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John Huston (August 5, 1906 - August 28, 1987) was
an United States|American film director.

He was born John Marcellus Huston in Nevada,
Missouri, the son of the Canada|Canadian-born
actor Walter Huston. He began his film career as a
screenwriter and made films mainly from proven
books or plays.

He acted in a number of films, with distinction in
Otto Preminger's The Cardinal and in Roman
Polanski|Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974
movie)|Chinatown.

In 1941, Huston was nominated for an Academy Award
for Academy Award for Writing Adapted
Screenplay|Writing Adapted Screenplay for The
Maltese Falcon and again in 1948 for  The Treasure
of the Sierra Madre. He was also an accomplished
painter who created the 1982 label for Château
Mouton Rothschild, the French winery with whose
chatelaine, Pauline de Rothschild, he reportedly
had a brief affair in the 1940s.

Huston was married to (1) Dorothy Harvey, (2)
Lesley Black, (3) Evelyn Keyes, (4) Enrica Soma,
and (5) Celeste Shane. All but the marriage to
Soma, who died, ended in divorce. Among his
children is the director Danny Huston and the
actress Anjelica Huston. In addition to
Rothschild, his lovers included the actress Nora
Eddington and Susan Tyrrell and socialite Marietta
Peabody Tree.

John Huston has the unique distinction of
directing both his father, Walter Huston, and his
daughter Anjelica Huston in Oscar winning
performances in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
and Prizzi's Honor.  

Although diagnosed with emphysema in 1978, Huston
continued to smoke cigarettes until the end of his
life. He died on August 28 1987 following a severe
attack of the lung disease and pneumonia, at the
age of 81. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever
Cemetery in Hollywood, California. 

==Filmography==
*The Maltese Falcon (1941)
*In This Our Life (1942)
*Across the Pacific (1942)
*The Battle of San Pietro (1945)
*The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1947)
*Key Largo (movie)|Key Largo (1948)
*We Were Strangers (1949)
*The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
*The Red Badge of Courage (film)|The Red Badge of
Courage (1951)
*The African Queen (1951)
*Moulin Rouge (1952 movie)|Moulin Rouge (1953)
*Beat the Devil (1953 movie)|Beat the Devil (1953)
*Moby Dick (1956)
*Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
*The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
*The Roots of Heaven (1958)
*The Unforgiven (1960)
*The Misfits (1960)
*The Secret Passion (1962)
*The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
*Night of the Iguana (1964)
*The Bible: In The Beginning (1966)
*Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
*Sinful Davey (1969)
*A Walk with Love and Death (1969)
*The Kremlin Letter (1970)
*Fat City (1972 movie)|Fat City (1972)
*Man in the Wilderness (1971)
*The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
*Battle For The Planet of the Apes (1973)
*The Mackintosh Man (1973)
*The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
*The Hobbit (1977 movie)|The Hobbit (1977)
*Wise Blood (1979)
*Victory (1980)
*Annie (1982)
*Under the Volcano (1984)
*Prizzi's Honor (1985)
*The Dead (1987 movie)|The Dead (1987)

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John Huston (August 5, 1906 - August 28, 1987) was
an United States|American film director.

He was born John Marcellus Huston in Nevada,
Missouri, the son of the Canada|Canadian-born
actor Walter Huston. He began his film career as a
screenwriter and made films mainly from proven
books or plays.

He acted in a number of films, with distinction in
Otto Preminger's The Cardinal and in Roman
Polanski|Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974
movie)|Chinatown.

In 1941, Huston was nominated for an Academy Award
for Academy Award for Writing Adapted
Screenplay|Writing Adapted Screenplay for The
Maltese Falcon and again in 1948 for  The Treasure
of the Sierra Madre. He was also an accomplished
painter who created the 1982 label for Château
Mouton Rothschild, the French winery with whose
chatelaine, Pauline de Rothschild, he reportedly
had a brief affair in the 1940s.

Huston was married to (1) Dorothy Harvey, (2)
Lesley Black, (3) Evelyn Keyes, (4) Enrica Soma,
and (5) Celeste Shane. All but the marriage to
Soma, who died, ended in divorce. Among his
children is the director Danny Huston and the
actress Anjelica Huston. In addition to
Rothschild, his lovers included the actress Nora
Eddington and Susan Tyrrell and socialite Marietta
Peabody Tree.

John Huston has the unique distinction of
directing both his father, Walter Huston, and his
daughter Anjelica Huston in Oscar winning
performances in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
and Prizzi's Honor.  

Although diagnosed with emphysema in 1978, Huston
continued to smoke cigarettes until the end of his
life. He died on August 28 1987 following a severe
attack of the lung disease and pneumonia, at the
age of 81. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever
Cemetery in Hollywood, California. 

==Filmography==
*The Maltese Falcon (1941)
*In This Our Life (1942)
*Across the Pacific (1942)
*The Battle of San Pietro (1945)
*The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1947)
*Key Largo (movie)|Key Largo (1948)
*We Were Strangers (1949)
*The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
*The Red Badge of Courage (film)|The Red Badge of
Courage (1951)
*The African Queen (1951)
*Moulin Rouge (1952 movie)|Moulin Rouge (1953)
*Beat the Devil (1953 movie)|Beat the Devil (1953)
*Moby Dick (1956)
*Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
*The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
*The Roots of Heaven (1958)
*The Unforgiven (1960)
*The Misfits (1960)
*The Secret Passion (1962)
*The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
*Night of the Iguana (1964)
*The Bible: In The Beginning (1966)
*Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
*Sinful Davey (1969)
*A Walk with Love and Death (1969)
*The Kremlin Letter (1970)
*Fat City (1972 movie)|Fat City (1972)
*Man in the Wilderness (1971)
*The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
*Battle For The Planet of the Apes (1973)
*The Mackintosh Man (1973)
*The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
*The Hobbit (1977 movie)|The Hobbit (1977)
*Wise Blood (1979)
*Victory (1980)
*Annie (1982)
*Under the Volcano (1984)
*Prizzi's Honor (1985)
*The Dead (1987 movie)|The Dead (1987)