Cast
John Huston
Directing
Cast
John Huston
Known for
Directing
Born
1906-08-05
From
Nevada, Missouri, USA
Died
1987-08-28
Also known as John Marcellus Huston, Î€Î¶ÎżÎœ ΧÎčÎżÏÏÏÎżÎœ, ìĄŽ íŽì€íŽ
Biography
John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 â 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"âa 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.
Chinatown
as Noah Cross
Casino Royale
as M / General MacTarry
Annie
as Actor on Radio (uncredited)
Candy
as Dr. Arnold Dunlap
The Misfits
as Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
The Black Cauldron
as Narrator (voice)
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as The Lawgiver
Moby Dick
as Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Noah
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
The Biggest Battle
as Sean O'Hara
The Hobbit
as Gandalf the Grey (voice)
The Cardinal
as Kardinal Glennon
Myra Breckinridge
as Buck Loner
Angela
as Hogan
The Wind and the Lion
as John Hay
De Sade
as The Abbe
The Return of the King
as Gandalf (voice)
Breakout
as Harris Wagner
Circasia
as Ringmaster
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back
as Self (archive footage)
Winter Kills
as Pa Kegan
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Man in the Wilderness
as Captain Filmore Henry
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Grizzly Adams
Tentacles
as Ned Turner
Momo
as Meister Hora
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Professor James Moriarty
The List of Adrian Messenger
as Lord Ashton (uncredited)
The Visitor
as Jerzy Colsowicz
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
as Self
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self (archive footage)
Freud: The Secret Passion
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
The Red Badge of Courage
as Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Other Side of the Wind
as J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
Wise Blood
as Grandfather
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
The Deserter
as General Miles
The Kremlin Letter
as Admiral
We Were Strangers
as Señor Muñoz
Buñuel
as Self
Lovesick
as Larry Geller, M.D.
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
Jaguar Lives!
as Ralph Richards
The Bermuda Triangle
as Edward
Cannery Row
as Narrator
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
as Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self
Making 'The Misfits'
as Self - Director (archive footage)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
Pelé Forever
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by William Wyler
as Self
The Screen Director
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Battle of San Pietro
as Narrator
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn at the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
as Self (archive footage)
Report from the Aleutians
as Narrator (voice)
Rocky Road to Dublin
as Self
On the Trail of the Iguana
as Self
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
as Self (archive footage)
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
as Self (archive footage)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
as Self (archive footage)
A Walk with Love and Death
as Robert the Elder
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
as Self
Hell's Heroes
as Church Member (uncredited)
Epic
as The Narrator (US version)
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
as Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
as Narrator
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
as Self
The Bridge in the Jungle
as Sleigh
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
as Soul Collector
A Minor Miracle
as Father Cardenas
Notes from Under the Volcano
as Self
Head On
as Clarke Hill
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
as Self (Archive Footage)
Observations Under the Volcano
as Self
Happy Birthday, Marilyn!
as Self
Ride This Way Grey Horse
as Director
Two Americans
Agee
as Self
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
as Self - Interviewee
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
as Narrator
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
as Narrator
John Huston's Dublin
Welles' Language
as Self
To The Western World
John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood on Trial
as Narrator
The Orson Welles Story
as Self
100 Years of Marilyn Monroe
as (archive footage)
American Caesar
as Self - Host
City Lights: John Huston
as Self