John Houseman
Known for: Acting
Born: September 22, 1902
Died: October 31, 1988
Place of birth: Bucharest, Romania
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.
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Filmography
61 movies · 27 TV shows, newest first
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American: An Odyssey to 1947
2022
6.5
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
5.4
Too Much Johnson
2013
6.3
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
2002
7.3
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988
6.8
Scrooged
1988
6.8
Another Woman
1988
5.7
Bright Lights, Big City
1988
7.5
Lincoln
1988
7.1
Noble House
1988
9.0
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987
6.8
227
1985
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The Cradle Will Rock
1985
5.4
A.D.
1985NR
Olympic Gala
1984
5.7
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
19846.2
Choices of the Heart
1983
6.5
A Rose for Emily
1983
7.3
The Winds of War
1983
10.0
The Skin of Our Teeth
1983
6.8
Marco Polo
1982
5.5
Murder by Phone
1982
6.3
Silver Spoons
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
6.0
Ghost Story
1981
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Writing: Plain & Fancy
1981
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The New Deal for Artists
1981
5.7
A Christmas Without Snow
1980
5.7
The Babysitter
1980
6.4
My Bodyguard
1980
4.7
Wholly Moses
1980
6.5
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
6.7
The Fog
1980
7.0
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1980
7.2
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
8.0
The Last Convertible
1979
5.1
Old Boyfriends
1979
7.6
The Paper Chase
1978
6.3
The Cheap Detective
1978
8.0
Aspen
1977
7.8
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
1977
7.0
The Displaced Person
1977
6.5
Six Characters in Search of An Author
1976
8.8
Captains and the Kings
19768.0
Truman at Potsdam
1976
5.8
St. Ives
1976
7.4
The Adams Chronicles
1976
7.0
The Bionic Woman
1976
9.0
Fear on Trial
1975
7.3
Three Days of the Condor
1975
10.0
Beyond the Horizon
1975
6.3
Rollerball
1975
6.7
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
6.8
The Paper Chase
1973
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
19735.1
Film '72
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
7.5
Evening Primrose
1966
6.4
This Property Is Condemned
1966
7.4
Seven Days in May
1964
10.0
The Great Adventure
1963
5.8
In the Cool of the Day
1963
5.9
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
6.0
All Fall Down
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.0
The Nutcracker
19587.0
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
1957
7.2
Lust for Life
1956
6.5
Moonfleet
1955
5.7
The Cobweb
1955
5.9
Her Twelve Men
1954
7.1
Executive Suite
1954
7.1
Julius Caesar
1953
7.3
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
6.3
Holiday for Sinners
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
6.6
On Dangerous Ground
1951
6.2
The Company She Keeps
1951
6.8
They Live by Night
19497.2
Fireside Theater
1949
7.8
Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948
6.7
The Blue Dahlia
1946
8.5
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946
4.7
The Unseen
1945
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
6.9
Jane Eyre
1943