John Huston
Born in Nevada, Missouri, USA — Aug 05 1906• Died Aug 28 1987
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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 vis…
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John Huston's Credits
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The Oscars
Self
The Killers
Writing
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Chinatown
Noah Cross
The Word
Nathan Randall
The Maltese Falcon
Directing
Casino Royale
M / General MacTarry
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
The Lawgiver
The African Queen
Directing
Moby Dick
Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
Annie
Actor on Radio (uncredited)
National Geographic Specials
Narrator (voice)
Key Largo
Writing
The Hobbit
Gandalf the Grey (voice)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
Candy
Dr. Arnold Dunlap
Jezebel
Writing
The Man Who Would Be King
Directing
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage)
Escape to Victory
Directing
Sergeant York
Writing
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Noah
The Misfits
Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
Prizzi's Honor
Directing
The Asphalt Jungle
Directing
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mr. North
Writing
The Rhinemann Exchange
Ambassador Henderson Granville
The Unforgiven
Directing
Breakout
Harris Wagner
Momo
Meister Hora
Moulin Rouge
Directing
The Black Cauldron
Narrator (voice)
Winter Kills
Pa Kegan
Myra Breckinridge
Buck Loner
The Wind and the Lion
John Hay
The Red Badge of Courage
Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
De Sade
The Abbe
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Kremlin Letter
Admiral
Man in the Wilderness
Captain Filmore Henry
The MacKintosh Man
Directing
The Night of the Iguana
Directing
Under the Volcano
Directing
Fat City
Production
Cannery Row
Narrator
The Return of the King
Gandalf (voice)
Directed by William Wyler
Self
Tentacles
Ned Turner
The Cardinal
Kardinal Glennon
In This Our Life
Directing
Love and Bullets
Directing
Beat the Devil
Writing
The Visitor
Jerzy Colsowicz
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Self (archive footage)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Wind
J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Production
Lovesick
Larry Geller, M.D.
The Dead
Directing
Juarez
Writing
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Directing
Appointment With Destiny
Narrator
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Writing
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (archive footage)
Phobia
Directing
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self (archive footage)
Angela
Hogan
The Prowler
Production
Sinful Davey
Directing
Three Strangers
Writing
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Writing
High Sierra
Writing
The Bermuda Triangle
Edward
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Grizzly Adams
Wise Blood
Grandfather
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Writing
The Stranger
Production
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self
Freud: The Secret Passion
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Buñuel
Self
Jaguar Lives!
Ralph Richards
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Crew
The Biggest Battle
Sean O'Hara
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Professor James Moriarty
The Screen Director
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Winning Your Wings
Directing
The List of Adrian Messenger
Lord Ashton (uncredited)
The Deserter
General Miles
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Self (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Roots of Heaven
Directing
We Were Strangers
Señor Muñoz (uncredited)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Narrator
Independence
Directing
Hell's Heroes
Church Member (uncredited)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
On the Trail of the Iguana
Self
The Storm
Writing
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Soul Collector
Pelé Forever
Self (archive footage)
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Writing
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Self (archive footage)
A House Divided
Writing
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Self (archive footage)
Across the Pacific
Directing
Law and Order
Writing
Head On
Clarke Hill
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
Narrator
Observations Under the Volcano
Self
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Self
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Self
The Orson Welles Story
Self
A Walk with Love and Death
Robert the Elder
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
Self (Archive Footage)
American Caesar
Self - Host
Circasia
Ringmaster
Rocky Road to Dublin
Self
Epic
The Narrator (US version)
Report from the Aleutians
Narrator (voice)
It Happened in Paris
Writing
Two Americans
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Self (archive footage)
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Self (archive footage)
Notes from Under the Volcano
Self
The Battle of San Pietro
Narrator
Welles' Language
Self
Ride This Way Grey Horse
Director
The Bridge in the Jungle
Sleigh
Morceaux de Cannes
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Self (archive footage)
Agee
Self
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
Self
Tunisian Victory
Directing
John Huston's Dublin
Making 'The Misfits'
Self - Director (archive footage)
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
Narrator
Hollywood on Trial
Narrator
Death Drives Through
Writing
Let There Be Light
Directing
John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
Self (archive footage)
To The Western World
City Lights: John Huston
Self
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
Self - Interviewee
Happy Birthday, Marilyn!
Self
A Minor Miracle
Father Cardenas
Marilyn at the Movies