25 Interesting Facts About John Huston

1. #001

   John Huston was a licensed pilot and a prankster. During a celebrity tournament, he once flew over a golf course and dropped 5,000 ping-pong balls on the players.

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2. #003

   John Huston's closest friend, Humphrey Bogart, was nicknamed "Double Ugly" and "The Monster."

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3. #005

   John Huston's World War II documentary Let There Be Light (1946) was one of the first films to address the post-traumatic stress disorder (then called "shell shock") suffered by soldiers returning from war, though not the first. Huston said: "If I ever do a movie that glorifies war, somebody shoot me." The documentary was based on front-line experiences covering the war in Europe and on what soldiers went through during the war and saw as they returned from it.

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4. #008

   John Huston was the amateur lightweight boxing champion of California.

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5. #013

   John Huston appeared with his daughter Anjelica Huston in the film A Walk with Love and Death (1969).

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6. #014

   John Huston's character "Noah Cross" in Chinatown (1974) ranked 16th among the greatest screen villains of all time on the American Film Institute's 100 Heroes and Villains list.

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7. #016

   John Huston preferred to shoot his films on location rather than in a studio.

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8. #018

   John Huston became an Irish citizen in 1964.

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9. #019

   John Huston said The MacKintosh Man (1973) was the worst film he ever directed.

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10. #020

    In the last year of his life, John Huston could breathe on his own for only 20 minutes before he needed an oxygen mask.

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11. #026

    John Huston was ranked the 13th Greatest Director of all time by "Entertainment Weekly".

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12. #028

    Although John Huston was not diagnosed with emphysema until 1978, he is thought to have already developed lung disease while directing The Misfits (1961), after decades of heavy smoking.

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13. #029

    John Huston was originally cast in Mr. North (1988), but was hospitalized with pneumonia. He personally asked Robert Mitchum to take over his role in the film. Mitchum did so by taking a break from shooting War and Remembrance (1988).

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14. #033

    John Huston directed his daughter Anjelica Huston in five films: Casino Royale (1967), A Walk with Love and Death (1969), Sinful Davey (1969), Prizzi's Honor (1985) and The Dead (1987).

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15. #034

    In February 1933, his car collided with a car driven by Zita Johann. He was fined 30 dollars.

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16. #036

    In May 2012, John Huston was honored with a United States postage stamp, alongside Frank Capra, John Ford and Billy Wilder.

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17. #038

    John Huston directed both Katharine Hepburn and Audrey Hepburn.

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18. #042

    While living in Ireland, John Huston enjoyed fox hunting.

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19. #044

    John Huston is the grandfather of Laura Huston and Jack Huston.

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20. #045

    John Huston was the first of three Gandalfs who also appeared in a Sherlock Holmes film. He played Prof. Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976). Michael Hordern played the elderly Dr. Watson in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), and Ian McKellen played Sherlock himself in Mr. Holmes (2015).

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21. #047

    John Huston's mother was a newspaper reporter.

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22. #048

    In the 1960s, John Huston had a relationship with Min (Georgina) Hogg (London, 28 September 1938 – 25 June 2019, London), the founder and editor of World of Interiors magazine. He also had romantic ties with the photographers James Mortimer and Ray Rathborne.

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23. #049

    John F. Kennedy's death saddened John Huston greatly.

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24. #050

    Two of John Huston's films, Wise Blood (1979) and Under the Volcano (1984), are part of the Criterion Collection.

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25. #051

    John Huston aimed to become a professional painter.

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