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John Huston

Name in Native Language: "John Marcellus Huston" (English/EN)
Actor | * 08/05/1906 († 81, 08/28/1987) | Nevada, Missouri (United States of America (USA))
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big ...

The Asphalt Jungle

NR

1950 | 3.7/5 | 1h 52min
Crime, Drama
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Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey. ...

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

NR

1948 | 4.0/5 | 2h 6min
Adventure, Drama, Western
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Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sight. But he soon finds that she, too, is a killer f ...

Prizzi's Honor

R

1985 | 3.2/5 | 2h 4min
Romance / Love, Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes ...

Chinatown

R

1974 | 4.0/5 | 2h 10min
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for John Huston

Legionnaire of Legion of Merit Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay AFI Life Achievement Award American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal World War Ii Victory Medal Golden Lion Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 5x Academy Award for Best Director 2x Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay 6x Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director

Movies with John Huston as Actor(88)

as Self (archive footage)2021 John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
as Self (archive footage)2021 Sean Connery Close Up
as Self (archive footage)2020 Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)2018 They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as J.J. "Jake" Hannaford2018 The Other Side of the Wind
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2017 Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
as Self (archive footage)2017 Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archival footage)2017 Five Came Back
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2014 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)2010 Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
as Self (archive footage)2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Himself (archive footage)2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self (archive footage)2003 Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
as Self - Director (archive footage)2002 Making 'The Misfits'
as himself2001 Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)2000 Federico Fellini's Autobiography
as Self (archive footage)1997 Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)1997 Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
as Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1990 Welles' Language
as Self (archive footage)1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Soul Collector1987 Mr. Corbett's Ghost
as Meister Hora1986 Momo
as The Narrator (US version)1985 Epic
as himself1985 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Narrator (voice)1985 The Black Cauldron
as himself1984 Notes from Under the Volcano
as himself1984 Observations Under the Volcano
as himself1984 Buñuel
1983 American Caesar
as himself1983 Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
as Father Cardenas1983 A Minor Miracle
as Larry Geller, M.D.1983 Lovesick
as Actor on Radio (uncredited)1982 Annie
as himself1982 Lights, Camera, Annie!
as Narrator1982 Cannery Row
as Gandalf (voice)1980 The Return of the King
1980 Happy Birthday, Marilyn!
as himself1980 Agee
as Clarke Hill1980 Head On
as Ralph Richards1979 Jaguar Lives!
as himself1979 City Lights: John Huston
as Grandfather1979 Wise Blood
as Jerzy Colsowicz1979 The Visitor
as Pa Kegan1979 Winter Kills
as Edward1978 The Bermuda Triangle
as himself1978 B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
as Sean O'Hara1978 The Biggest Battle
as Hogan1977 Angela
as Gandalf the Grey1977 The Hobbit
as Ned Turner1977 Tentacles
as Ringmaster1976 Circasia
as Narrator1976 Hollywood on Trial
as Professor Moriarty1976 Sherlock Holmes in New York
as John Hay1975 The Wind and the Lion
as Harris Wagner1975 Breakout
as Noah Cross1974 Chinatown
as The Lawgiver1973 Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as Grizzly Adams1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Sleigh1971 The Bridge in the Jungle
as Captain Filmore Henry1971 Man in the Wilderness
as Buck Loner1970 Myra Breckinridge
as Narrator1970 The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
as Director1970 Ride This Way Grey Horse
as Admiral1970 The Kremlin Letter
as General Miles1970 The Deserter
as The Abbe1969 De Sade
as Robert the Elder1969 A Walk with Love and Death
as himself1968 Rocky Road to Dublin
as Dr. Arnold Dunlap1968 Candy
as M / General MacTarry1967 Casino Royale
as Noah1966 The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Narrator1966 The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
as himself1964 On the Trail of the Iguana
as Kardinal Glennon1963 The Cardinal
as Lord Ashton (uncredited)1963 The List of Adrian Messenger
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1962 Freud: The Secret Passion
as Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)1961 The Misfits
as Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)1956 Moby Dick
as Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)1951 The Red Badge of Courage
as himself1951 The Screen Director
as Señor Muñoz (uncredited)1949 We Were Strangers
as American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as Narrator1945 San Pietro
as Narrator (voice)1943 Report from the Aleutians
as Church Member (uncredited)1929 Hell's Heroes
1929 Two Americans

TV Shows/Series with John Huston as Actor(9)

as Carlos / Narrator1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Nathan Randall1978 The Word
as Ambassador Henderson Granville1977 The Rhinemann Exchange
as himself1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Narrator1971 Appointment With Destiny
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with John Huston as Crew(93)

Production/Executive Producer1988 Mr. North
Writing/Screenplay1988 Mr. North
Directing/Director1987 The Dead
Directing/Director1985 Prizzi's Honor
Directing/Director1984 Under the Volcano
Directing/Director1982 Annie
Directing/Director1981 Escape to Victory
Directing/Director1980 Phobia
Directing/Director1979 Wise Blood
Directing/Director1979 Love and Bullets
Directing/Director1976 Independence
Directing/Director1975 The Man Who Would Be King
Writing/Screenplay1975 The Man Who Would Be King
Directing/Director1973 The MacKintosh Man
Directing/Director1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Directing/Director1972 Fat City
Production/Producer1972 Fat City
Directing/Director1971 The Last Run
Directing/Director1970 The Kremlin Letter
Production/Producer1970 The Kremlin Letter
Writing/Screenplay1970 The Kremlin Letter
Directing/Director1969 A Walk with Love and Death
Production/Producer1969 A Walk with Love and Death
Directing/Director1969 Sinful Davey
Production/Executive Producer1969 Sinful Davey
Directing/Director1967 Casino Royale
Directing/Director1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye
Production/Producer1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye
Directing/Director1966 The Bible: In the Beginning...
Directing/Director1964 The Night of the Iguana
Writing/Screenplay1964 The Night of the Iguana
Directing/Director1963 The List of Adrian Messenger
Directing/Director1962 Freud: The Secret Passion
Directing/Director1961 The Misfits
Production/Producer1961 The Misfits
Directing/Director1960 The Unforgiven
Directing/Director1958 The Roots of Heaven
Directing/Director1958 The Barbarian and the Geisha
Directing/Director1957 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Writing/Screenplay1957 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Directing/Director1956 Moby Dick
Production/Producer1956 Moby Dick
Writing/Screenplay1956 Moby Dick
Directing/Director1953 Beat the Devil
Production/Producer1953 Beat the Devil
Writing/Screenplay1953 Beat the Devil
Directing/Director1952 Moulin Rouge
Production/Producer1952 Moulin Rouge
Writing/Screenplay1952 Moulin Rouge
Directing/Director1952 The African Queen
Writing/Screenplay1952 The African Queen
Production/Producer1951 The Prowler
Directing/Director1951 The Red Badge of Courage
Writing/Writer1951 The Red Badge of Courage
Directing/Director1950 The Asphalt Jungle
Production/Producer1950 The Asphalt Jungle
Writing/Screenplay1950 The Asphalt Jungle
Directing/Director1949 We Were Strangers
Writing/Screenplay1949 We Were Strangers
Directing/Director1948 Key Largo
Writing/Screenplay1948 Key Largo
Directing/Director1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Writing/Screenplay1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Writing/Screenplay1946 Three Strangers
Crew/Additional Writing1946 The Killers
Directing/Director1946 Let There Be Light
Writing/Writer1946 Let There Be Light
Production/Producer1946 The Stranger
Writing/Co-Writer1946 The Stranger
Writing/Writer1945 Know Your Enemy: Japan
Directing/Director1945 San Pietro
Directing/Director1944 Tunisian Victory
Directing/Director1943 Report from the Aleutians
Editing/Editor1943 Report from the Aleutians
Writing/Writer1943 Report from the Aleutians
Directing/Director1942 Winning Your Wings
Directing/Director1942 Across the Pacific
Directing/Director1942 In This Our Life
Directing/Director1941 The Maltese Falcon
Writing/Screenplay1941 The Maltese Falcon
Writing/Screenplay1941 Sergeant York
Writing/Screenplay1941 High Sierra
Writing/Screenplay1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Writing/Screenplay1939 Juarez
Crew/Second Unit1938 Jezebel
Writing/Screenplay1938 Jezebel
Writing/Screenplay1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Writing/Story1935 Death Drives Through
Writing/Writer1935 It Happened in Paris
Writing/Adaptation1932 Law and Order
Crew/Additional Dialogue1932 Murders in the Rue Morgue
Writing/Dialogue1931 A House Divided
Writing/Dialogue1930 The Storm

Born: Sunday, 08/05 1906 (August) in Nevada, Missouri (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 08/28 1987 (August) in Middletown (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Art Students League of New York, Abraham Lincoln High School, Hollywood High School
Employer: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Universal Pictures, United States Army Signal Corps
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Spouses (current/former): Evelyn Keyes, Enrica Soma, Dorothy Harvey, Lesley Black, Celeste Shane
Children: Tony Huston, Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston, Allegra Huston
Mother: Rhea Gore
Other names for John Huston (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"John Marcellus Huston"
"Τζον Χιούστον"
"존 휴스턴"
John Huston frequently works together with these people:
Orson Welles (17x, Actor)
Humphrey Bogart (16x, Actor)
Stephen B. Grimes (13x, Crew)
Walter Huston (12x, Actor)
Russell Lloyd (11x, Crew)
Anjelica Huston (9x, Actress)
Oswald Morris (9x, Crew)
Perc Westmore (9x, Crew)
Hal B. Wallis (9x, Crew)
Angela Allen (9x, Crew)
Charlton Heston (8x, Actor)
Tom Shaw (8x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7289, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 09/10/2025