Cecil B. DeMille
Directing
54
Acting Credits
78
Directed
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 specta...
Known For
Filmography
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle II
2020
as Self
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Hail Satan?
2019
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
2016
as Self
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments
2003
as Self
The Casting Couch
1995
All-Time Movie Greats
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)
The Buccaneer
1958
as Presenter of Prologue
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
as Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments
1956
as Narrator (uncredited)
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Son of Paleface
1952
as Photographer (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Fallbrook Story
1952
as Self, Introduction
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Cecil B. DeMille
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Samson and Delilah
1949
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Variety Girl
1947
as Cecil B. DeMille
Jens Mons in America
1947
as Self (uncredited)
Unconquered
1947
as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
as Self
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
as Voice of Narrator (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Prologue Speaker (voice) (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Cecil B. DeMille
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Movies March On
1939
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Extra Girl
1935
as Cecil B. DeMille
The Hollywood You Never See
1934
as Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Estrellados
1930
as Self (Guest Appearance)
Free and Easy
1930
as Director Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited)
Madam Satan
1930
as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
The Circus: Premiere
1928
as Self
Life in Hollywood No. 1
1927
as Self
Life in Hollywood
1927
as Self
Hollywood
1923
as Cecil B. DeMille
A Trip to Paramountown
1922
as Self
The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel
1921
as As himself
The Squaw Man
1914
as Faro Dealer