John Huston

ActorProducerWriterDirectorCrew Aug 5 (died age 81) Nevada, Missouri, USA 1929–2023 (94 year career)

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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 an…

Known For

Film

Chinatown

Noah Cross

Film

The Maltese Falcon

Director

Film

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)

Film

The African Queen

Director

Film

The Man Who Would Be King

Director

Film

Key Largo

Director

Film

Escape to Victory

Director

Film

The Asphalt Jungle

Director

Filmography

Acting (112)

Movies (100)

MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema

2023

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

7.2

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

2022

as Self (archive footage)

John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul

2021

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

2019

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

4.6

The Other Side of the Wind

2018

as J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford

6.7

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Five Came Back

2017

as Self (archive footage)

7.9

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

2017

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

2017

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

6.5

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

2012

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

as Self (archive footage)

6.6

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

2010

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

2005

as Self (archive footage)

6.2

Pelé Forever

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin

2004

as Self (Archive Footage)

7.0

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

2003

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Making 'The Misfits'

2002

as Self - Director (archive footage)

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

2001

as Self

8.0

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

2000

as Self (archive footage)

6.3

Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery

1998

as Self (archive footage)

Bogart: The Untold Story

1997

as Self (archive footage)

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

1997

as Self (archive footage)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

as Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.7

Welles' Language

1990

as Self

6.0

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988

as Self (archive footage)

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

as Soul Collector

Momo

as Meister Hora

Directed by William Wyler

1986

as Self

The Black Cauldron

1985

as Narrator (voice)

6.4

Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise

1985

as Narrator

Epic

1985

as The Narrator (US version)

6.2

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

as Self

To The Western World

Buñuel

as Self

Observations Under the Volcano

1984

as Self

2.0

Notes from Under the Volcano

1984

as Self

Lovesick

1983

as Larry Geller, M.D.

5.5

American Caesar

1983

as Self - Host

A Minor Miracle

1983

as Father Cardenas

6.3

Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler

1983

as Self

The Orson Welles Story

1982

as Self

9.0

Annie

1982

as Actor on Radio (uncredited)

6.6

Cannery Row

1982

as Narrator

5.8

Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston

1982

as Self - Interviewee

Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical

1982

as Self

Head On

1980

as Clarke Hill

3.6

The Return of the King

1980

as Gandalf (voice)

6.4

Happy Birthday, Marilyn!

1980

as Self

Agee

as Self

John Huston's Dublin

Winter Kills

as Pa Kegan

The Visitor

as Jerzy Colsowicz

Jaguar Lives!

as Ralph Richards

Wise Blood

as Grandfather

City Lights: John Huston

1979

as Self

The Bermuda Triangle

as Edward

The Biggest Battle

as Sean O'Hara

B.Traven: A Mystery Solved

1978

as Self

The Hobbit

1977

as Gandalf the Grey (voice)

Tentacles

as Ned Turner

Angela

as Hogan

Hollywood on Trial

as Narrator

Circasia

as Ringmaster

Sherlock Holmes in New York

1976

as Professor James Moriarty

5.9

The Wind and the Lion

as John Hay

Breakout

as Harris Wagner

Chinatown

as Noah Cross

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973

as The Lawgiver

5.7

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

1972

as Grizzly Adams

6.5

Man in the Wilderness

1971

as Captain Filmore Henry

6.2

The Bridge in the Jungle

1971

as Sleigh

5.0

Ride This Way Grey Horse

1970

as Director

The Deserter

as General Miles

The Kremlin Letter

as Admiral

Myra Breckinridge

as Buck Loner

The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy

1970

as Narrator

A Walk with Love and Death

as Robert the Elder

De Sade

as The Abbe

Candy

as Dr. Arnold Dunlap

Rocky Road to Dublin

as Self

Casino Royale

as M / General MacTarry

5.3

The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966

as Noah

7.3

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe

1966

as Narrator

6.7

On the Trail of the Iguana

as Self

The Cardinal

as Kardinal Glennon

The List of Adrian Messenger

1963

as Lord Ashton (uncredited)

6.6

Freud: The Secret Passion

1962

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.5

The Misfits

1961

as Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)

7.0

Moby Dick

1956

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

7.0

The Red Badge of Courage

1951

as Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)

6.4

The Screen Director

1951

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0

We Were Strangers

1949

as Señor Muñoz (uncredited)

6.1

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948

as American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)

8.0

The Battle of San Pietro

1945

as Narrator

6.0

Report from the Aleutians

as Narrator (voice)

Two Americans

Hell's Heroes

as Church Member (uncredited)

7.0

Television (12)

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Carlos / Narrator

The Word

as Nathan Randall

The Rhinemann Exchange

1977

as Ambassador Henderson Granville

6.1

Spécial cinéma

1974

as Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973

as Self

6.3

Appointment With Destiny

1971

as Narrator

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

as Self - Guest

6.8

National Geographic Specials

1965

as Narrator (voice)

6.9

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Crew (95)

Movies (95)

Mr. North

Executive Producer

Mr. North

Screenplay

The Dead

Director

Prizzi's Honor

Director

Under the Volcano

Director

Annie

Director

Escape to Victory

Director

Phobia

Director

Love and Bullets

Director

Wise Blood

Director

Independence

Director

The Man Who Would Be King

1975

Director

7.5

The Man Who Would Be King

Screenplay

The MacKintosh Man

Director

The MacKintosh Man

Producer

Fat City

Director

Fat City

Producer

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Director

The Kremlin Letter

Director

The Kremlin Letter

Producer

The Kremlin Letter

Screenplay

Sinful Davey

Director

Sinful Davey

Executive Producer

A Walk with Love and Death

1969

Director

6.0

A Walk with Love and Death

Producer

Casino Royale

Director

Reflections in a Golden Eye

1967

Director

6.4

Reflections in a Golden Eye

1967

Producer

6.4

The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966

Director

7.3

The Night of the Iguana

1964

Director

7.2

The Night of the Iguana

1964

Screenplay

7.2

The List of Adrian Messenger

1963

Director

6.6

Freud: The Secret Passion

1962

Director

6.5

Freud: The Secret Passion

Screenplay

The Misfits

Director

The Misfits

Producer

The Unforgiven

Director

The Roots of Heaven

Director

The Barbarian and the Geisha

1958

Director

5.9

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

1957

Director

7.0

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

Screenplay

Moby Dick

Director

Moby Dick

Producer

Moby Dick

Screenplay

Beat the Devil

Director

Beat the Devil

Producer

Beat the Devil

Screenplay

The African Queen

Director

The African Queen

Screenplay

Moulin Rouge

Director

Moulin Rouge

Producer

Moulin Rouge

Screenplay

The Red Badge of Courage

1951

Director

6.4

The Red Badge of Courage

Writer

The Prowler

Producer

The Asphalt Jungle

Director

The Asphalt Jungle

Producer

The Asphalt Jungle

Screenplay

We Were Strangers

Director

We Were Strangers

Screenplay

Key Largo

Director

Key Largo

Screenplay

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948

Director

8.0

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Screenplay

The Stranger

Co-Writer

The Stranger

Producer

The Killers

Additional Writing

The Killers

Writer

Let There Be Light

Director

Let There Be Light

Writer

Three Strangers

Screenplay

Know Your Enemy: Japan

1945

Writer

5.9

The Battle of San Pietro

Director

Tunisian Victory

Director

Report from the Aleutians

1943

Director

5.9

Report from the Aleutians

1943

Editor

5.9

Report from the Aleutians

Writer

In This Our Life

Director

Across the Pacific

Director

Winning Your Wings

Director

The Maltese Falcon

Director

The Maltese Falcon

Screenplay

Sergeant York

Screenplay

High Sierra

Screenplay

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Screenplay

Juarez

Screenplay

Jezebel

Screenplay

Jezebel

Second Unit

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Screenplay

It Happened in Paris

Writer

Death Drives Through

Story

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Additional Dialogue

Law and Order

Adaptation

A House Divided

Dialogue

The Storm

Dialogue