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Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies. Among his best-known films are The Ten Commandments (1956), Cleopatra (1934), and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cecil B. DeMille, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Aug 12, 1881 In Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
42
First Appeared:
In the movie A Trip to Paramountown 1922-07-10
Latest Project:
Movie Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age 2021-05-07
Known For
Poster of Sword-and-Sandal
Poster of The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
Poster of Jens Mons in America
Poster of Hollywood Extra Girl
Filmography
Movie Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2021-05-07
Movie Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle Self (archive footage) 2020-02-18
Movie Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle II Self 2020-05-05
Movie Yul Brynner, the Magnificent Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2020-12-02
Movie Sword-and-Sandal Self (archive footage) 2019-04-14
Movie Hail Satan? Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2019-04-17
Movie The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille Self 2016-02-11
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
Movie Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema Self (archive footage) 2007-05-23
Movie The Casting Couch (archive footage) 1995-01-01
Movie Going Hollywood: The '30s Self (archive footage) 1984-01-01
Movie Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1983-02-25
Movie Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Self (archive footage) 1975-08-06
Movie Hollywood Without Make-Up 1963-07-01
Movie The Buster Keaton Story Cecil B. DeMille 1957-05-01
Movie The Ten Commandments Narrator (uncredited) 1956-10-05
Series Cinépanorama 1956-02-04
Movie The Greatest Show on Earth Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1952-02-16
Series This Is Your Life Unknown 1952-10-01
Movie Son of Paleface Photographer (uncredited) 1952-07-14
Movie Sunset Boulevard Cecil B. DeMille 1950-08-10
Movie Samson and Delilah Narrator (uncredited) 1949-12-21
Series The Ed Sullivan Show Unknown 1948-06-20
Movie Variety Girl Cecil B. DeMille 1947-08-29
Movie Jens Mons in America Self (uncredited) 1947-03-24
Movie Unconquered Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1947-10-10
Movie Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary Self 1945-09-06
Movie The Story of Dr. Wassell Voice of Narrator (uncredited) 1944-07-04
Movie Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) Self 1942-01-01
Movie Star Spangled Rhythm Cecil B. DeMille 1942-03-05
Movie Reap the Wild Wind Prologue Speaker (voice) (uncredited) 1942-03-26
Movie North West Mounted Police Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1940-10-22
Movie The Movies March On Self (archive footage) 1939-07-03
Movie The Last Train from Madrid 1937-06-11
Movie Hollywood Extra Girl Cecil B. DeMille 1935-08-22
Movie Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1933-12-01
Movie Free and Easy Director Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited) 1930-03-22
Movie Madam Satan Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited) 1930-09-20
Movie Estrellados Self (Guest Appearance) 1930-07-07
Movie The Circus: Premiere Self 1928-01-13
Movie Hollywood Cecil B. DeMille 1923-08-19
Movie A Trip to Paramountown Self 1922-07-10