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John Houseman

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Romanian-born British-American actor and film producer (1902-1988)

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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.

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W.P.A. Federal Theater Project in New York: Negro Theatre Unit: "Macbeth", c. 1935.W.P.A. Federal Theater Project in New York: Negro Theatre Unit: "Macbeth", c. 1935.Original poster for Project #891's production of The Cradle Will RockOriginal poster for Project #891's production of The Cradle Will RockHouseman in 1973Houseman in 1973At the National Film Society convention in Los Angeles, 1979At the National Film Society convention in Los Angeles, 1979

Filmography 40

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!1988 · ★ 7.3
The Fog1980 · ★ 6.7
Scrooged1988 · ★ 6.8
Three Days of the Condor1975 · ★ 7.3
Rollerball1975 · ★ 6.3
Bright Lights, Big City1988 · ★ 5.7
The Bad and the Beautiful1952 · ★ 7.3
Letter from an Unknown Woman1948 · ★ 7.8
Another Woman1988 · ★ 6.8
Julius Caesar1953 · ★ 7.1
This Property Is Condemned1966 · ★ 6.5
Jane Eyre1943 · ★ 6.9
Seven Days in May1964 · ★ 7.3
Lust for Life1956 · ★ 7.2
The Blue Dahlia1946 · ★ 6.7
Ghost Story1981 · ★ 6.0
They Live by Night1949 · ★ 6.9
On Dangerous Ground1951 · ★ 6.6
My Bodyguard1980 · ★ 6.3
Moonfleet1955 · ★ 6.5
The Paper Chase1973 · ★ 6.8
The Cheap Detective1978 · ★ 6.4
St. Ives1976 · ★ 5.7
Executive Suite1954 · ★ 7.1
Two Weeks in Another Town1962 · ★ 6.0
The Cobweb1955
Wholly Moses1980
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles2014
All Fall Down1962
Too Much Johnson2013
Murder by Phone1982
Old Boyfriends1979
The Company She Keeps1951
The Babysitter1980
A Christmas Without Snow1980
Gideon's Trumpet1980
In the Cool of the Day1963
Evening Primrose1966
Her Twelve Men1954
Holiday for Sinners1952

89 credits on file

Television 24

The Mike Douglas Show1961
Golden Globe Awards1944
Great Performances1971
The Six Million Dollar Man1974
The Dick Cavett Show1968
The Bionic Woman1976
2271985
Silver Spoons1982
The Winds of War1983
Film '721971
Marco Polo1982
Noble House1988
The Paper Chase1978
American Playhouse1982
A.D.1985
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973
Lincoln1988
The Great Adventure1963
The Adams Chronicles1976
The French Atlantic Affair1979
Captains and the Kings1976
Fireside Theater1949
Washington: Behind Closed Doors1977

Awards 1

1974Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

In their orbit 2

Connected to John 6

Dabney ColemanAlso in This Property Is Condemned (1966)Patty DukeAlso in The Babysitter (1980)Richard ChamberlainAlso in Murder by Phone (1982)Stephen SondheimAlso in Evening Primrose (1966)James ArnessAlso in Her Twelve Men (1954)Karl MaldenAlso in All Fall Down (1962)

About this person

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.

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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1988 · aged 86
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