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
Also known As
John Marcellus Huston
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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
as Gandalf (voice)
1977
as Gandalf the Grey (voice)
1963
as Kardinal Glennon
1988
as Self (archive footage)
1974
as Noah Cross
1986
as Meister Hora
1948
as American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1956
as Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
1966
1943
as Narrator (voice)
1966
as Narrator
1975
as Harris Wagner
1982
as Narrator
1967
as M / General MacTarry
1972
as Grizzly Adams
1976
as Professor Moriarty
1970
as Buck Loner
1979
as Pa Kegan
1979
as Grandfather
2021
as Self (archive footage)
1975
as John Hay
1980
as Self
1968
as Dr. Arnold Dunlap
1998
as Self (archive footage)
1971
as Captain Filmore Henry
1977
as Ned Turner
1978
as Sean O'Hara
1983
as Larry Geller, M.D.
1979
as Jerzy Colsowicz
1979
as Ralph Richards
1968
as Self
1969
as Robert the Elder
1970
as Admiral
1969
as The Abbe
1970
as General Miles
1976
as Narrator
1978
as Edward
1949
as Señor Muñoz (uncredited)
1951
as Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1983
as Father Cardenas
1971
as Sleigh
1980
as Clarke Hill
1990
as Self
1984
1929
2018
as J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
1945
as Narrator
1951
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
as Self - Host
1997
as Self (archive footage)
1929
as Church Member (uncredited)
1963
as Lord Ashton (uncredited)
1973
as The Lawgiver
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1984
as Self
1985
as Narrator (voice)
1961
as Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
1987
as Soul Collector
1979
as Self
2010
as Self (archive footage)
1964
as Self
1982
as Self - Interviewee
1985
as The Narrator (US version)
1984
as Self
1970
as Narrator
1997
as Self (archive footage)
2018
as Self (archive footage)
2005
as Self (archive footage)
2017
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2002
as Self - Director (archive footage)
1985
1980
as Self
1991
as Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2014
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
1986
as Self
1982
as Actor on Radio (uncredited)
1978
as Self
1976
as Ringmaster
1977
as Hogan
1962
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2020
as Self (archive footage)
2010
as Self (archive footage)
2001
1983
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1970
as Director
2000
as Self (archive footage)
1985
as Narrator
2019
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Production
1975
as Director
1975
as Screenplay
1952
as Director
1956
as Director
1956
as Screenplay
1966
as Director
1956
as Producer
1938
as Screenplay
1941
as Director
1941
as Screenplay
1985
as Director
1948
as Screenplay
1948
as Director
1952
as Director
1952
as Producer
1952
as Screenplay
1967
as Producer
1967
as Director
1948
as Screenplay
1948
as Director
1953
as Screenplay
1953
as Director
1953
as Producer
1961
as Director
1960
as Director
1963
as Director
1943
as Director
1943
as Writer
1973
as Director
1967
as Director
1972
as Director
1946
as Screenplay
1932
as Additional Dialogue
1941
as Screenplay
1984
as Director
1962
as Director
1979
as Director
1957
as Screenplay
1957
as Director
1964
as Director
1942
as Director
1950
as Director
1950
as Screenplay
1972
as Producer
1972
as Director
1982
as Director
1958
as Director
1970
as Director
1941
as Screenplay
1981
as Director
1987
as Director
1938
as Screenplay
1970
as Screenplay
1970
as Producer
1942
as Director
1949
as Director
1949
as Screenplay
1980
as Director
1945
as Director
1958
as Director
1932
as Adaptation
1951
as Director
1940
as Screenplay
1939
as Screenplay
1946
as Director
1969
as Director
1969
as Director
1961
as Producer
1942
as Director
1935
as Story
1935
as Writer
1944
as Director
1951
as Producer
1952
as Screenplay
1964
as Screenplay
1946
as Writer
1988
as Screenplay
1950
as Producer
1976
as Director
1931
as Dialogue
1946
as Additional Writing
1938
as Second Unit
1946
as Writer
1943
as Editor
1930
as Dialogue
1945
as Writer
1969
as Executive Producer
1988
as Executive Producer
1951
as Writer
1946
as Producer
1969
as Producer
1946
as Co-Writer
1946
as Director
1946
as Writer
1946
as Editor
1979
as Director
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