Tony Huston

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Tony Huston
Born
Walter Anthony Huston

(1950-04-16) April 16, 1950 (age 75)
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • actor
Spouse
Lady Margot Cholmondeley
(m. 1978,divorced)
Children3, including Jack Huston
Parent(s) John Huston
Enrica Soma
Relatives

Walter Anthony Huston [1] [2] [3] (born April 16, 1950) is an American screenwriter and actor. [4]

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Biography

Born April 16, 1950 in Los Angeles County, California, the son of director John Huston, and his fourth wife Enrica Soma. At birth, was named after paternal grandfather actor Walter Huston, who died just nine days earlier.

His siblings include Anjelica, Allegra and Danny Huston.

Unlike other members of his family, who went into acting, Huston specialized in writing screenplays. He is best known for his work on The Dead (1987), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is also listed as an assistant director on one film, The Hellcats (1968), which he also co-wrote, and director on the 1971 film Outlaw Riders. He later became an attorney.

On 18 November 1978, he married Margot Cholmondeley, the daughter of the 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley, with whom he had three children, including Jack Huston. [5] [6] [7] Huston and Margot later divorced.

Accolades

AwardCategoryTitleResultRef(s)
Academy Awards Best Adapted Screenplay The Dead (1987)Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards Best Screenplay
New York Film Critics Circle Best Screenplay (2nd place)
USC Scripter Award

Filmography

References

  1. John Huston, Maker of Magic, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Houghton Mifflin, 1978, p. 216.
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films 1961-1970, American Film Institute, University of California Press, 1997, p. 306.
  3. The New Yorker, vol. 48, issue 19, 1972, p. 24.
  4. Smith, Adam (2016-08-30). "How can you connect The Addams Family to Ben-Hur?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  5. Environmental Film Festival.
  6. CHAMPLIN, CHARLES (1987-12-17). "Tony Huston Recalls the Joys of 'The Dead'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  7. MacKillop, James (1999). Contemporary Irish Cinema: From The Quiet Man to Dancing at Lughnasa. Syracuse University Press. ISBN   9780815605683.