# Howard Hawks filmography

Howard Hawks (1896–1977) was an American film director who made 40 films between 1926 and 1970. He is responsible for classic films in genres including film noir, screwball comedy, crime, science fiction, and Western.

## Films directed

| Year | Title | Studio | Genre | Cast | Notes | Other roles |
| Silent films |||||||
| 1926 | The Road to Glory | Fox | Drama | May McAvoy | Lost film | Writer |
| 1926 | Fig Leaves | Fox | Comedy | George O'Brien, Olive Borden | Colour scenes included | Writer |
| 1927 | The Cradle Snatchers | Fox | Comedy | Louise Fazenda, Diane Ellis | Partially lost | |
| 1927 | Paid to Love | Fox | Comedy | George O'Brien, Virginia Valli, William Powell | | |
| 1928 | A Girl in Every Port | Fox | Comedy | Victor McLaglen, Robert Armstrong | | Writer |
| 1928 | Fazil | Fox | Romance | Charles Farrell, Greta Nissen | | |
| 1929 | Trent's Last Case | Fox | Detective | Raymond Griffith | | |
| Sound films |||||||
| 1928 | The Air Circus | Fox | Drama | Arthur Lake, Sue Carol | Co-directed with Lewis Seiler / Lost film | |
| 1930 | The Dawn Patrol | First National / Vitaphone | War | Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | | Writer |
| 1931 | The Criminal Code | Columbia | Crime | Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes | | Producer |
| 1932 | Scarface | Caddo Company | Crime | Paul Muni | Co-directed with Richard Rosson | Producer, Writer |
| 1932 | The Crowd Roars | Warner Bros. | Drama | James Cagney | | Writer |
| 1932 | Tiger Shark | First National | Romance | Edward G. Robinson | | |
| 1933 | Today We Live | MGM | Romance | Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford | Co-directed with Richard Rosson | |
| 1934 | Twentieth Century | Columbia | Comedy | John Barrymore, Carole Lombard | | Producer |
| 1935 | Barbary Coast | Samuel Goldwyn Productions | Drama | Edward G. Robinson, Miriam Hopkins | | |
| 1936 | Ceiling Zero | Warner Bros. Cosmopolitan Pictures | Drama | James Cagney | | |
| 1936 | The Road to Glory | Fox | War | Fredric March, Warner Baxter, Lionel Barrymore | | |
| 1936 | Come and Get It | Howard Prod. Samuel Goldwyn Productions | Drama | Joel McCrea, Edward Arnold, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan | Co-directed with William Wyler | |
| 1938 | Bringing Up Baby | RKO | Comedy | Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn | | Producer |
| 1939 | Only Angels Have Wings | Columbia | Adventure, Drama | Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth | | Producer |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday | Columbia | Comedy | Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy | | Producer |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Warner Bros. | War | Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan | | Producer |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | Samuel Goldwyn Productions | Comedy | Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck | | |
| 1943 | Air Force | Warner Bros. | War | John Garfield, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy | | Producer |
| 1944 | To Have and Have Not | Warner Bros. | Drama | Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall | | Producer |
| 1946 | The Big Sleep | Warner Bros. | Crime | Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall | | Producer |
| 1946 | Red River | Charles K. Feldman | Western | John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan | 2nd unit director Arthur Rosson | Producer & Presenter |
| 1948 | A Song Is Born | Samuel Goldwyn Productions | Musical | Danny Kaye | First Technicolor film | |
| 1949 | I Was a Male War Bride | Fox | Comedy | Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan | | |
| 1952 | The Big Sky | Winchester Pictures | Western | Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin | | Producer |
| 1952 | Monkey Business | Fox | Comedy | Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe | | |
| 1952 | "Ransom of Red Chief" | Fox | Comedy, Drama | David Wayne, Oscar Levant | from O. Henry's Full House | |
| 1953 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Fox | Musical | Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell | Technicolor film | |
| 1955 | Land of the Pharaohs | Warner Bros. Continental Pictures | Drama | Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin | Technicolor film | Producer |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo | Armada Productions | Western | John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ricky Nelson | Technicolor film | Producer |
| 1962 | Hatari! | Malabar | Adventure | John Wayne | Technicolor film | Producer & Presenter |
| 1964 | Man's Favorite Sport? | Universal Gibraltar Prod. / Laurel Prod. | Comedy | Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, Charlene Holt | Technicolor film | Producer |
| 1965 | Red Line 7000 | Paramount / Laurel Prod. | Drama | James Caan, Charlene Holt | Technicolor film | Producer, Writer |
| 1966 | El Dorado | Paramount / Laurel Prod. | Western | John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt | Similar idea to Rio Bravo / Technicolor film | Producer & Presenter |
| 1970 | Rio Lobo | Batjac, Malabar Cinema Center Films | Western | John Wayne | Similar idea to Rio Bravo / Technicolor film / Final film Hawks directed | Producer |

## Films produced only

| Year | Title | Studio | Genre | Cast | Notes |
| 1943 | Corvette K-225 | Universal Pictures | War | Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, Barry Fitzgerald | producer, directed by Richard Rosson |
| 1951 | The Thing from Another World | Winchester Pictures | Science fiction | Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, Dewey Martin | producer, directed by Christian Nyby |

## Documentary appearances

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1967 | Cinema | episode: "Howard Hawks" |
| 1970 | Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo | making-of documentary |
| 1972 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks | documentary |
| 1977 | Hollywood Greats | episode: "Humphrey Bogart" |

## Unfinished projects

| Year | Title | Studio | Genre | Cast | Notes |
| 1932 | La foule hurle | Warner Bros. | Drama | Jean Gabin | French-language version of The Crowd Roars directed by John Daumery, featuring footage from Hawks film |
| 1933 | The Prizefighter and the Lady | MGM | Romance | Max Baer, Myrna Loy | resigned, replaced by W.S. Van Dyke |
| 1934 | Viva Villa! | MGM | Western | Wallace Beery | resigned, replaced by Jack Conway |
| 1943 | The Outlaw | Howard Hughes Productions | Western | Walter Huston, Jack Buetel, Thomas Mitchell, Jane Russell | resigned, replaced by Howard Hughes |