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      John Huston

      Highest Rated: 100% Fat City (1972)

      Lowest Rated: Not Available

      Birthday: Aug 5, 1906

      Birthplace: Nevada, Missouri, USA

      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.

      Highest rated movies

      Chinatown
      Winter Kills
      Wise Blood
      The Other Side of the Wind
      The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
      The Visitor
      The List of Adrian Messenger
      The Wind and the Lion

      Photos

      REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE, Elizabeth Taylor, John Huston, 1967 MOULIN ROUGE, Katherine Kath, Walter Crisham, director John Huston, on set, 1952 DE SADE, from left: John Huston, Senta Berger, 1969 BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, John Huston, 1973. TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved. BREAKOUT, John Huston, 1975 BREAKOUT, John Huston, Jill Ireland, 1975 ANGELA, John Huston, Sophia Loren, 1977 CANDY, from left, John Huston, Ewa Aulin, James Coburn, 1968 CANDY, John Huston, John Astin, 1968. THE BIBLE: IN THE BEGINNING, director John Huston on set, 1966, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved FREUD, (aka FREUD: THE SECRET PASSION), director John Huston, on-set, 1962 THE CARDINAL, John Huston, 1963 MAN IN THE WILDERNESS, John Huston, 1971 MOULIN ROUGE, director John Huston, (right), on-set, 1952 MYRA BRECKINRIDGE, John Huston, Mae West, 1970, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved MYRA BRECKINRIDGE, John Huston, 1970. TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. A WALK WITH LOVE AND DEATH, Anthony Higgins, John Huston, Anjelica Huston, 1969, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. THE BIBLE, John Huston, 1966, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright WISE BLOOD, actor/director John Huston, 1979, ©New Line Cinema CASINO ROYALE, from left: John Huston, David Niven, 1967 casinoroyale1967-fsct02(casinoroyale1967-fsct02)

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      83% 59% The Other Side of the Wind Jake Hannaford (Character) - 2018
      7% 43% Kaena: The Prophecy Queen of the Selenites (Voice) $7.7K 2003
      No Score Yet 74% Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days Unknown (Character) - 2001
      50% 38% Mr. North Screenwriter,
      Executive Producer
      $1.1M 1988
      94% 77% The Dead Director $766.4K 1987
      54% 48% The Black Cauldron Prologue Narrator (Voice) - 1985
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Carlos (Character) - 1985
      85% 62% Prizzi's Honor Director $26.6M 1985
      74% 71% Under the Volcano Director - 1984
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Young Giants Father Cardenas (Character) - 1983
      No Score Yet 0% A Minor Miracle Father Cardenas (Character) - 1983
      49% 69% Annie Director - 1982
      70% 71% Victory Director - 1981
      No Score Yet 18% Phobia Director - 1980
      67% 39% The Return of the King Gandalf (Voice) - 1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Head On Clarke Hill (Character) - 1980
      79% 43% The Visitor Jerzy Colsowicz (Character) - 1979
      88% 74% Wise Blood Grandfather (Character),
      Director
      - 1979
      No Score Yet 13% Jaguar Lives! Ralph Richards (Character) - 1979
      92% 54% Winter Kills Pa Kegan (Character) $75.6K 1979
      No Score Yet 0% The Bermuda Triangle Edward (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Battle Force Sean O'Hara (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet 29% El triángulo diabólico de las Bermudas Unknown (Character) - 1978
      71% 65% The Hobbit Gandalf the Grey (Voice) - 1977
      0% 11% 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 53% Sherlock Holmes in New York Prof. Moriarty (Character) - 1976
      63% 69% The Wind and the Lion John Hay (Character) - 1975
      97% 90% The Man Who Would Be King Director,
      Screenwriter
      - 1975
      57% 42% Breakout Harris Wagner (Character) - 1975
      98% 93% Chinatown Noah Cross (Character) - 1974
      55% 44% The Mackintosh Man Director - 1973
      36% 30% Battle for the Planet of the Apes The Lawgiver (Character) - 1973
      80% 74% The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Grizzly Adams (Character),
      Director
      - 1972
      100% 84% Fat City Director,
      Producer
      - 1972
      No Score Yet 71% Man in the Wilderness Captain Filmore Henry (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Deserter General Miles (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet 62% The Kremlin Letter Director - 1970
      27% 35% 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% 25% De Sade Abbé de Sade (Character) - 1969
      No Score Yet 67% A Walk With Love and Death Director - 1969
      89% 75% Rocky Road to Dublin Self - 1968
      43% 29% Sinful Davey Director - 1968
      40% 47% Candy Dr. Arnold Dunlap (Character) - 1968
      55% 58% Reflections in a Golden Eye Director,
      Producer
      - 1967
      26% 34% Casino Royale McTarry/M (Character),
      Director
      - 1967
      33% 55% The Bible Noah (Character),
      Director
      - 1966
      75% 85% The Night of the Iguana Director,
      Screenwriter
      - 1964
      64% 67% The List of Adrian Messenger Horseman at Hunt (uncredited) (Character),
      Director
      - 1963
      47% 67% The Cardinal Glennon (Character) - 1963
      78% 71% Freud Narrator,
      Director
      - 1962
      97% 78% The Misfits Director - 1961
      60% 60% The Unforgiven Director - 1960
      No Score Yet 52% The Roots of Heaven Director - 1958
      40% 42% The Barbarian and the Geisha Director - 1958
      83% 82% Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Director,
      Screenwriter
      - 1957
      81% 74% Moby Dick Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer
      - 1956
      68% 53% Beat the Devil Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer
      - 1953
      73% 90% Moulin Rouge Director,
      Producer,
      Screenwriter
      - 1952
      96% 86% The African Queen Director,
      Writer
      - 1951
      87% 71% The Red Badge of Courage Director,
      Screenwriter
      - 1951
      97% 87% The Asphalt Jungle Director - 1950
      73% 67% We Were Strangers Director,
      Screenwriter
      - 1949
      100% 93% The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Director,
      Screenwriter
      - 1948
      97% 88% Key Largo Director,
      Writer
      - 1948
      100% 89% The Killers Writer - 1946
      86% 87% Let There Be Light Director,
      Writer
      - 1946
      No Score Yet 67% San Pietro Narrator,
      Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer,
      Cinematographer
      - 1945
      No Score Yet 83% Know Your Enemy: Japan Screenwriter - 1945
      No Score Yet 47% Report From the Aleutians Director,
      Screenwriter
      - 1943
      80% 60% Across the Pacific Director - 1942
      No Score Yet 77% In This Our Life Director - 1942
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Winning Your Wings Director - 1942
      99% 91% The Maltese Falcon Director,
      Writer
      - 1941
      88% 87% Sergeant York Writer - 1941
      92% 78% High Sierra Screenwriter - 1941
      No Score Yet 62% The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse Screenwriter - 1938
      79% 46% Murders in the Rue Morgue Writer - 1932
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Guns A'Blazing Writer - 1932

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1985