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John Huston Acting Filmography (102)

MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023·Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022·Self (archive footage)
John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
2021·Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020·Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019·Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Wind
2018·J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018·Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017·Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017·Self (archive footage)
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017·Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Five Came Back
2017·Self (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014·Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012·Self (archive footage)
Marilyn at the Movies
2011·Self (archive footage)
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010·Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010·Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005·Self (archive footage)
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
2004·Self (Archive Footage)
Pelé Forever
2004·Self (archive footage)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003·Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits'
2002·Self - Director (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001·Self
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000·Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998·Self (archive footage)
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
1997·Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997·Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991·Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Welles' Language
1990·Self
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988·Self (archive footage)
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
1987·Soul Collector
Momo
1986·Meister Hora
Directed by William Wyler
1986·Self
The Black Cauldron
1985·Narrator (voice)
Epic
1985·The Narrator (US version)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985·Self
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
1985·Narrator
Observations Under the Volcano
1984·Self
Notes from Under the Volcano
1984·Self
Buñuel
1984·Self
To The Western World
1984
Lovesick
1983·Larry Geller, M.D.
A Minor Miracle
1983·Father Cardenas
American Caesar
1983·Self - Host
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983·Self
Cannery Row
1982·Narrator
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
1982·Self - Interviewee
Annie
1982·Actor on Radio (uncredited)
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
1982·Self
The Orson Welles Story
1982·Self
The Return of the King
1980·Gandalf (voice)
Agee
1980·Self
Head On
1980·Clarke Hill
Happy Birthday, Marilyn!
1980·Self
Winter Kills
1979·Pa Kegan
Wise Blood
1979·Grandfather
The Visitor
1979·Jerzy Colsowicz
Jaguar Lives!
1979·Ralph Richards
City Lights: John Huston
1979·Self
John Huston's Dublin
1979
The Biggest Battle
1978·Sean O'Hara
The Bermuda Triangle
1978·Edward
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
1978·Self
The Hobbit
1977·Gandalf the Grey (voice)
Tentacles
1977·Ned Turner
Angela
1977·Hogan
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976·Professor James Moriarty
Hollywood on Trial
1976·Narrator
Circasia
1976·Ringmaster
Breakout
1975·Harris Wagner
The Wind and the Lion
1975·John Hay
Chinatown
1974·Noah Cross
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973·The Lawgiver
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972·Grizzly Adams
Man in the Wilderness
1971·Captain Filmore Henry
The Bridge in the Jungle
1971·Sleigh
Myra Breckinridge
1970·Buck Loner
The Kremlin Letter
1970·Admiral
The Deserter
1970·General Miles
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
1970·Narrator
Ride This Way Grey Horse
1970·Director
A Walk with Love and Death
1969·Robert the Elder
De Sade
1969·The Abbe
Candy
1968·Dr. Arnold Dunlap
Rocky Road to Dublin
1968·Self
Casino Royale
1967·M / General MacTarry
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966·Noah
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966·Narrator
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964·Self
The Cardinal
1963·Kardinal Glennon
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963·Lord Ashton (uncredited)
Freud: The Secret Passion
1962·Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Misfits
1961·Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
Moby Dick
1956·Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage
1951·Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
The Screen Director
1951·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
We Were Strangers
1949·Señor Muñoz
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948·American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
The Battle of San Pietro
1945·Narrator
Report from the Aleutians
1943·Narrator (voice)
Two Americans
1929
Hell's Heroes
1929·Church Member (uncredited)