John Huston

John Huston

John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and visual artist. He wrote the screenplays 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), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), The Misfits (1961), Fat City...

Known For

Cast Credits

The Other Side of the Wind

as J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

as Soul Collector

Momo

as Meister Hora

The Black Cauldron

as Narrator (voice)

Epic

as The Narrator (US version)

A Minor Miracle

as Father Cardenas

Lovesick

as Larry Geller, M.D.

Annie

as Actor on Radio (uncredited)

Cannery Row

as Narrator

Head On

as Clarke Hill

The Return of the King

as Gandalf (voice)

Wise Blood

as Grandfather

Jaguar Lives!

as Ralph Richards

Winter Kills

as Pa Kegan

The Visitor

as Jerzy Colsowicz

The Biggest Battle

as Sean O'Hara

The Hobbit

as Gandalf the Grey (voice)

Angela

as Hogan

Tentacles

as Ned Turner

Sherlock Holmes in New York

as Professor James Moriarty

Circasia

as Ringmaster

Breakout

as Harris Wagner

Chinatown

as Noah Cross

Man in the Wilderness

as Captain Filmore Henry

Crew Credits