Actor
John Huston
Biography

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 an ...

Known For
Acting
2021 -- John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul | Self (archive footage)
2020 -- Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Self (archive footage)
2019 -- Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2018 -- The Other Side of the Wind | J.J. "Jake" Hannaford
2018 -- They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Self (archive footage)
2017 -- Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017 -- Arthur Miller: Writer | Self (archive footage)
2017 -- Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies | Self (archive footage)
2017 -- Five Came Back | Self (archive footage)
2014 -- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014 -- And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage)
2010 -- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self (archive footage)
2010 -- Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen | Self (archive footage)
2005 -- Filmmakers vs. Tycoons | Self (archive footage)
2003 -- Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' | Self (archive footage)
2002 -- Making 'The Misfits' | Self - Director (archive footage)
2001 -- Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies | Self
2000 -- Federico Fellini's Autobiography | Self (archive footage)
1998 -- Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery | Self (archive footage)
1997 -- Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage)
1997 -- Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid | Self (archive footage)
1991 -- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990 -- Welles' Language | Self
1988 -- John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage)
1987 -- Mr. Corbett's Ghost | Soul Collector
1986 -- Momo | Meister Hora
1986 -- Directed by William Wyler | Self
1985 -- The Black Cauldron | Narrator (voice)
1985 -- Epic | The Narrator (US version)
1985 -- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Carlos / Narrator (segment "Man from the South")
1985 -- George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self
1984 -- Notes from Under the Volcano | Self
1984 -- Observations Under the Volcano | Self
1984 -- Buñuel | Self
1983 -- A Minor Miracle | Father Cardenas
1983 -- Lovesick | Larry Geller, M.D.
1983 -- Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler | Self
1983 -- American Caesar | Self - Host
1982 -- Annie | Actor on Radio (uncredited)
1982 -- Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston | Self - Interviewee
1982 -- Lights, Camera, Annie! | Self
1982 -- Cannery Row | Narrator
1980 -- Agee | Self
1980 -- Head On | Clarke Hill
1980 -- The Return of the King | Gandalf (voice)
1980 -- Happy Birthday, Marilyn! | Self
1979 -- Wise Blood | Grandfather
1979 -- City Lights: John Huston | Self
1979 -- Jaguar Lives! | Ralph Richards
1979 -- Winter Kills | Pa Kegan
1979 -- The Visitor | Jerzy Colsowicz
1978 -- B.Traven: A Mystery Solved | Self
1978 -- The Bermuda Triangle | Edward
1978 -- The Biggest Battle | Sean O'Hara
1977 -- The Hobbit | Gandalf the Grey (voice)
1977 -- Angela | Hogan
1977 -- Tentacles | Ned Turner
1976 -- Hollywood on Trial | Narrator
1976 -- Sherlock Holmes in New York | Professor Moriarty
1976 -- Circasia | Ringmaster
1975 -- The Wind and the Lion | John Hay
1975 -- Breakout | Harris Wagner
1974 -- Chinatown | Noah Cross
1973 -- Battle for the Planet of the Apes | The Lawgiver
1972 -- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Grizzly Adams
1971 -- Man in the Wilderness | Captain Filmore Henry
1971 -- The Bridge in the Jungle | Sleigh
1970 -- The Deserter | General Miles
1970 -- Myra Breckinridge | Buck Loner
1970 -- The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy | Narrator
1970 -- The Kremlin Letter | Admiral
1970 -- Ride This Way Grey Horse | Director
1969 -- A Walk with Love and Death | Robert the Elder
1969 -- De Sade | The Abbe
1968 -- Candy | Dr. Arnold Dunlap
1968 -- Rocky Road to Dublin | Self
1967 -- Casino Royale | M / General MacTarry
1966 -- The Legend of Marilyn Monroe | Narrator
1966 -- The Bible: In the Beginning... | Noah
1964 -- Hollywood and the Stars | Self
1964 -- On the Trail of the Iguana | Self
1963 -- The Cardinal | Kardinal Glennon
1963 -- The List of Adrian Messenger | Lord Ashton (uncredited)
1962 -- Freud: The Secret Passion | Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1961 -- The Misfits | Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
1956 -- Moby Dick | Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
1951 -- The Red Badge of Courage | Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
1951 -- The Screen Director | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949 -- We Were Strangers | Señor Muñoz (uncredited)
1948 -- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
1945 -- The Battle of San Pietro | Narrator
1943 -- Report from the Aleutians | Narrator (voice)
1929 -- Hell's Heroes | Church Member (uncredited)
1929 -- Two Americans |
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