Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
Person

Cecil B. DeMille

Director 1881-08-12 Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA

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 spellb...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

1950 · Cecil B. DeMille

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

1956 · Narrator (uncredited)

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

1952 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah

1949 · Narrator (uncredited)

Hail Satan?

Hail Satan?

2019 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Unconquered

Unconquered

1947 · Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Reap the Wild Wind

Reap the Wild Wind

1942 · Prologue Speaker (voice) (uncredited)

The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer

1958 · Presenter of Prologue

North West Mounted Police

North West Mounted Police

1940 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Son of Paleface

Son of Paleface

1952 · Photographer (uncredited)

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

2021 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

1950 · Self

Madam Satan

Madam Satan

1930 · Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

The Story of Dr. Wassell

The Story of Dr. Wassell

1944 · Voice of Narrator (uncredited)

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

The Squaw Man

The Squaw Man

1914 · Faro Dealer

Hollywood

Hollywood

1980 · Self (archive footage, uncredited)

The U.S. and the Holocaust

The U.S. and the Holocaust

2022 · Self (archive footage)

Free and Easy

Free and Easy

1930 · Director Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited)

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

1952 · Self