John Huston
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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Acted in
John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
as J.J. "Jake" Hannaford
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits'
2002
as Self - Director (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
as Self
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Welles' Language
1990
as Self
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1989
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
1987
as Soul Collector
Momo
1986
as Meister Hora
Directed by William Wyler
1986
as Self
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Carlos / Narrator
The Black Cauldron
1985
as Narrator (voice)
Epic
1985
as The Narrator (US version)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Carlos / Narrator (segment "Man from the South")
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
as Self
Notes from Under the Volcano
1984
as Self
Observations Under the Volcano
1984
as Self
Buñuel
1984
as Self
A Minor Miracle
1983
as Father Cardenas
Lovesick
1983
as Larry Geller, M.D.
American Caesar
1983
as Self - Host
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983
as Self
Annie
1982
as Actor on Radio (uncredited)
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
1982
as Self - Interviewee
Lights, Camera, Annie!
1982
as Self
Cannery Row
1982
as Narrator
Agee
1980
as Self
Head On
1980
as Clarke Hill
The Return of the King
1980
as Gandalf (voice)
Happy Birthday, Marilyn!
1980
as Self
Wise Blood
1979
as Grandfather
City Lights: John Huston
1979
as Self
Jaguar Lives!
1979
as Ralph Richards
Winter Kills
1979
as Pa Kegan
The Visitor
1979
as Jerzy Colsowicz
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
1978
as Self
The Word
1978
as Nathan Randall
The Bermuda Triangle
1978
as Edward
The Biggest Battle
1978
as Sean O'Hara
The Hobbit
1977
as Gandalf the Grey (voice)
Angela
1977
as Hogan
The Rhinemann Exchange
1977
as Ambassador Henderson Granville
Tentacles
1977
as Ned Turner
Hollywood on Trial
1976
as Narrator
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976
as Professor Moriarty
Circasia
1976
as Ringmaster
The Wind and the Lion
1975
as John Hay
Breakout
1975
as Harris Wagner
Chinatown
1974
as Noah Cross
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
as The Lawgiver
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
as Grizzly Adams
Man in the Wilderness
1971
as Captain Filmore Henry
Appointment With Destiny
1971
as Narrator
The Bridge in the Jungle
1971
as Sleigh
The Deserter
1970
as General Miles
Myra Breckinridge
1970
as Buck Loner
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
1970
as Narrator
The Kremlin Letter
1970
as Admiral
Ride This Way Grey Horse
1970
as Director
A Walk with Love and Death
1969
as Robert the Elder
De Sade
1969
as The Abbe
Candy
1968
as Dr. Arnold Dunlap
Rocky Road to Dublin
1968
as Self
Casino Royale
1967
as M / General MacTarry
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
as Narrator
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
as Noah
National Geographic Specials
1965
as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood and the Stars
1964
as Self
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
as Self
The Cardinal
1963
as Kardinal Glennon
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
as Lord Ashton (uncredited)
Freud: The Secret Passion
1962
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Misfits
1961
as Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
Moby Dick
1956
as Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
as Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
The Screen Director
1951
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
We Were Strangers
1949
as Señor Muñoz (uncredited)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
as American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
San Pietro
1945
as Narrator
Report from the Aleutians
1943
as Narrator (voice)
Hell's Heroes
1929
as Church Member (uncredited)
Two Americans
1929
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
as Narrator