John Huston
Without a doubt one of the most influential, prolific directors of any era, John Huston's reach spanned several decades and numerous film genres that displayed vast imagination while focusing on characters struggling for individuality despite constraints from the world around them. Huston led quite an adventurous life even before he began his Hollywood career, often recalling his days as a boxer, Mexican cavalry officer and avid horseback rider in many of his films. After a false start as a screenwriter in the early days of talkies, Huston re-emerged in the late-1930s as a successful contract writer who penned such hits as "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" (1938), "Sergeant York" (1941) and "High Sierra" (1941). During this time, he developed a strong working collaboration with Humphrey Bogart, who became a major star following his turn in Huston's directorial debut, "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), one of the best film noirs ever made. The two had even greater success with "The Treasure of Sierra Madre" (1948), which earned Huston and his father, actor Walter Huston, Academy Awards. From there, the director entered into what became his most fruitful period, helming such long-held classics as "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950), "The Red Badge of Courage" (1951) and "The African Queen" (1952), which delivered Bogie his only Oscar. He also began acting later in his career, turning in an acclaimed supporting performance in "The Cardinal" (1963) while being best remembered for his portrayal of the vile Noah Cross in "Chinatown" (1974). In the last decade of his life, Huston returned to critical and box office prominence with "Prizzi's Honor" (1985), which earned daughter Anjelica an Academy Award, making the Hustons the first family to win Oscars in three successive generations. As for Huston himself, he left behind a compelling legacy that included an adventurous life and a career that cemented him as arguably the greatest director in Hollywood history.
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John Huston
Filmography
Movies
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88% | No Score Yet | Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes | Self | - | 2024 |
82% |
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The Other Side of the Wind | Jake Hannaford (Character) | - | 2018 |
7% |
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Kaena: The Prophecy | Queen of the Selenites (Voice) | $7.7K | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
50% |
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Mr. North |
Screenwriter, Executive Producer |
$1.1M | 1988 |
94% |
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The Dead | Director | $766.4K | 1987 |
56% |
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The Black Cauldron | Prologue Narrator (Voice) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Carlos (Character) | - | 1985 |
85% |
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Prizzi's Honor | Director | $26.6M | 1985 |
74% |
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Under the Volcano | Director | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Giants | Father Cardenas (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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A Minor Miracle | Father Cardenas (Character) | - | 1983 |
49% |
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Annie | Director | - | 1982 |
70% |
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Victory | Director | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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Phobia | Director | - | 1980 |
67% |
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The Return of the King | Gandalf (Voice) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Head On | Clarke Hill (Character) | - | 1980 |
78% |
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The Visitor | Jerzy Colsowicz (Character) | - | 1979 |
88% |
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Wise Blood |
Grandfather (Character), Director |
- | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Jaguar Lives! | Ralph Richards (Character) | - | 1979 |
92% |
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Winter Kills | Pa Kegan (Character) | $75.6K | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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The Bermuda Triangle | Edward (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Battle Force | Sean O'Hara (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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El triángulo diabólico de las Bermudas | Unknown (Character) | - | 1978 |
71% |
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The Hobbit | Gandalf the Grey (Voice) | - | 1977 |
0% |
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Tentacles | Ned Turner (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angela | Hogan (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood on Trial | Narrator | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Sherlock Holmes in New York | Prof. Moriarty (Character) | - | 1976 |
63% |
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The Wind and the Lion | John Hay (Character) | - | 1975 |
97% |
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The Man Who Would Be King |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1975 |
62% |
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Breakout | Harris Wagner (Character) | - | 1975 |
98% |
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Chinatown | Noah Cross (Character) | - | 1974 |
58% |
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The Mackintosh Man | Director | - | 1973 |
33% |
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes | The Lawgiver (Character) | - | 1973 |
80% |
|
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean |
Grizzly Adams (Character), Director |
- | 1972 |
100% |
|
Fat City |
Director, Producer |
- | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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Man in the Wilderness | Captain Filmore Henry (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deserter | General Miles (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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The Kremlin Letter | Director | - | 1970 |
24% |
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Myra Breckinridge | Buck Loner (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Journey of Robert F. Kennedy | Narrator | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bridge in the Jungle | Sleigh (Character) | - | 1970 |
10% |
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De Sade | Abbé de Sade (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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A Walk With Love and Death | Director | - | 1969 |
89% |
|
Rocky Road to Dublin | Self | - | 1968 |
43% |
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Sinful Davey | Director | - | 1968 |
40% |
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Candy | Dr. Arnold Dunlap (Character) | - | 1968 |
55% |
|
Reflections in a Golden Eye |
Director, Producer |
- | 1967 |
26% |
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Casino Royale |
McTarry/ Director |
- | 1967 |
33% |
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The Bible |
Noah (Character), Director |
- | 1966 |
75% |
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The Night of the Iguana |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1964 |
64% |
|
The List of Adrian Messenger |
Horseman at Hunt (uncredited) (Character), Director |
- | 1963 |
47% |
|
The Cardinal | Glennon (Character) | - | 1963 |
78% |
|
Freud |
Narrator, Director |
- | 1962 |
97% |
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The Misfits | Director | - | 1961 |
67% |
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The Unforgiven | Director | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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The Roots of Heaven | Director | - | 1958 |
40% |
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The Barbarian and the Geisha | Director | - | 1958 |
83% |
|
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1957 |
81% |
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Moby Dick |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1956 |
68% |
|
Beat the Devil |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1953 |
73% |
|
Moulin Rouge |
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
- | 1952 |
96% |
|
The African Queen |
Director, Writer |
- | 1951 |
87% |
|
The Red Badge of Courage |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1951 |
98% |
|
The Asphalt Jungle | Director | - | 1950 |
73% |
|
We Were Strangers |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1949 |
100% |
|
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1948 |
97% |
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Key Largo |
Director, Writer |
- | 1948 |
100% |
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The Killers | Writer | - | 1946 |
86% |
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Let There Be Light |
Director, Writer |
- | 1946 |
No Score Yet |
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San Pietro |
Narrator, Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer |
- | 1945 |
No Score Yet |
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Know Your Enemy: Japan | Screenwriter | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet |
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Report From the Aleutians |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1943 |
80% |
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Across the Pacific | Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet |
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In This Our Life | Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Winning Your Wings | Director | - | 1942 |
99% |
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The Maltese Falcon |
Director, Writer |
- | 1941 |
85% |
|
Sergeant York | Writer | - | 1941 |
92% |
|
High Sierra | Screenwriter | - | 1941 |
71% |
|
Juarez | Screenwriter | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet |
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Screenwriter | - | 1938 |
79% |
|
Murders in the Rue Morgue | Writer | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Guns A'Blazing | Writer | - | 1932 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1985 |