Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 22, 1902
Died
Oct 31, 1988
Place of Birth
Bucharest, Romania
Credits
86 titles
John Houseman
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 (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Too Much Johnson
Duelist
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
Self (archive)
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
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
The New Deal for Artists
Self
A Christmas Without Snow
Ephraim Adams
The Babysitter
Dr. Lindquist
My Bodyguard
Dobbs
Wholly Moses
The Archangel
Gideon's Trumpet
Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator
The Fog
Mr. Machen
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
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
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