John Houseman
Born: 1902-09-22 in Bucharest, Romania
Died: 1988-10-31
Known For: Acting
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
2022
- American: An Odyssey to 1947 as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2013
- Too Much Johnson as Duelist
2002
- Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' as Self (archive)
1988
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! as Driving Instructor (uncredited)
- Scrooged as Self
- Noble House as Sir Geoffrey Allison
- Bright Lights, Big City as Mr. Vogel
- Another Woman as Marion's Father
- Lincoln as Gen. Winfield Scott
1987
1985
- 227
- A.D. as Gamaliel
- The Cradle Will Rock as Self
1983
- The Winds of War as Aaron Jastrow
- Choices of the Heart ... (Executive Producer)
- The Skin of Our Teeth as Network Newscaster
- A Rose for Emily as Narrator (voice)
1982
- American Playhouse as Network Newscaster
- Silver Spoons as Grandfather Edward Stratton II
- Marco Polo as Patriarca di Aquileia
- Murder by Phone as Stanley Markowitz
1981
- Ghost Story as Sears James
- The New Deal for Artists as Self
- Writing: Plain & Fancy as Narrator
1980
- The Fog as Mr. Machen
- My Bodyguard as Dobbs
- Gideon's Trumpet as Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator
- Wholly Moses as The Archangel
- The Babysitter as Dr. Lindquist
- A Christmas Without Snow as Ephraim Adams
- The Merry Wives of Windsor as Self - Host
1979
- The French Atlantic Affair as Dr. Archady Clemens
- The Last Convertible as Dr. Wetherell
- Old Boyfriends as Dr. Hoffman
1978
- The Paper Chase as Charles Kingsfield
- The Cheap Detective as Jasper Blubber
1977
- Washington: Behind Closed Doors as Myron Dunn
- Aspen as Joseph Merrill Drummond
- The Displaced Person as Father Flynn
1976
- The Bionic Woman
- Captains and the Kings as Judge Newell Chisholm
- The Adams Chronicles as Justice Gridley
- St. Ives as Abner Procane
- Truman at Potsdam as Winston Churchill
- Six Characters in Search of An Author as The Director
1975
- Three Days of the Condor as Mr. Wabash
- Rollerball as Bartholomew
- Fear on Trial as Mike Collins
- I'm a Stranger Here Myself as Self
- Beyond the Horizon as Dr. Fawcett
1974
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Doctor Franklin
1973
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- The Paper Chase as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
1971
- Great Performances as Dr.Fawcett
- Film '72 as Self
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1966
- This Property Is Condemned ... (Producer)
- Evening Primrose ... (Executive Producer)
1964
- Seven Days in May as Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
1963
- The Great Adventure ... (Producer)
- In the Cool of the Day ... (Producer)
1962
- Two Weeks in Another Town ... (Producer)
- All Fall Down ... (Producer)
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1958
- The Nutcracker ... (Producer)
1957
- Van Gogh: Darkness into Light as Self
1956
- Lust for Life ... (Producer)
1955
- The Cobweb ... (Producer)
- Moonfleet ... (Producer)
1954
- Executive Suite ... (Producer)
- Her Twelve Men ... (Producer)
1953
- Julius Caesar ... (Producer)
1952
- The Bad and the Beautiful ... (Producer)
- Holiday for Sinners ... (Producer)
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Winston S. Churchill
- The Company She Keeps ... (Producer)
- On Dangerous Ground ... (Producer)
1949
- Fireside Theater ... (Producer)
- They Live by Night ... (Producer)
1948
- Letter from an Unknown Woman ... (Producer)
1946
- The Blue Dahlia ... (Producer)
- Miss Susie Slagle's ... (Associate Producer)
1945
- The Unseen ... (Associate Producer)
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
1943
- Jane Eyre ... (Screenplay)