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person_profile-John Huston

John Huston Died at age: 81

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

John Huston

Date of Birth:

Aug 05, 1906

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Aug 28, 1987

Biography of

John Huston

    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, then carefully framing his characters during the shooting. While most directors rely on post-production editing to shape their final work, Huston instead created his films while they were being shot, with little editing needed. Some of Huston's films were adaptations of important novels, often depicting an "heroic quest," as in Moby Dick, or The Red Badge of Courage. In many films, different groups of people, while struggling toward a common goal, would become doomed, forming "destructive alliances," giving the films a dramatic and visual tension. Many of his films involved themes such as religion, meaning, truth, freedom, psychology, colonialism, and war.

    Huston has been referred to as "a titan", "a rebel", and a "renaissance man" in the Hollywood film industry. Author Ian Freer describes him as "cinema's Ernest Hemingway"—a filmmaker who was "never afraid to tackle tough issues head on." During his 46-year career, Huston received 15 Oscar nominations, winning twice. He directed both his father, Walter Huston, and daughter, Anjelica Huston, to Oscar wins.

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Filmography of

John Huston

Found 83 Movies in total

John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

The Other Side of the Wind

J.J. "Jake" Hannaford ( Actor )

... 2018

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Arthur Miller: Writer

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Five Came Back

Self (archival footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2003

Making 'The Misfits'

Self - Director (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

... 2001

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2000

Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1998

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1997

Bogart: The Untold Story

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1997

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1991

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1988

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

Soul Collector ( Actor )

... 1987

Momo

Meister Hora ( Actor )

... 1986

... 1986

The Black Cauldron

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1985

Epic

The Narrator (US version) ( Actor )

... 1985

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Carlos / Narrator (segment "Man from the South") ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1985

... 1984

... 1984

Buñuel

Himself ( Actor )

... 1984

A Minor Miracle

Father Cardenas ( Actor )

... 1983

Lovesick

Larry Geller, M.D. ( Actor )

... 1983

... 1983

Annie

Actor on Radio (uncredited) ( Actor )

Director

... 1982

Cannery Row

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1982

Agee

Self ( Actor )

... 1980

The Return of the King

Gandalf (voice) ( Actor )

... 1980

... 1980

Wise Blood

Grandfather ( Actor )

Director

... 1979

... 1979

Jaguar Lives!

Ralph Richards ( Actor )

... 1979

Winter Kills

Pa Kegan ( Actor )

... 1979

The Visitor

Jerzy Colsowicz ( Actor )

... 1979

... 1978

The Bermuda Triangle

Edward ( Actor )

... 1978

The Biggest Battle

Sean O'Hara ( Actor )

... 1978

The Hobbit

Gandalf the Grey ( Actor )

... 1977

Angela

Hogan ( Actor )

... 1977

Tentacles

Ned Turner ( Actor )

... 1977

Hollywood on Trial

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1976

Sherlock Holmes in New York

Professor Moriarty ( Actor )

... 1976

The Wind and the Lion

John Hay ( Actor )

... 1975

Breakout

Harris Wagner ( Actor )

... 1975

Chinatown

Noah Cross ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1973

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Grizzly Adams ( Actor )

Director

... 1972

Man in the Wilderness

Captain Filmore Henry ( Actor )

... 1971

... 1971

The Deserter

General Miles ( Actor )

... 1970

Myra Breckinridge

Buck Loner ( Actor )

... 1970

... 1970

The Kremlin Letter

Admiral ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1970

A Walk with Love and Death

Robert the Elder ( Actor )

Director

... 1969

De Sade

The Abbe ( Actor )

... 1969

Candy

Dr. Arnold Dunlap ( Actor )

... 1968

Rocky Road to Dublin

Self ( Actor )

... 1968

Casino Royale

M / General MacTarry ( Actor )

Director

... 1967

... 1966

The Bible: In the Beginning...

Noah ( Actor )

Director

... 1966

... 1964

The Cardinal

Kardinal Glennon ( Actor )

... 1963

The List of Adrian Messenger

Lord Ashton (uncredited) ( Actor )

Director

... 1963

Freud: The Secret Passion

Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

Director

... 1962

The Misfits

Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited) ( Actor )

Director

... 1961

Moby Dick

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

Screenplay

... 1956

The Red Badge of Courage

Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited) ( Actor )

Writer

... 1951

We Were Strangers

Señor Muñoz (uncredited) ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1949

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited) ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1948

Report from the Aleutians

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

Editor

... 1943

Hell's Heroes

Church Member (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929