Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/12/1881
Place of Birth
Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
Cecil Blount de MilleCecil Blount DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
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.
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Known For
Unconquered
as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
Madam Satan
as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah
as Narrator (uncredited)
Hollywood
as Cecil B. DeMille
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as Self (archive footage)
Reap the Wild Wind
as Prologue Speaker (voice) (uncredited)
The Buster Keaton Story
as Cecil B. DeMille
Variety Girl
as Cecil B. DeMille
Sunset Boulevard
as Cecil B. DeMille
Free and Easy
as Director Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Cecil B. DeMille
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
Estrellados
as Self (Guest Appearance)
The Squaw Man
as Faro Dealer