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
Father and Son (book) childhood is repeatedly proved to have contained great affection, friends, fun and even light reading." "Source: Library of Congress" "Father and Son" partially inspired the 1988 novel "Oscar and Lucinda" by Peter Carey, that won the Booker Prize the same year, and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award. The book was the inspiration for Dennis Potter's 1976 television drama "Where Adam Stood", starring Alan Badel as Philip Gosse. Father and Son (book) Father and Son (1907) is a memoir by poet and critic Edmund Gosse, which he subtitled "a study of two temperaments." Edmund had previously published a biography of his