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John Huston: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born August 5, 1906 • Missouri
Died August 28, 1987 (aged 81) • Middletown • Rhode Island
Awards And Honors Legion of Merit • Academy Award (1949)
Notable Works “A Walk with Love and Death” • “Annie” • “Beat the Devil” • “Casino Royale” • “Fat City” • “Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison” • “Key Largo” • “Let There Be Light” • “Moby Dick” • “Moulin Rouge” • “Prizzi’s Honor” • “Reflections in a Golden Eye” • “The African Queen” • “The Asphalt Jungle” • “The Bible: In the Beginning...” • “The Dead” • “The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean” • “The Maltese Falcon” • “The Man Who Would Be King” • “The Misfits” • “The Night of the Iguana” • “The Red Badge of Courage” • “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” • “The Unforgiven” • “Under the Volcano” • “Victory” • “We Were Strangers” • “Wise Blood”
Notable Family Members daughter Anjelica Huston

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Maltese Falcon
scene from the film The Maltese Falcon
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, as their characters in The African Queen, prepare a homemade bomb while sitting in a small boat surrounded by tall reeds.
The African Queen
Jose Ferrer and Colette Marchand, dressed in formal evening attire, sit at an elegant table set with glassware and candles in a scene from Moulin Rouge (1952).
Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable in a scene from The Misfits. Monroe, in a sleeveless blouse, leans forward smiling while Gable, in a cowboy hat and western shirt, stands holding a drink.
John Huston as Noah Cross faces Jack Nicholson in a tense outdoor scene from the film Chinatown, both wearing light-colored suits and vintage hats.
Ava Gardner and Richard Burton in The Night of the Iguana
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Orson Welles
Orson Welles
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Mel Brooks in a tuxedo smiles widely and points at his Emmy Award trophy while posing in front of a blue Emmy Awards backdrop.
Mel Brooks
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Ben Affleck wearing a dark suit, blue shirt, and navy tie, posing for a photo at the premiere of the film AIR with a blurred event backdrop behind him.
Ben Affleck
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Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich
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Barbra Streisand in 2010, wearing a layered necklace and a black jacket, with straight shoulder-length hair, smiling slightly at an event.
Barbra Streisand
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Spike Lee wearing a suit, tie, and tortoiseshell glasses at the 2007 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
Spike Lee
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Mike White
Mike White
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Louis C.K.
Louis C.K.
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Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes in Chinatown stands in front of a yellow sign reading Farm Land for Sale, with a sold banner, wearing a suit, sunglasses, and a bandage on his nose.
Jack Nicholson
American actor
Roman Polanski in a close-up portrait, wearing a white collared shirt and dark jacket, smiling slightly at the Cannes Film Festival.
Roman Polanski
Polish film director
Roger Corman smiling and wearing glasses, a blue shirt, and a dark jacket at the Los Angeles premiere of Flags of Our Fathers.
Roger Corman
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Brooks, Richard
Richard Brooks
American writer and director
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Tyler Perry
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Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham
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Sylvester Stallone poses in a dark suit on the red carpet in front of a backdrop with TIFF, Visa, and Royal Bank logos at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Sylvester Stallone
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The multitalented Donald Glover, 2019
Donald Glover
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Garry Marshall
Garry Marshall
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Warren Beatty wearing a dark jacket, white shirt, and light tie, posing at an event with a dark background, 2006.
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Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
English actor, director, writer, and humanitarian

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