John Houseman
Date of birth: 1902-09-22
Place of birth: Bucharest, Romania
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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.
Movie Credits
The Fog
1980-02-01
Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenar
Another Woman
1988-10-13
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to wor
Rollerball
1975-06-25
In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, a
Ghost Story
1981-12-18
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old sec
Three Days of the Condor
1975-09-24
When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he h
Wholly Moses
1980-06-13
Harvey and Zoey, two tourists in Israel, discover an ancient scroll about Herschel, the man who was
Scrooged
1988-11-22
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature
The Cheap Detective
1978-06-23
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accu
The Paper Chase
1973-10-16
A first-year law student struggles with balancing his coursework and his relationship with the daugh
St. Ives
1976-02-24
A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
Gideon's Trumpet
1980-04-30
True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This land
A Christmas Without Snow
1980-12-09
Leaving her son behind at her parents' home in Omaha, Nebraska, recent divorcée Zoe attempts to star
Murder by Phone
1982-12-01
A disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murder
Beyond the Horizon
1975-07-17
On a Connecticut farm, James Mayo's two sons both love Ruth Atkins. Robert, the younger son, is sick
American: An Odyssey to 1947
2022-10-20
In the early 1930s, Orson Welles ascends to unprecedented stardom while President Franklin Delano Ro
The Skin of Our Teeth
1983-01-18
Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and
Too Much Johnson
1938-01-01
This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles' M
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975-01-17
A portrait of legendary filmmaker Nicholas Ray while he is working as a film professor at a college
Seven Days in May
1964-02-01
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Fear on Trial
1975-10-02
The story of John Henry Faulk, a radio/TV personality of the 1950s, who was blacklisted during the M
The Displaced Person
1977-04-12
A conscientious but driven Polish refugee disrupts the hierarchy of power on a Georgia farm in the 1
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
1957-09-17
The Babysitter
1980-11-28
Overprotective mother Liz Benedict meets 18-year-old orphan Joanna Redwine and hires her as house he
Bright Lights, Big City
1988-04-01
A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the me
Writing: Plain & Fancy
1981-11-24
A documentary about calligraphy.
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988-12-02
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner,
Six Characters in Search of An Author
1976-10-14
A rehearsal is disrupted when six figures mysteriously appear on the stage, claiming to be fictional
The Cradle Will Rock
1985-08-16
A filmed version of the 1985 revival of the Marc Blitzstein musical. This revival was filmed at the
Old Boyfriends
1979-03-22
When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the
A Rose for Emily
1983-10-01
Townsfolk discover a warped secret while clearing out the house of a recently deceased, aristocratic
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014-12-12
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent
The New Deal for Artists
1981-07-06
The Arts Project of the Work Projects Administration (1935-1942) was a USA government agency establi
My Bodyguard
1980-07-11
Clifford Peache, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school,