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, 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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Acting
1980
asGandalf (voice)
1977
asGandalf the Grey (voice)
1963
asKardinal Glennon
1988
asSelf (archive footage)
1974
asNoah Cross
1986
asMeister Hora
1948
asAmerican in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
2017
asSelf (archive footage)
1956
asBarman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
1966
asNoah
1943
asNarrator (voice)
1966
asNarrator
1975
asHarris Wagner
1982
asNarrator
1967
asM / General MacTarry
1972
asGrizzly Adams
1976
asProfessor Moriarty
1970
asBuck Loner
1979
asPa Kegan
1979
asGrandfather
2021
asSelf (archive footage)
1975
asJohn Hay
1980
asSelf
1968
asDr. Arnold Dunlap
1998
asSelf (archive footage)
1971
asCaptain Filmore Henry
1977
asNed Turner
1978
asSean O'Hara
1983
asLarry Geller, M.D.
1979
asJerzy Colsowicz
1979
asRalph Richards
1968
asSelf
1969
asRobert the Elder
1970
asAdmiral
1969
asThe Abbe
1970
asGeneral Miles
1976
asNarrator
1978
asEdward
1949
asSeñor Muñoz (uncredited)
1951
asGrizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
2003
asSelf (archive footage)
1983
asFather Cardenas
1971
asSleigh
1980
asClarke Hill
1990
asSelf
1984
asSelf
1929
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2018
asJ.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
1945
asNarrator
1951
asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
asSelf - Host
1997
asSelf (archive footage)
1929
asChurch Member (uncredited)
1963
asLord Ashton (uncredited)
1973
asThe Lawgiver
2017
asSelf (archive footage)
1984
asSelf
1985
asNarrator (voice)
1961
asExtra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
1987
asSoul Collector
1979
asSelf
2010
asSelf (archive footage)
1964
asSelf
1982
asSelf - Interviewee
1985
asThe Narrator (US version)
1984
asSelf
1970
asNarrator
1997
asSelf (archive footage)
2018
asSelf (archive footage)
2005
asSelf (archive footage)
2017
asSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2002
asSelf - Director (archive footage)
1985
asSelf
1980
asSelf
1991
asGlennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
asSelf (archive footage)
2014
asSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
1986
asSelf
1982
asActor on Radio (uncredited)
1978
asSelf
1976
asRingmaster
1977
asHogan
1962
asNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
2020
asSelf (archive footage)
2010
asSelf (archive footage)
2001
asSelf
1983
asSelf
1982
asSelf
2017
asSelf (archive footage)
1970
asDirector
2000
asSelf (archive footage)
1985
asNarrator
2019
asSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
asCarlos / Narrator
asSelf
asSelf
asAmbassador Henderson Granville
asNarrator
asSelf
asSelf
asNathan Randall
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf (archive footage)
asNarrator (voice)
asSelf - Guest
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