John Huston

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-08-05 (81 years old)

Deathday

1987-08-28

Place of Birth

Nevada, Missouri, USA

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 art painter in Paris. He explored the visual aspects of his films throughout his career, sketching each scene on paper beforehand, ...

Acting

1980

The Return of the King

as Gandalf (voice)

1977

The Hobbit

as Gandalf the Grey (voice)

1963

The Cardinal

as Kardinal Glennon

1974

Chinatown

as Noah Cross

1986

Momo

as Meister Hora

1948

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

as American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)

2017

Arthur Miller: Writer

as Self (archive footage)

1956

Moby Dick

as Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)

1943

Report from the Aleutians

as Narrator (voice)

1975

Breakout

as Harris Wagner

1982

Cannery Row

as Narrator

1967

Casino Royale

as M / General MacTarry

1976

Sherlock Holmes in New York

as Professor Moriarty

1970

Myra Breckinridge

as Buck Loner

1979

Winter Kills

as Pa Kegan

1979

Wise Blood

as Grandfather

2021

1975

1980

Agee

as Self

1968

Candy

as Dr. Arnold Dunlap

1998

Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery

as Self (archive footage)

1971

Man in the Wilderness

as Captain Filmore Henry

1977

Tentacles

as Ned Turner

1978

The Biggest Battle

as Sean O'Hara

1983

Lovesick

as Larry Geller, M.D.

1979

The Visitor

as Jerzy Colsowicz

1979

Jaguar Lives!

as Ralph Richards

1969

A Walk with Love and Death

as Robert the Elder

1970

1969

De Sade

as The Abbe

1970

The Deserter

as General Miles

1976

1949

We Were Strangers

as Señor Muñoz (uncredited)

1951

The Red Badge of Courage

as Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)

1983

A Minor Miracle

as Father Cardenas

1980

Head On

as Clarke Hill

1990

2018

The Other Side of the Wind

as J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford

1951

The Screen Director

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983

American Caesar

as Self - Host

1997

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

as Self (archive footage)

1929

Hell's Heroes

as Church Member (uncredited)

1963

The List of Adrian Messenger

as Lord Ashton (uncredited)

2017

1985

The Black Cauldron

as Narrator (voice)

1961

The Misfits

as Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)

1987

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

as Soul Collector

2010

1985

Epic

as The Narrator (US version)

1984

Buñuel

as Self

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)

2018

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

as Self (archive footage)

2005

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2002

Making 'The Misfits'

as Self - Director (archive footage)

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

1982

Annie

as Actor on Radio (uncredited)

1976

Circasia

as Ringmaster

1977

Angela

as Hogan

1962

Freud: The Secret Passion

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2020

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Five Came Back

as Self (archive footage)

2000

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Production

1975

1952

1956

Moby Dick

as Director

1956

Moby Dick

as Screenplay

1956

Moby Dick

as Producer

1938

Jezebel

as Screenplay

1941

1941

The Maltese Falcon

as Screenplay

1985

Prizzi's Honor

as Director

1952

Moulin Rouge

as Director

1952

Moulin Rouge

as Producer

1952

Moulin Rouge

as Screenplay

1948

Key Largo

as Screenplay

1948

Key Largo

as Director

1953

Beat the Devil

as Screenplay

1953

Beat the Devil

as Director

1953

Beat the Devil

as Producer

1961

The Misfits

as Director

1960

The Unforgiven

as Director

1973

1967

Casino Royale

as Director

1946

Three Strangers

as Screenplay

1932

Murders in the Rue Morgue

as Additional Dialogue

1941

High Sierra

as Screenplay

1984

1979

Wise Blood

as Director

1957

1942

In This Our Life

as Director

1950

1950

The Asphalt Jungle

as Screenplay

1972

Fat City

as Producer

1972

Fat City

as Director

1982

Annie

as Director

1970

1941

Sergeant York

as Screenplay

1981

1987

The Dead

as Director

1970

The Kremlin Letter

as Screenplay

1970

1942

1949

1949

We Were Strangers

as Screenplay

1980

Phobia

as Director

1958

1932

Law and Order

as Adaptation

1939

Juarez

as Screenplay

1946

1969

Sinful Davey

as Director

1961

The Misfits

as Producer

1942

1944

Tunisian Victory

as Director

1951

The Prowler

as Producer

1952

The African Queen

as Screenplay

1964

1946

The Killers

as Writer

1988

Mr. North

as Screenplay

1950

1976

Independence

as Director

1931

A House Divided

as Dialogue

1946

The Killers

as Additional Writing

1938

Jezebel

as Second Unit

1946

1930

The Storm

as Dialogue

1969

Sinful Davey

as Executive Producer

1988

Mr. North

as Executive Producer

1946

The Stranger

as Producer

1946

The Stranger

as Co-Writer

1979

Love and Bullets

as Director

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