John Huston

Biography

John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and visual artist. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), The Misfits (1961), Fat City (1972), The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and Prizzi's Honor (1985). In his early years, Huston studied and worked as a fine a
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Personal Info

Id

6593

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

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Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-08-05

Place of Birth

Nevada, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

  • John Marcellus Huston
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  • Джон Хʼюстон
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    Known For

    The Return of the King

    The Return o

    The Hobbit

    The Hobbit

    The Cardinal

    The Cardinal

    John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

    John Huston:

    Chinatown

    Chinatown

    Momo

    Momo

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    The Treasure

    Arthur Miller: Writer

    Arthur Mille

    Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

    The Bible: In the Beginning...

    The Bible: I

    Report from the Aleutians

    Report from

    The Legend of Marilyn Monroe

    The Legend o

    Breakout

    Breakout

    Cannery Row

    Cannery Row

    Casino Royale

    Casino Royal

    The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

    The Life and

    Sherlock Holmes in New York

    Sherlock Hol

    Myra Breckinridge

    Myra Breckin

    Winter Kills

    Winter Kills

    Wise Blood

    Wise Blood

    John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul

    John Huston:

    The Wind and the Lion

    The Wind and

    Agee

    Agee

    Candy

    Candy

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    Intimate Por

    Man in the Wilderness

    Man in the W

    Tentacles

    Tentacles

    The Biggest Battle

    The Biggest

    Lovesick

    Lovesick

    The Visitor

    The Visitor

    Jaguar Lives!

    Jaguar Lives

    Rocky Road to Dublin

    Rocky Road t

    A Walk with Love and Death

    A Walk with

    The Kremlin Letter

    The Kremlin

    De Sade

    De Sade

    The Deserter

    The Deserter

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    Hollywood on

    The Bermuda Triangle

    The Bermuda

    We Were Strangers

    We Were Stra

    The Red Badge of Courage

    The Red Badg

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    Discovering

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    A Minor Mira

    The Bridge in the Jungle

    The Bridge i

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    Head On

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    Welles' Lang

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    Observations

    The Other Side of the Wind

    The Other Si

    The Battle of San Pietro

    The Battle o

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    American Cae

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    Bogart: Here

    Hell's Heroes

    Hell's Heroe

    The List of Adrian Messenger

    The List of

    Battle for the Planet of the Apes

    Battle for t

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    Ava Gardner:

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    Notes from U

    The Black Cauldron

    The Black Ca

    The Misfits

    The Misfits

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    Mr. Corbett'

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    City Lights:

    Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

    Embracing Ch

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    On the Trail

    Epic

    Epic

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    Buñuel

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    The Unfinish

    Bogart: The Untold Story

    Bogart: The

    They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

    They'll Love

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    Filmmakers v

    Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

    Anjelica Hus

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    Making 'The

    George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

    George Steve

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    Happy Birthd

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: A

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    And the Osca

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: Th

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    Directed by

    Annie

    Annie

    B.Traven: A Mystery Solved

    B.Traven: A

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    Circasia

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    Angela

    Freud: The Secret Passion

    Freud: The S

    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

    Babenco: Tel

    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Cameraman: T

    Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

    Goldwyn: The

    Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical

    Lights! Came

    Five Came Back

    Five Came Ba

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    Federico Fel

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    Herman Melvi

    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

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    2021

    John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2020

    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2019

    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    asSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)

    2018

    The Other Side of the Wind

    asJ.J. 'Jake' Hannaford

    2018

    They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2017

    Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

    asSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)

    2017

    Arthur Miller: Writer

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2017

    Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2017

    Five Came Back

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2014

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    asSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)

    2014

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2010

    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2010

    Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2005

    Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2003

    Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2002

    Making 'The Misfits'

    asSelf - Director (archive footage)

    2001

    Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

    asSelf

    2000

    Federico Fellini's Autobiography

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1998

    Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1997

    Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1997

    Bogart: The Untold Story

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1991

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    asGlennon (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1990

    Welles' Language

    asSelf

    1988

    John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1987

    Mr. Corbett's Ghost

    asSoul Collector

    1986

    Momo

    asMeister Hora

    1986

    Directed by William Wyler

    asSelf

    1985

    The Black Cauldron

    asNarrator (voice)

    1985

    Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise

    asNarrator

    1985

    Epic

    asThe Narrator (US version)

    1985

    George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

    asSelf

    1984

    Notes from Under the Volcano

    asSelf

    1984

    Observations Under the Volcano

    asSelf

    1984

    Buñuel

    asSelf

    1983

    A Minor Miracle

    asFather Cardenas

    1983

    Lovesick

    asLarry Geller, M.D.

    1983

    American Caesar

    asSelf - Host

    1983

    Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler

    asSelf

    1982

    Annie

    asActor on Radio (uncredited)

    1982

    Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston

    asSelf - Interviewee

    1982

    Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical

    asSelf

    1982

    Cannery Row

    asNarrator

    1980

    Agee

    asSelf

    1980

    Head On

    asClarke Hill

    1980

    The Return of the King

    asGandalf (voice)

    1980

    Happy Birthday, Marilyn!

    asSelf

    1979

    Wise Blood

    asGrandfather

    1979

    City Lights: John Huston

    asSelf

    1979

    Jaguar Lives!

    asRalph Richards

    1979

    Winter Kills

    asPa Kegan

    1979

    The Visitor

    asJerzy Colsowicz

    1978

    B.Traven: A Mystery Solved

    asSelf

    1978

    The Bermuda Triangle

    asEdward

    1978

    The Biggest Battle

    asSean O'Hara

    1977

    The Hobbit

    asGandalf the Grey (voice)

    1977

    Angela

    asHogan

    1977

    Tentacles

    asNed Turner

    1976

    Hollywood on Trial

    asNarrator

    1976

    Sherlock Holmes in New York

    asProfessor Moriarty

    1976

    Circasia

    asRingmaster

    1975

    The Wind and the Lion

    asJohn Hay

    1975

    Breakout

    asHarris Wagner

    1974

    Chinatown

    asNoah Cross

    1973

    Battle for the Planet of the Apes

    asThe Lawgiver

    1972

    The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

    asGrizzly Adams

    1971

    Man in the Wilderness

    asCaptain Filmore Henry

    1971

    The Bridge in the Jungle

    asSleigh

    1970

    The Deserter

    asGeneral Miles

    1970

    Myra Breckinridge

    asBuck Loner

    1970

    The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy

    asNarrator

    1970

    The Kremlin Letter

    asAdmiral

    1970

    Ride This Way Grey Horse

    asDirector

    1969

    A Walk with Love and Death

    asRobert the Elder

    1969

    De Sade

    asThe Abbe

    1968

    Candy

    asDr. Arnold Dunlap

    1968

    Rocky Road to Dublin

    asSelf

    1967

    Casino Royale

    asM / General MacTarry

    1966

    The Legend of Marilyn Monroe

    asNarrator

    1966

    The Bible: In the Beginning...

    asNoah

    1964

    On the Trail of the Iguana

    asSelf

    1963

    The Cardinal

    asKardinal Glennon

    1963

    The List of Adrian Messenger

    asLord Ashton (uncredited)

    1962

    Freud: The Secret Passion

    asNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

    1961

    The Misfits

    asExtra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)

    1956

    Moby Dick

    asBarman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)

    1951

    The Red Badge of Courage

    asGrizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)

    1951

    The Screen Director

    asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1949

    We Were Strangers

    asSeñor Muñoz (uncredited)

    1948

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    asAmerican in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)

    1945

    The Battle of San Pietro

    asNarrator

    1943

    Report from the Aleutians

    asNarrator (voice)

    1929

    Hell's Heroes

    asChurch Member (uncredited)

    1929

    Two Americans

    as

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asCarlos / Narrator

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (3 episode)asAmbassador Henderson Granville

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    (4 episode)asNathan Randall

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    (1 episode)asSelf (archive footage)

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    (1 episode)asNarrator (voice)

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    (1 episode)asSelf - Guest