John Huston

Also known as John Marcellus Huston

American film director, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1987)

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John Huston was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor who worked in Hollywood from the early 20th century until his death in 1987. He is considered an important figure in cinema history for his influential work across multiple roles in the film industry.

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Hollywood
Active from: 1906-08-05
Active to: 1987-08-28

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John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplay 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), Key Largo (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), Moulin Rouge (1952), The Misfits (1961), and The Man Who Would Be King (1975). During his 46-year career <a href="https://www.last.fm/

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Height: 187
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Commons category: John Huston
date of birth: 1906-08-05
date of death: 1987-08-28
name in native language: John Marcellus Huston
start of work period: 1930-00-00
end of work period: 1987-00-00
Commons Creator page: John Huston

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John Marcellus Huston (/ˈhjuːstən/ HEW-stən; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. In a career spanning more than five decades, he wrote the screenplays for many of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and the BAFTA Fellowship in 1980.

Son of actor Walter Huston, he studied and worked as a fine art painter in Paris. He then moved to Mexico and began writing, first plays and short stories, and later working in Los Angeles as a Hollywood screenwriter, and was nominated for several Academy Awards writing for films directed by William Dieterle and Howard Hawks, among others. His directorial debut came with The Maltese Falcon (1941), which despite its small budget became a commercial and critical hit; he continued to be a successful, if iconoclastic, Hollywood director for the next 45 years.