Name
George Houston
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1896-01-11
Deathday
1944-11-12 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Hampton, New Jersey, USA
Biography
George Houston, having success on the Broadway stage, was enticed to Hollywood for some singing work in musicals in the mid 1930s. Hired by Grand National Studios, he appeared in the lead role for the tuneful seafaring yarn Captain Calamity (1936) and as Wild Bill Hickcock in Frontier Scout (1938). With the success of singing cowboys in motion pictures, he was signed at MGM, starring in The Great Waltz, and for Warner Bros. in Blockade, both 1938. From 1939 to 1940 he starred in an eight-part short film production, Tales of Billy the Kid, for PRC (Producers Distributing Corporation), but the series was never released. Houston's last film was The Lone Rider (1942).
Known For
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- 1937 Conquest as Grand Marshal George Duroc
- 1940 The Howards of Virginia as George Washington
- 1938 Frontier Scout as Wild Bill Hickok
- 1938 What Price Safety! as Foreman Cooper
- 1936 Let's Sing Again as Leon Alba
- 1936 Captain Calamity as (Cap't) Bill Jones
- 1942 The Lone Rider and the Bandit as Tom Cameron
- 1937 Wallaby Jim of the Islands as Wallaby Jim
- 1938 Blockade as The Troubador
- 1941 The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury as Tom Cameron
- 1938 The Great Waltz as Schiller
- 1942 Outlaws of Boulder Pass as Tom Cameron
- 1934 Masks and Memories as Uncle Andy
- 1941 The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio as Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
- 1940 Laughing at Danger as Dan Haggerty
- 1941 The Lone Rider in Ghost Town as Tom Cameron
- 1942 Border Roundup as Tom Cameron
- 1942 Texas Justice as Tom Cameron
- 1941 The Lone Rider Ambushed as Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
- 1941 The Lone Rider Rides On as Tom Cameron
- 1941 The Lone Rider Fights Back as Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
- 1942 The Lone Rider in Cheyenne as Tom Cameron
- 1938 Marie Antoinette as Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
- 1935 The Melody Lingers on as Carlo Salvini
