Henry Hathaway (1898–1985)

Director | Assistant Director | Art Department

Henry Hathaway, son of a stage actress and manager, started his career as a child actor in westerns...

Born: March 13, 1898
Died: February 11, 1985 (age 86)

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Filmography

Known For

True Grit Director (1969)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Director (1936)
How the West Was Won Director (1962)
Known For

The Sons of Katie Elder Director (1965)
Director

Hangup (1974)
Shoot Out (1971)
Raid on Rommel (1971)
Airport (1970)
True Grit (1969)
5 Card Stud (1968)
The Last Safari (1967)
Nevada Smith (1966)
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
Of Human Bondage (1964)
Circus World (1964)
How the West Was Won (1962)
North to Alaska (1960)
Seven Thieves (1960)
Woman Obsessed (1959)
From Hell to Texas (1958)
Legend of the Lost (1957)
23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
The Racers (1955)
Garden of Evil (1954)
Prince Valiant (1954)
White Witch Doctor (1953)
Niagara (1953)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Diplomatic Courier (1952)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
Rawhide (1951)
Fourteen Hours (1951)
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
The Black Rose (1950)
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
Call Northside 777 (1948)
Kiss of Death (1947)
13 Rue Madeleine (1946)
The Dark Corner (1946)
The House on 92nd Street (1945)
Nob Hill (1945)
Wing and a Prayer (1944)
Home in Indiana (1944)
China Girl (1942)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
Sundown (1941)
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
Brigham Young (1940)
Johnny Apollo (1940)
The Real Glory (1939)
Spawn of the North (1938)
Souls at Sea (1937)
Lest We Forget (1937)
I Loved a Soldier (1936)
Go West Young Man (1936)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
Now and Forever (1934)
The Witching Hour (1934)
The Last Round-Up (1934)
Come On, Marines! (1934)
To the Last Man (1933)
Man of the Forest (1933)
Sunset Pass (1933)
Under the Tonto Rim (1933)
The Thundering Herd (1933)
Wild Horse Mesa (1932)
Heritage of the Desert (1932)
Director

Behind the Make-Up (1930)
Producer

The Last Safari (1967)
An Eye for an Eye (1966)
Nevada Smith (1966)
North to Alaska (1960)
Producer

Legend of the Lost (1957)
Actor

The Storm Woman The Cub Reporter (1917)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Night After Night (1932)
The Man from Yesterday (1932)
Morocco (1930)
The Texan (1930)
The Virginian (1929)
Wolf Song (1929)
Redskin (1929)
The Love Doctor (1929)
The Shopworn Angel (1928)
The Awakening (1928)
The Rough Riders (1927)
Hula (1927)
Underworld (1927)
The Way of All Flesh (1927)
Mantrap (1926)
Bachelor Brides (1926)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Grounds for Divorce (1925)
The Thundering Herd (1925)
The Dressmaker from Paris (1925)
Open All Night (1924)
Art Department

Lord Jim (1925)
Empty Hands (1924)
The Call of the Canyon (1923)
To the Last Man (1923)
Roads of Destiny (1921)
Madame X (1920)
Honest Hutch (1920)
The Slim Princess (1920)
Jes' Call Me Jim (1920)
Art Department

Jubilo (1919)
The World and Its Woman (1919)
Additional Crew

Of Human Bondage (1964)
Additional Crew

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
The Ten Commandments (1923)
Archive footage

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
Archive footage

Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004)
La nuit des Césars (1985)

Awards

Did You Know

He was shooting a scene on location on Wall Street in New York City. Many of the windows in the adjoining buildings were filled with office workers leaning out to watch the filming going on below them. Hathaway got so frustrated with all the ...

Quotes

[on Gary Cooper] Gary Cooper was the first actor to believe you didn't have to mug to act, if you thought of what you were doing, it showed--and he proved he was right.