John Huston John Huston John Marcellus Huston (; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. Huston was a citizen of the United States by birth but renounced U.S. citizenship to become an Irish citizen and resident. He returned to reside in the United States where he died. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948), "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950), "The African Queen" (1951), "The Misfits" (1961), "Fat City" (1972) and "The
Walter Huston appeared in a play, "Mr. Pitt". Several more Broadway plays solidified his fame, e.g., "Desire Under the Elms, Kongo, The Barker, Elmer the Great "and" Dodsworth." Once talkies began in Hollywood, he achieved fame in both character roles and as a leading man. His first major role was portraying the villainous Trampas in the western "The Virginian" (1929) with Gary Cooper. He starred as the title character in the Broadway theatrical adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's novel "Dodsworth" in 1934 and the play's film version two years later. For his role as Sam Dodsworth, Huston won the New York Critic's Circle