John Marcellus Huston (
August 5,
1906 -
August 28,
1987) was a
film director. He was born in Nevada, Missouri, the son of the actor
Walter Huston. He began his film career as a screenwriter and made films mainly from proven books or plays.
He acted in a number of films, with distinction in Otto Preminger's The Cardinal and in Roman Polanski's Chinatown.
Father of Anjelica Huston.