What is Raoul Walsh?
{{Infobox person | name = Raoul A. Walsh | image = Raoul Walsh.jpg | caption = | birth_date = 11 March 1887 | death_date = 31 December 1980 | occupation = [[Film director]] and [[Actor]] }} '''Raoul A. Walsh''' (March 11, 1887{{spaced ndash}}December 31, 1980) was an [[United States|American]] [[film director]] and [[actor]]. He also founded the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]. He was known for playing the part of [[John Wilkes Booth]] in the movie ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'' (1915). He also directed films like ''[[The Big Trail]]'' (1930) starring [[John Wayne]], ''[[High Sierra (film)|High Sierra]]'' (1941) starring [[Ida Lupino]] and [[Humphrey Bogart]], and ''[[White Heat]]'' (1949) with [[James Cagney]] and [[Edmond O'Brien]]. == Death == Walsh died on December 31,1980 and is buried in [[Ventura County, California]].<ref>{{FAG|6026969|Raul A. Walsh}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Walsh, Raoul}} [[Category:1887 births]] [[Category:1980 deaths]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American movie directors]]