Walt Whitman

Actor Walt Whitman was widely known for his presence on the silver screen. Whitman found his beginnings in film with roles in "The Honorable Algy" (1916), "The Regenerates" (1917) and the Douglas Fairbanks action film "The Mark of Zorro" (1920). He then acted in "The Home Stretch" (1921), the adventure "The Three Musketeers" (1921) with Douglas Fairbanks and "The Grub State" (1923) with Nell Shipman. He also appeared in "The Love Letter" (1923). More recently, Whitman worked on "Thomas Hampson: I Hear America Singing" (PBS, 1996-97).