# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-houseman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:57:49.804Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-houseman"
name: "John Houseman"
slug: "john-houseman"
description: "John Houseman was a British-American theatre and film producer, actor, director, and teacher. He 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 enjoyed a distinguished career as an influential producer of both the stage and screen, and was the founding director of the drama department of the Juilliard School and co-founder of The Acting Company."
tagline: "Romanian-born British–American actor and film producer (1902–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John-Houseman-1973.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1902-09-22"
deathDate: "1988-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.024096
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump