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John Huston (I) (1906–1987)

Actor | Director | Writer

An eccentric rebel of epic proportions, this Hollywood titan reigned supreme as director, screenwriter and character actor in a career that endured over five decades. The ten-time Oscar-nominated legend was born John Marcellus Huston of Scottish and Irish heritage in Nevada, Missouri, on August 5, 1906... See full bio »

Born:

John Marcellus Huston
in Nevada, Missouri, USA

Died:

(age 81) in Middletown, Rhode Island, USA
Still of John Huston in The Wind and the Lion Still of Charles Boyer and John Huston in Casino Royale John Huston with Father Walter Huston C. 1930, **I.V. Still of Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston and John Huston in Prizzi's Honor Akira Kurosawa and John Huston
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Hide HideActor (54 titles)
1987 Mister Corbett's Ghost (TV movie)
Soul Collector
 
1986 Momo
Meister Hora
 
1985 The Black Cauldron
Prologue Narrator (voice)
 
1985 Epic
Narrator (voice)
 
1985 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Carlos / Narrator (segment "Man From The South")
– Pilot (1985) … Carlos/Narrator (segment "Man From The South")
 
1983 Lovesick
Larry Geller, M.D.
 
1983 A Minor Miracle
Father Cardinas
 
1982 Annie
Actor on radio (uncredited)
 
1982 Cannery Row
Narrator (voice)
 
1980 Head On
Clarke Hill
 
1980 The Return of the King (TV movie)
Gandalf (voice)
 
1979 Wise Blood
Grandfather (as Jhon Huston)
 
1979 Jaguar Lives!
Ralph Richards
 
1979 Winter Kills
Pa Kegan
 
1979 The Visitor
Jerzy Colsowicz
 
1978 The Word (TV mini-series)
Nathan Randall
 
1978 Angela
Hogan
 
1978 The Bermuda Triangle
Edward
 
1978 The Biggest Battle
Sean O'Hara
 
1977 The Hobbit (TV movie)
Gandalf the Grey (voice)
 
1977 The Rhinemann Exchange (TV mini-series)
Ambassador Henderson Granville
 
1977 Tentacles
Ned Turner
 
1976 Sherlock Holmes in New York (TV movie)
Prof. Moriarty
 
1976 Bronk (TV series)
– Long Time Dying (1976)
 
1975 The Wind and the Lion
John Hay
 
1975 Breakout
Harris Wagner
 
1974 Chinatown
Noah Cross
 
1973 Battle for the Planet of the Apes
The Lawgiver
 
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Grizzly Adams
 
1972 Appointment with Destiny (TV series)
Narrator
– The Crucifixion of Jesus (1972) … Narrator
 
1972 The Other Side of the Wind
J.J. Jake Hannaford
 
1971 Man in the Wilderness
Captain Henry
 
1971 The Deserter
General Miles
 
1971 The Bridge in the Jungle
Sleigh
 
1970 Myra Breckinridge
Buck Loner
 
1970 The Kremlin Letter
Admiral
 
1969 A Walk with Love and Death
Robert the Elder
 
1969 De Sade
The Abbe
 
1968 Candy
Dr. Arnold Dunlap
 
1967 Casino Royale
M / General McTarry
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
Narrator
– The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966) … Narrator
 
1966 The Bible: In the Beginning...
Noah
 
1963 The Cardinal
Glennon
 
1963 The List of Adrian Messenger
Lord Ashton (uncredited)
 
1962 Freud
Narrator (voice)
 
1961 The Misfits
Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
 
1956 Moby Dick
Barman/Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
 
1951 The Red Badge of Courage
Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
 
1949 We Were Strangers
Señor Muñoz (uncredited)
 
1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
 
1930 The Storm (uncredited)
 
1929 Hell's Heroes
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1929 Two Americans (short)
 
1929 The Shakedown
Extra (uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (48 titles)
1987 The Dead
 
1985 Prizzi's Honor
 
1984 Under the Volcano
 
1982 Annie
 
1981 Victory
 
1980 Phobia
 
1979 Wise Blood (as Jhon Huston)
 
1979 Love and Bullets (uncredited)
 
1976 Independence (short)
 
1975 The Man Who Would Be King
 
1973 The MacKintosh Man
 
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
 
1972 Fat City
 
1971 The Last Run (uncredited)
 
1970 The Kremlin Letter
 
1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot (first director)
 
1969 A Walk with Love and Death
 
1969 Sinful Davey
 
1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye
 
1967 Casino Royale (scenes at Sir James Bond's house / castle in Scotland scenes)
 
1966 The Bible: In the Beginning...
 
1964 The Night of the Iguana
 
1963 The List of Adrian Messenger
 
1962 Freud
 
1961 The Misfits
 
1960 The Unforgiven
 
1958 The Roots of Heaven
 
1958 The Barbarian and the Geisha
 
1957 A Farewell to Arms (uncredited)
 
1957 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
 
1956 Moby Dick
 
1953 Beat the Devil
 
1952 Moulin Rouge
 
1951 The African Queen
 
1951 The Red Badge of Courage
 
1950 The Asphalt Jungle
 
1949 We Were Strangers
 
1948 Key Largo
 
1948 On Our Merry Way (uncredited)
 
1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
 
1946 Let There Be Light (documentary)
 
1945 San Pietro (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1944 Tunisian Victory (documentary) (replacement scenes)
 
1943 Report from the Aleutians (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1942 Across the Pacific
 
1942 Winning Your Wings (short)
 
1942 In This Our Life
 
1941 The Maltese Falcon
 
Show ShowWriter (40 titles)
1988 Mr. North (screenplay)
 
1975 The Man Who Would Be King (screenplay)
 
1970 The Kremlin Letter (screenplay)
 
1964 The Night of the Iguana (screenplay)
 
1961 The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)
– The Professor (1961) (story)
 
1957 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (screenplay)
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
– Jezebel (1956) (screenplay)
 
1956 Moby Dick (screenplay)
 
1953 Beat the Devil (screenplay)
 
1953 TV de Vanguarda (TV series)
– Três Estranhos (1953) (story)
 
1952 Moulin Rouge (screenplay)
 
1951 The African Queen (adapted for the screen by)
 
1951 The Red Badge of Courage (screenplay)
 
1950 The Asphalt Jungle (screen play)
 
1949 We Were Strangers (screenplay)
 
1948 Key Largo (screenplay)
 
1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (screen play)
 
1946 The Killers (uncredited)
 
1946 The Stranger (uncredited)
 
1946 Three Strangers (original screenplay)
 
1946 Let There Be Light (documentary)
 
1945 Know Your Enemy - Japan (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1945 San Pietro (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1944 Dark Waters (uncredited)
 
1943 Report from the Aleutians (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1941 The Maltese Falcon (screenplay)
 
1941 Sergeant York (original screen play)
 
1941 High Sierra (screenplay)
 
1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (original screenplay)
 
1939 Juarez (screen play)
 
1939 Wuthering Heights (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (screen play)
 
1938 Jezebel (screenplay)
 
1935 It Happened in Paris (screen adaptation)
 
1935 Death Drives Through (story)
 
1934 The Mighty Barnum (contract writer - uncredited)
 
1932 Law and Order (adaptation and dialogue)
 
1932 Murders in the Rue Morgue (additional dialogue)
 
1931 A House Divided
 
1930 The Storm (dialogue)
 
Show ShowProducer (9 titles)
1988 Mr. North (executive producer)
 
1972 Fat City (producer)
 
1970 The Kremlin Letter (producer - uncredited)
 
1969 Sinful Davey (executive producer)
 
1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye (producer)
 
1956 Moby Dick (producer)
 
1953 Beat the Devil (producer)
 
1952 Moulin Rouge (producer - uncredited)
 
1945 San Pietro (documentary short) (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1956 Moby Dick (color style creator)
 
1943 Background to Danger (script polishing - uncredited)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
1945 San Pietro (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
1943 Report from the Aleutians (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1938 Jezebel (second unit director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2012 The Adventures of Dugg & Lemmy (TV series) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– The Urine Sample (2012) (special thanks)
 
2002 Do poslednjeg kolokvijuma (short) (dedicatee)
 
1981 Boldog születésnapot, Marilyn! (thanks)
 
1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series) (acknowledgment - 1 episode)
– The Man Called Bogart (1963) (acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (49 titles)
1999 John Huston War Stories (documentary)
Himself
 
1990 A Linguagem de Orson Welles (documentary)
Himself
 
1987 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbara Stanwyck (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1987 John Huston and the Dubliners (documentary)
Himself
 
1986 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Directed by William Wyler (1986) … Himself
 
1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Director & Presenter: Best Picture
 
1985 Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1984 Observations Under the Volcano (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Notes from Under the Volcano (documentary)
 
1984 Flight of the Whooping Crane (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1984 Buñuel (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Lillian Gish (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1983 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Huston (TV special)
Himself
 
1983 Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (video documentary)
Himself - Flynn's Director - 'Roots Of Heaven'
 
1983 American Caesar (TV mini-series documentary)
Host
 
1982 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– The Orson Welles Story: Part Two (1982) … Himself - Interviewee
– The Orson Welles Story (1982) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1980-1982 Live from Lincoln Center (TV series)
Himself
– The Film Society of Lincoln Center: A Tribute to Billy Wilder (1982) … Himself
– The Film Society of Lincoln Center: A Tribute to John Huston (1980) … Himself
 
1982 Creativity with Bill Moyers (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Lights, Camera, Annie! (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 To the Western World (documentary)
Narrator
 
1981 Boldog születésnapot, Marilyn!
Himself
 
1980 Agee (documentary)
Himself
 
1980 Cities (TV series documentary)
Himself
– John Huston's Dublin (1980) … Himself
 
1979 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Edward G. Robinson (1979) … Himself
 
1975 Call It Magic (documentary short)
Himself
 
1974 The 46th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Host
 
1973 Rufino Tamayo: The Sources of His Art (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1972 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
– John Huston (1972) … Himself
 
1972 The Crucifixion of Jesus (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1971 The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Orson Welles
 
1970 The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1970 Ride This Way Grey Horse (documentary short)
Director
 
1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.24 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 Rocky Road to Dublin (documentary)
Himself
 
1967 Christ Is Born (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1967 Saga of Western Man (TV series documentary)
Himself (narrator)
– Christ Is Born (1967) … Himself (narrator) (voice)
 
1967 The Levin Interview (TV series documentary)
Himself
– John Huston (1967) … Himself
 
1967 The Life and Times of John Huston, Esq. (TV movie)
Himself
 
1966 The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (documentary)
Himself
 
1966 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.23 (1966) … Himself
 
1964 The 36th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1964 On the Trail of the Iguana (documentary short)
Himself
 
1956-1963 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #17.12 (1963) … Himself
– Episode #12.3 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #9.41 (1956) … Himself
 
1959 Face to Face (TV series)
Himself
– John Huston (1959) … Himself
 
1958 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.21 (1958) … Himself
 
1948 Screen Snapshots: Hawaii in Hollywood (short)
Himself
 
1945 San Pietro (documentary short)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1943 Report from the Aleutians (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (24 titles)
2010 Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Treasures of the Academy: Guardians of History (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Huston's Gamble (video short)
Himself (voice)
 
2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Pele Forever (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Words in Progress (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Sean Connery, an Intimate Portrait (documentary)
Himself
 
1988-2002 Great Performances (TV series)
 
2001 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Fellini Narrates: A Discovered Self-Portrait (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Humphrey Bogart: You Must Remember This... (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Bogart: The Untold Story (TV documentary)
Himself - Director
 
1996 We Remember Marilyn (video documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Film '72 (TV series)
 
1965 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1954 Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood (short)
Himself
 
1951 The Screen Director (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Alternate Names:

Jhon Huston

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Robert Mitchum] I think Bob is one of the very great actors and that his resources as an actor have never been fully tapped. He could be a Shakespearean actor. In fact, I think that he could play King Lear. See more »

Trivia:

In his 2008 memoir. "I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History," producer Walter Mirisch says that he vetoed Huston's desire to use his daughter Anjelica Huston as his leading lady opposite John Hurt in Sinful Davey, the story of a Scottish rakehell. Mirisch was worried that the inexperienced Angelica... See more »

Trademark:

Often cast his daughter Anjelica Huston. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo