John Houseman

Born: 1902-09-22, Bucharest, Romania

Died: 1988-10-31

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.

Filmography

• The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
• Silver Spoons (1982)
• 227 (1985)
• The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
• Noble House (1988)
• The Adams Chronicles (1976)
• The Winds of War (1983)
• The Fog (1980)
• Three Days of the Condor (1975)
• A.D. (1985)
• Rollerball (1975)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
• My Bodyguard (1980)
• Wholly Moses (1980)
• The Cheap Detective (1978)
• The Last Convertible (1979)
• Another Woman (1988)
• Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
• Seven Days in May (1964)
• St. Ives (1976)
• Old Boyfriends (1979)
• Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
• Too Much Johnson (2013)
• Fear on Trial (1975)
• The Displaced Person (1977)
• A Christmas Without Snow (1980)
• A Rose for Emily (1983)
• Beyond the Horizon (1975)
• The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (1984)
• Six Characters in Search of An Author (1976)