Henry B. Walthall was a silent film actor active between the 1910s and 1930s, known for playing Colonel Ben Cameron in Birth of a Nation. Born on March 16, 1878 in Shelby County, Alabama, Walthall first performed on Broadway stages before transitioning into film, where he performed first in short films, then in theatrical films including the Marshall Neilan-directed and produced Everbody's Acting (1926), a film later acquired by Howard Hughes.