biography
| name: |
Huston, John (Marcellus)
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pronunciation:
[hyoostn]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1906–87)
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| biography:
| Film director, screenwriter, and actor, born in Nevada, Missouri, USA. He is the son of Walter Huston, and father of actress Anjelica Huston. After his acting debut off Broadway (1925), he held various jobs (including a hitch in the Mexican cavalry) until 1938, when he became a scriptwriter in Hollywood. His successes included Jezebel (1938), Sergeant York (1941), and The Maltese Falcon (1941), with which he began his directorial career. After making three documentaries with the Signal Corps in World War 2, he made his masterpiece, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1947), for which he won Academy Awards for best director and best screenplay. Among later films he directed and wrote are The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The Red Badge of Courage (1951), The African Queen (1952), and Moby Dick (1956). A noted bon vivant, gambler, sportsman, and ladies' man, he made his base in Ireland from 1952. In his later years he returned to acting in films, and he died while directing The Dead (1987). |
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