John Huston's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) ABC Stage 67 Narrator (2) Appointment with Destiny Narrator (3)

Main Movie Roles 1986 - Momo 1985 - The Black Cauldron 1982 - Annie 1982 - Cannery Row 1979 - Winter Kills 1979 - Wise Blood 1975 - The Wind and the Lion 1975 - Breakout 1974 - Chinatown 1973 - Battle for the Planet of the Apes 1972 - The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean 1971 - Man in the Wilderness 1970 - The Kremlin Letter 1970 - Myra Breckinridge 1968 - Candy 1966 - The Bible: In the Beginning... 1963 - The Cardinal 1963 - The List of Adrian Messenger 1962 - Freud 1961 - The Misfits 1956 - Moby Dick 1948 - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1943 - Report from the Aleutians

BIOGRAPHY:

John Huston was a man of many interests - painting, boxing, sculpture, gambling, fox-hunting, etc. He had four children: Tony and Angelica (with Ricki Soma), Danny (with another woman), and Allegra (Ricki with another man, but Huston raised the girl after Ricki died in a car crash). Huston wrote a somewhat sanitized autobiography in 1980 (friends who read it said, "Good book, John - who's it about?").


TRIVIA:

• Is one of the few people to receive at least one Oscar nomination in five consecutive decades (1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s).
• Although not diagnosed with emphysema until 1978, it is widely believed he was already developing the lung disease while directing _The Misfits (1961)_ (qv), following decades of heavy smoking.
• At one time he kept a pet monkey. His wife of the time, 'Evelyn Keyes' (qv), became fed up with the noise and the mess and told Huston that either she or the monkey would have to leave. "Honey," replied Huston, "it's you!"
• Although Huston was often described as being 6' 4" tall, his actual measured height at his peak was 6' 2".
• Accidentally struck and killed a Hollywood dancer, Tosca Roulien, while driving on Sunset Boulevard on September 25, 1933. 'Walter Huston' (qv) appealed to MGM studio boss 'Louis B. Mayer' (qv) to use his influence with the LAPD regarding any questions of alcohol being involved. A subsequent inquest absolved Huston of any blame for the accident.
• Appears in _The Return of the King (1980) (TV)_ (qv), which was remade as _The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)_ (qv) with 'Sean Astin' (qv). Astin's father 'John Astin' (qv) appeared in _"The Addams Family" (1964)_ (qv) television series, playing Gomez Addams. The Addams Family films starred 'Anjelica Huston' (qv) as Gomez' wife Morticia.
• Father-in-law of 'Pat Delaney (I)' (qv).
• Is portrayed by 'William Frankfather' (qv) in _This Year's Blonde (1980) (TV)_ (qv).