John Houseman
Acting
- Born:
- 1902-09-22
- Died:
- 1988-10-31
- Place of birth:
- Bucharest, Romania
Biography
John Houseman (September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988) was a Romanian-born British-American actor and film producer who became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the production of Citizen Kane. He is perhaps best known for his role as Professor Charles Kingsfield in the 1973 film The Paper Chase for which he won a best supporting actor Oscar. He reprised his role as Kingsfield in the subsequent TV series adaptation of The Paper Chase. Houseman was also known for his commercials for the brokerage firm Smith Barney. He had a distinctive Mid-Atlantic English accent, in common with many actors of his generation. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Houseman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
American: An Odyssey to 1947
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Too Much Johnson
Les messages de Fritz Lang
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Scrooged
Another Woman
Bright Lights, Big City
Lincoln
Noble House
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
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The Cradle Will Rock
A.D.
Olympic Gala
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
A Rose for Emily
The Winds of War
The Skin of Our Teeth
Marco Polo
Murder by Phone
Silver Spoons
American Playhouse
Ghost Story
Writing: Plain & Fancy
A Christmas Without Snow
The Babysitter
My Bodyguard
Wholly Moses
Gideon's Trumpet
The Fog
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The French Atlantic Affair
The Last Convertible
Old Boyfriends
The Paper Chase
The Cheap Detective
The South Bank Show
Aspen
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
The Displaced Person
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Captains and the Kings
The New Deal for Artists
Truman at Potsdam
St. Ives
The Adams Chronicles
The Bionic Woman
Fear on Trial
Three Days of the Condor
Beyond the Horizon
Rollerball
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Paper Chase
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Film '72
Great Performances
The Dick Cavett Show
Seven Days in May
The Mike Douglas Show
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Golden Globe Awards