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    John Marcellus Huston (/ ˈhjuːstən / ⓘ HEW-stən; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe ...

  2. John Huston Facts. 1. Father and Son. John Marcellus Huston was born in Nevada, Missouri on August 5, 1906. He was the son of Rhea Gore, a sports editor, and Walter Huston, a vaudevillian who frequently went from theatre to film and back again. In fact, filmmaking was a family affair for the Hustons, and Walter ended up acting in a handful of ...

  3. Aug 28, 1987 · He was 81. Huston, who had suffered from emphysema for years, died in his sleep at a home he was renting near the filming site of “Mr. North,” which he was co-producing. A longtime smoker ...

  4. Aug 24, 2024 · John Huston (born August 5, 1906, Nevada, Missouri, U.S—died August 28, 1987, Middletown, Rhode Island) was an American motion-picture director, writer, and actor whose taut dramas were among the most popular Hollywood films from the early 1940s to the mid-1980s. Many of his films were literary adaptations or tough action tales with an ...

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  5. John Huston, the legendary director and scenarist who made such classic films as ''The Maltese Falcon,'' ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,'' ''The Asphalt Jungle'' and ''The African Queen,'' died yesterday in Middletown, R.I., at the age of 81. Associates said he had died in his sleep of complications from emphysema.

  6. Aug 29, 1987 · Aug. 29, 1987 12 AM PT. Times Arts Editor. John Huston, one of the most colorful and talented of all American film makers, died early Friday of emphysema at the age of 81. The rugged director and ...

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  8. Aug 29, 1987 · By J.Y. Smith. August 28, 1987 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. John Huston, 81, who directed such enduring Hollywood classics as "The Maltese Falcon," "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and "The African Queen ...