Cecil B. DeMille
Born
1881-08-12
Place of birth
Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died
1959-01-21
Biography
Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American filmmaker, known as a founder of the Hollywood motion-picture industry, one of the most commercially successful producer-directors of his time, and one of the most influential filmmakers in history. Between 1914 and 1956, he made seventy feature films; all but seven were profitable. Cecil B. DeMille is synonymous with religious epics: The King of Kings, Samson and Delilah, and The Ten Commandments (1956). He blended spectacle, sex, and spellbinding narrative to convey a message of faith. It was DeMille who created the i...
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
Cecil B. DeMille
The Ten Commandments
Narrator (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah
Narrator (uncredited)
Hail Satan?
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Unconquered
Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
Prologue Speaker (voice) (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Son of Paleface
Photographer (uncredited)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
What's My Line?
Self
Madam Satan
Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
The Squaw Man
Faro Dealer
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Voice of Narrator (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self