
John Huston
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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.
Known for
Credits

Candy (1968)
as Dr. Arnold Dunlap

Chinatown (1974)
as Noah Cross

Casino Royale (1967)
as M / General MacTarry

The Misfits (1961)
as Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)

The Black Cauldron (1985)
as Narrator (voice)

Moby Dick (1956)
as Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
as American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)

The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
as Noah

Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
as The Lawgiver

Annie (1982)
as Actor on Radio (uncredited)

Momo (1986)
as Meister Hora

The Hobbit (1977)
as Gandalf the Grey (voice)

The Cardinal (1963)
as Kardinal Glennon

The Wind and the Lion (1975)
as John Hay

Freud: The Secret Passion (1962)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor

Five Came Back (2017)
as Self (archive footage)

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
as Grizzly Adams

Cannery Row (1982)
as Narrator

The Return of the King (1980)
as Gandalf (voice)

Winter Kills (1979)
as Pa Kegan

De Sade (1969)
as The Abbe

Breakout (1975)
as Harris Wagner

Wise Blood (1979)
as Grandfather

The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
as J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford

Myra Breckinridge (1970)
as Buck Loner

Tentacles (1977)
as Ned Turner

The Bermuda Triangle (1978)
as Edward

Jaguar Lives! (1979)
as Ralph Richards

The Biggest Battle (1978)
as Sean O'Hara

Man in the Wilderness (1971)
as Captain Filmore Henry

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
as Self (archive footage)

The Visitor (1979)
as Jerzy Colsowicz

The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
as Lord Ashton (uncredited)

The Kremlin Letter (1970)
as Admiral

We Were Strangers (1949)
as Señor Muñoz

The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
as Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
as Self (archive footage)

Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
as Professor James Moriarty

The Bridge in the Jungle (1971)
as Sleigh

Pelé Forever (2004)
as Self (archive footage)

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)
as Self (archive footage)

Arthur Miller: Writer (2017)
as Self (archive footage)

Lovesick (1983)
as Larry Geller, M.D.

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2019)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose (2022)
as Self (archive footage)

The Deserter (1970)
as General Miles

Mr. Corbett's Ghost (1987)
as Soul Collector

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
as Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)

Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery (1998)
as Self (archive footage)

The Battle of San Pietro (1945)
as Narrator

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
as Self (archive footage)

MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema (2023)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe (2012)
as Self (archive footage)

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
as Self

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen (2010)
as Self (archive footage)

Hell's Heroes (1929)
as Church Member (uncredited)

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Screen Director (1951)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street (2017)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (2003)
as Self (archive footage)

Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)
as Self (archive footage)

The Orson Welles Story (1982)
as Self

Directed by William Wyler (1986)
as Self

Angela (1977)
as Hogan

Making 'The Misfits' (2002)
as Self - Director (archive footage)

A Walk with Love and Death (1969)
as Robert the Elder

Marilyn at the Movies (2011)
as Self (archive footage)

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966)
as Narrator

Federico Fellini's Autobiography (2000)
as Self (archive footage)

Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical (1982)
as Self

Observations Under the Volcano (1984)
as Self

100 Years of Marilyn Monroe (2026)
as (archive footage)

Report from the Aleutians (1943)
as Narrator (voice)
Two Americans (1929)
Actor

Buñuel (1984)
as Self

Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston (1982)
as Self - Interviewee

Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983)
as Self

Rocky Road to Dublin (1968)
as Self

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (2001)
as Self

Epic (1985)
as The Narrator (US version)

Circasia (1976)
as Ringmaster
Head On (1980)
as Clarke Hill
To The Western World (1984)
Actor

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies (2017)
as Self (archive footage)

Welles' Language (1990)
as Self

A Minor Miracle (1983)
as Father Cardenas

Notes from Under the Volcano (1984)
as Self

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid (1997)
as Self (archive footage)

The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin (2004)
as Self (Archive Footage)

John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Ride This Way Grey Horse (1970)
as Director

Agee (1980)
as Self

Hollywood on Trial (1976)
as Narrator

The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy (1970)
as Narrator

Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise (1985)
as Narrator

American Caesar (1983)
as Self - Host

On the Trail of the Iguana (1964)
as Self

City Lights: John Huston (1979)
as Self
John Huston's Dublin (1979)
Actor

B.Traven: A Mystery Solved (1978)
as Self

Happy Birthday, Marilyn! (1980)
as Self





