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Howard Hawks Biography (1896-1977)

Full name, Howard Winchester Hawks; born May 30, 1896, in Goshen, IN; died ofcomplications from a concussion, December 26, 1977, in Palm Springs, CA; married first wife, Athole, 1928 (divorced); married Nancy Roe Gross (divorced);married Dee Hartford (divorced); children: David, Greg, Barbara Hawks McCampbell, Kitty Hawks Tanen.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

May 30, 1896

Goshen, Indiana, United States

Death Details

December 26, 1977

Palm Springs, California, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Film Work
• Director (with Lewis Seiler), The Air Circus, Twentieth Century- Fox, 1928.
• Director, The Dawn Patrol, First National, 1930.
• Director, The Criminal Code, Columbia, 1931.
• Director, The Crowd Roars, Warner Bros., 1932.
• Director, Scarface (also known as Scarface, Shame of a Nation), United Artists (UA), 1932.
• Director, Tiger Shark, Warner Bros., 1932.
• Producer and director, Today We Live, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1933.
• Producer and director, Twentieth Century, Columbia, 1934.
• Director (uncredited; with Jack Conway), Viva Villa!, MGM, 1934.
• Director, Barbary Coast, UA, 1935.
• Director, Ceiling Zero, Cosmopolitan, 1935.
• Director (with William Wyler), Come and Get It (also known as Roaring Timbers), UA, 1936.
• Director, The Road to Glory (also known as Wooden Crosses), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1936.
• Producer and director, Bringing Up Baby, RKO Radio Pictures, 1938.
• Producer and director, Only Angels Have Wings, Columbia, 1939.
• Producer and director, His Girl Friday, Columbia, 1940.
• Director, Ball of Fire, RKO Radio Pictures, 1941.
• Director, Sergeant York, Warner Bros., 1941.
• Director, Air Force, Warner Bros., 1943.
• Producer, Corvette K-225 (also known as The Nelson Touch), Universal, 1943.
• Director (with Howard Hughes), The Outlaw, RKO Radio Pictures, 1943.
• Producer and director, To Have and Have Not, Warner Bros., 1944.
• Producer and director, The Big Sleep, Warner Bros., 1946.
• Producer and director, Red River, UA, 1948.
• Director, A Song Is Born, RKO Radio Pictures, 1948.
• Director, I Was a Male War Bride (also known as You Can't Sleep Here), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1949.
• Producer and director (uncredited; with Christian Nyby), The Thing (alsoknown as The Thing From Another World), RKO Radio Pictures, 1951.
• Producer and director, The Big Sky, RKO Radio Pictures, 1952.
• Director, Monkey Business, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
• Director (with Henry Hathaway, Henry Koster, Henry King, and Jean Negulesco), O. Henry's Full House (also known as Full House), Twentieth Century-Fox,1952.
• Director, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1953.
• Producer and director, Land of the Pharaohs, Warner Bros., 1955.
• Producer and director, Rio Bravo, Warner Bros., 1959.
• Producer and director, Hatari! (also known as The African Story), Paramount, 1962.
• Producer and director, Man's Favorite Sport, Universal, 1964.
• Producer and director, Red Line 7000, Paramount, 1965.
• Producer and director, El Dorado, Paramount, 1967.
• Producer and director, Rio Lobo, National General, 1970.
• Other films include A Girl in Every Port, Cradle Snatchers, and Big Time.Extracts from his films appeared in The Last Picture Show (Red River), 1971;A Small Circle of Friends (The Big Sleep), 1980; Raging Bull (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), 1980; Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (The Big Sleep), 1982; and Switching Channels (His Girl Friday), 1988.
• Credits; Film Appearances
• Man on bed, Scarface (also known as Scarface, Shame of a Nation), UA, 1932.
• Himself, The Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (documentary; also known as The Century of Cinema and What Price Hollywood?--Martin Scorsese's 100 Years of American Cinema), British Film Institute, 1995.
• Writings;Screenplays
• (With Dan Totheroh and Seton I. Miller) The Dawn Patrol (based on "The Flight Commander," a story by John Monk Saunders), First National, 1930.
• (With Vincent Lawrence and Waldemar Young) Test Pilot (based on a story by Frank Wead), MGM, 1938.
• Author of the screenplay Tiger Love, 1924.
• Other Works
• Adaptations: The films The Crowd Roars and Indianapolis Speedway (also known as Devil on Wheels; released by Warner Bros. in 1939) were based on "TheRoar of the Crowd," a story by Hawks and Seton I. Miller. Only Angels Have Wings and Red Line 7000 were also based on stories by Hawks.

Further Reference

Periodicals:

• New York Times, December 28, 1977.