John Huston
Known for: Directing
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage)
1974
Film '72
Self
1971
Film '72
Self (archive footage)
1971
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Series
National Geographic Specials
Narrator (voice)
1965
Film
Chinatown
Noah Cross
1974
Film
Casino Royale
McTarry
1967
Film
The Black Cauldron
Narrator (voice)
1985
Film
Moby Dick
Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
1956
Film
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
The Lawgiver
1973
Film
Buñuel
Self
1984
Film
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Noah
1966
Series
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Annie
Actor on Radio (uncredited)
1982
Film
The Misfits
(uncredited)
1961
Series
The Word
Nathan Randall
1978
Film
The Hobbit
Gandalf the Grey (voice)
1977
Film
Momo
Meister Hora
1986
Appointment With Destiny
Narrator
1971
Film
Candy
Dr. Arnold Dunlap
1968
Film
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Grizzly Adams
1972
Film
The Return of the King
Gandalf (voice)
1980
Series
The Rhinemann Exchange
Ambassador Henderson Granville
1977
Film
The Wind and the Lion
John Hay
1975
Film
The Other Side of the Wind
J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
2018
Film
We Were Strangers
Señor Muñoz
1949
Film
Man in the Wilderness
Captain Filmore Henry
1971
Film
Breakout
Harris Wagner
1975
Film
The Cardinal
Kardinal Glennon
1963
Film
The Visitor
Jerzy Colsowicz
1979
Film
The List of Adrian Messenger
Lord Ashton (uncredited)
1963
Film
Tentacles
Ned Turner
1977
Film
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2019
Film
The Myth of Marilyn Monroe
Self (voice)
2023
Film
Directed by William Wyler
Self
1986
Film
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
Film
Myra Breckinridge
Buck Loner
1970
Film
Winter Kills
Pa Kegan
1979
Film
Freud: The Secret Passion
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1962
Film
The Red Badge of Courage
Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
1951
Film
The Deserter
General Miles
1970
Film
The Battle of San Pietro
Narrator
1945
Film
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Marilyn at the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Professor James Moriarty
1976
Film
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Wise Blood
Grandfather
1979
Film
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
Angela
Hogan
1977
Film
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
Lovesick
Larry Geller, M.D.
1983
Film
A Walk with Love and Death
Robert the Elder
1969
Film
Morceaux de Cannes
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Mister Corbett's Ghost
Soul Collector
1987
Film
Cannery Row
Narrator
1982
Film
The Biggest Battle
Sean O'Hara
1978
Film
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Film
The Bermuda Triangle
Edward
1978
Film
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage)
1988
Film
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
Narrator
1985
Film
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Self (archive footage)
1998
Film
The Kremlin Letter
Admiral
1970
Film
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Self
1982
Film
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
The Bridge in the Jungle
Sleigh
1971
Film
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
Self
1978
Film
On the Trail of the Iguana
Self
1964
Film
Jaguar Lives!
Ralph Richards
1979
Film
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
1985
Film
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2023
Film
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
Film
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self
2001
Film
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Narrator
1966
Film
100 Years of Marilyn Monroe
(archive footage)
2026
Film
Report from the Aleutians
Narrator (voice)
1943
Film
De Sade
The Abbe
1969
Film
John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Rocky Road to Dublin
Self
1968
Film
Hell's Heroes
Church Member (uncredited)
1929
Film
Making 'The Misfits'
Self - Director (archive footage)
2002
Film
Notes from Under the Volcano
Self
1984
Film
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
Pelé Forever
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
Self - Interviewee
1982
Film
Epic
The Narrator (US version)
1985
Film
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
Self (Archive Footage)
2004
Film
The Orson Welles Story
Self
1982
Film
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995
Film
Observations Under the Volcano
Self
1984
Film
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Self
1983
Film
Welles' Language
Self
1990
Film
The Screen Director
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1951
To The Western World
1984
Film
Hollywood on Trial
Narrator
1976
Film
Agee
Self
1980
Film
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
Narrator
1970
Ride This Way Grey Horse
Director
1970
John Huston's Dublin
1979
Head On
Clarke Hill
1980
Film
Circasia
Ringmaster
1976
Two Americans
1929
Film
A Minor Miracle
Father Cardenas
1983
The Return of the King
Gandalf (voice)
Film
American Caesar
Self - Host
1983
Film
Happy Birthday, Marilyn!
Self
1980
Film
City Lights: John Huston
Self
1979