Trail. “Duke Morrison” is better known as John Wayne.
12. Check out Raoul Walsh’s movie career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
12. Raoul Walsh directed Errol Flynn in 7 movies.
13. Raoul Walsh was one of the pallbearers at Errol Flynn’s funeral
14. Raoul Walsh never received an Oscar® or Golden Globe® nomination.
15. Raoul Walsh was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
16. Raoul Walsh was married three times and had two children.
17. Some of Raoul Walsh’s film-related material and personal papers are contained in the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives, to which scholars and media experts from around the world may have full access.
18. Raoul Walsh’s autobiography is called Each Man In His Time.
19. Raoul Walsh’s 64 movies in our database grossed over $7.40 BILLION in adjusted box office grosses.
20. Raoul Walsh’s final resting place is: Assumption Catholic Cemetery, Simi Valley, California.
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