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[h3]The son of actor Walter Huston, American film director John Marcellus Huston was born in Missouri, travelling widely with his family in vaudeville circles, he enjoyed a wild and unconventional youth. [/h3]

He boxed, rode horses in Mexico and wrote for magazines in New York, before writing dialogue for Hollywood. Before breaking into directing, Huston also spent time acting and street-performing in Paris and London.

His first film, 'The Maltese Falcon', was made in 1941, becoming the classic adaptation, and making a star out of [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/121:0/Humphrey_Bogart.htm]Humphrey Bogart[/urlnew]. Bogart also appeared in Huston’s next few films: 'Key Largo', 'Across The Pacific' and 'The Treasure of The Sierra Madre'.

It was with the latter that Huston won his first Best Director Oscar. His father, Walter, also appeared in the film, winning Best Supporting Actor.

Making military documentaries during World War II, Huston hit the big time again with his 1950 crime film, 'The Asphalt Jungle'. Following this was 'The African Queen', which made Bogart an Oscar-winner.

Huston’s 'Moulin Rouge', a biopic of painter Toulouse-Latrec, was a success, winning Best Art Direction and Costume Design Oscars. In 1956, Huston embarked upon an ambitious filming of 'Moby Dick', with screenwriter Ray Bradbury, starring [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/120:0/Gregory_Peck.htm]Gregory Peck [/urlnew]as Captain Ahab.

Huston now lived in Ireland with his wife, but travelled back to complete the adaptation of [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/334:0/Ernest_Hemingway.htm]Hemmingway's[/urlnew] 'A Farewell To Arms', and to direct [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/21:0/Marilyn_Monroe.htm]Marilyn Monroe[/urlnew] and [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/320:0/Clark_Gable.htm]Clark Gable[/urlnew] in 'The Misfits' – which proved the last roles for both of these folm legends.

Huston directed Montgomery Clift as the title character in 'Freud', as well as 'The List of Adrian Messinger' and Tennessee Williams’ 'The Night of The Iguana'.

As an actor, Huston won a Golden Globe for a supporting role in 'The Cardinal', and, in 1974, performed opposite [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/1496:0/Jack_Nicholson.htm]Jack Nicholson[/urlnew], in [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/709:0/Roman_Polanski.htm]Roman Polanski’s[/urlnew] 'Chinatown'.

His major comeback was in 1985 with 'Prizzi’s Honor', starring his daughter Angelica, in an Oscar-winning role. He also directed an adaptation of James Joyce’s 'The Dead' in 1987.

Unfortunately, John Huston died later that year, on 28th August, from emphysema.
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- Huston kept a pet monkey, something which his wife hated, so she gave him an ultimatum, the monkey or her - he chose the monkey.

- His daughter is Angelica Huston.


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[b]Director:[/b]

Dead, The (1987)

Prizzi's Honor (1985)

Under the Volcano (1984)

Annie (1982)

Victory (1981)

Phobia (1980)

Wise Blood (1979)

Love and Bullets (1979)

Independence (1976)

Man Who Would Be King, The (1975)

Mackintosh Man, The (1973)

Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The (1972)

Fat City (1972)

Last Run, The (1971)

Kremlin Letter, The (1970)

Walk with Love and Death, A (1969)

Sinful Davey (1969)

Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)

Casino Royale (1967)

Bibbia, La (1966)

Night of the Iguana, The (1964)

List of Adrian Messenger, The (1963)

Freud (1962)

Misfits, The (1961)

Unforgiven, The (1960)

Roots of Heaven, The (1958)

Barbarian and the Geisha, The (1958)

Farewell to Arms, A (1957)

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)

Moby Dick (1956)

Beat the Devil (1953)

Moulin Rouge (1952)

African Queen, The (1951)

Red Badge of Courage, The (1951)

Asphalt Jungle, The (1950)

We Were Strangers (1949)

Key Largo (1948)

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)

Let There Be Light (1946)

San Pietro (1945)

Tunisian Victory (1944) (replacement scenes)

Report from the Aleutians (1943)

Across the Pacific (1942)

In This Our Life (1942)

Maltese Falcon, The (1941)

[b]Actor:[/b]

Mister Corbett's Ghost (1987)

Momo (1986)

Black Cauldron, The (1985)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)

Minor Miracle, A (1983)

Lovesick (1983)

Cannery Row (1982) (voice)

Head On (1980)

Return of the King, The (1980)

Jaguar Lives! (1979)

Wise Blood (1979)

Winter Kills (1979)

Visitor, The (1979)

"Word, The" (1978)

Angela (1978)

Triangolo delle Bermude, Il (1978)

Grande attacco, Il (1978)

Hobbit, The (1977)

Tentacoli (1977)

"Rhinemann Exchange, The" (1977)

Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)

Wind and the Lion, The (1975)

Breakout (1975)

Chinatown (1974)

Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

Other Side of the Wind, The (1972)

Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The (1972)

Man in the Wilderness (1971)

Spina dorsale del diavolo, La (1971)

Bridge in the Jungle, The (1971)

Myra Breckinridge (1970)

Kremlin Letter, The (1970)

Walk with Love and Death, A (1969)

De Sade (1969)

Candy (1968)

Casino Royale (1967)

Bibbia, La (1966)

Cardinal, The (1963)

List of Adrian Messenger, The (1963)

Freud (1962)

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)

Storm, The (1930)

Hell's Heroes (1929)

Shakedown, The (1929)
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