John Huston

Director and writer. Born 5 August 1906 in Nevada, Missouri, USA. Died 28 August 1987.

Titles on Fi1m2 acting · 11 directing · 5 writing

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 11 titles

Oscars2 won · 13 nominated

Born

5 August 1906, Nevada, Missouri, USA

Died

28 August 1987

Active

1938–1987

Frequently works with

Humphrey Bogart, Anthony Veiller, Abem Finkel, Barton MacLane, Jack Nicholson, Joan Leslie, John Woolf, Orson Welles

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2020s

100 Years of Marilyn Monroe 2026as (archive footage)

2010s

The Other Side of the Wind 2018as J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford

1990s

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band 1995Actor
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker 1991as Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

Mr. North 1988Screenplay, Executive Producer
Mister Corbett's Ghost 1987as Soul Collector
The Dead 1987DirectorFi1m 86
Momo 1986as Meister Hora
The Black Cauldron 1985as Narrator (voice)
Prizzi's Honor 1985DirectorFi1m 82
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise 1985as Narrator
Epic 1985as The Narrator (US version)
Under the Volcano 1984Director
To The Western World 1984Actor
A Minor Miracle 1983as Father Cardenas
Lovesick 1983as Larry Geller, M.D.
Annie 1982as Actor on Radio (uncredited) · DirectorFi1m 58
Cannery Row 1982as Narrator
Escape to Victory 1981Director
Phobia 1980Director
Head On 1980as Clarke Hill
The Return of the King 1980as Gandalf (voice)

1970s

John Huston's Dublin 1979Actor
Wise Blood 1979as Grandfather · Director