John Huston has the unique distinction of directing both his father Walter and his daughter Anjelica in Oscar-winning performances (in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and "Prizzi's Honor", respectively), making the Hustons the first family to have three generations of Academy Award winners. He also directed her in "Sinful Davey" in 1969. In addition, he also directed 13 other actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Sydney Greenstreet, Claire Trevor, Sam Jaffe, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, José Ferrer, Colette Marchand, Deborah Kerr, Grayson Hall, Susan Tyrrell, Albert Finney, Jack Nicholson and William Hickey. In 1960, Huston was honored with a star on the Hollywood
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