John Houseman
- Acting
- September 22, 1902 · Bucharest, Romania
- October 31, 1988
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 · Self
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles · Self
- Too Much Johnson · Duelist (uncredited), Producer
- Les messages de Fritz Lang · Self
- Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' · Self
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! · Driving Instructor (uncredited)
- Scrooged · Self
- Another Woman · Marion's Father
- Bright Lights, Big City · Mr. Vogel
- Lincoln · Gen. Winfield Scott
- Noble House · Sir Geoffrey Allison
- The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood · Self
- 227
- The Cradle Will Rock · Self
- A.D. · Gamaliel
- Olympic Gala
- The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
- Choices of the Heart · Executive producer
- A Rose for Emily · Narrator (Voice)
- The Winds of War · Aaron Jastrow
- The Skin of Our Teeth · Network Newscaster
- Marco Polo · Patriarca di Aquileia
- Murder by Phone · Stanley Markowitz
- Silver Spoons · Grandfather Edward Stratton II
- American Playhouse · Network Newscaster
- Ghost Story · Sears James
- Writing: Plain & Fancy · Narrator
- A Christmas Without Snow · Ephraim Adams
- The Babysitter · Dr. Lindquist
- My Bodyguard · Dobbs
- Wholly Moses · The Archangel
- Gideon's Trumpet · Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator, Executive producer
- The Fog · Mr. Machen
- The Merry Wives of Windsor · Self
- The French Atlantic Affair · Dr. Archady Clemens
- The Last Convertible · Dr. Wetherell
- Old Boyfriends · Dr. Hoffman
- The Paper Chase · Charles Kingsfield
- The Cheap Detective · Jasper Blubber
- The South Bank Show
- Aspen · Joseph Merrill Drummond
- Washington: Behind Closed Doors · Myron Dunn
- The Displaced Person · Father Flynn
- Six Characters in Search of An Author · The Director
- Captains and the Kings · Judge Newell Chisholm
- The New Deal for Artists · Self
- Truman at Potsdam · Winston Churchill
- St. Ives · Abner Procane
- The Adams Chronicles · Justice Gridley
- The Bionic Woman
- Fear on Trial · Mike Collins
- Three Days of the Condor · Mr. Wabash
- Beyond the Horizon · Dr. Fawcett
- Rollerball · Bartholomew
- I'm a Stranger Here Myself · Self
- The Six Million Dollar Man · Doctor Franklin
- The Paper Chase · Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... · Self
- Film '72 · Self
- Great Performances · Dr.Fawcett, Self
- The Dick Cavett Show · Self
- Evening Primrose · Executive producer
- This Property Is Condemned · Producer
- Seven Days in May · Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
- The Great Adventure · Producer
- In the Cool of the Day · Producer
- Two Weeks in Another Town · Producer
- All Fall Down · Producer
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- The Nutcracker · Producer
- Van Gogh: Darkness into Light · Self
- Lust for Life · Producer
- Moonfleet · Producer
- The Cobweb · Producer
- Her Twelve Men · Producer
- Executive Suite · Producer
- Julius Caesar · Producer
- The Bad and the Beautiful · Producer
- Holiday for Sinners · Producer
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Winston S. Churchill, Chief Justice