09/22/1902
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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American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2022) as Self (archive footage) |
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) as Self - Actor (archive footage) |
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) as Driving Instructor (uncredited) |
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Scrooged (1988) as Self |
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Another Woman (1988) as Marion's Father |
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Bright Lights, Big City (1988) as Mr. Vogel |
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The Cradle Will Rock (1985) as Self |
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The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (1984) as |
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A Rose for Emily (1983) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Skin of Our Teeth (1983) as Network Newscaster |
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Murder by Phone (1982) as Stanley Markowitz |
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Ghost Story (1981) as Sears James |
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Writing: Plain & Fancy (1981) as Narrator |
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The New Deal for Artists (1981) as Self |
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A Christmas Without Snow (1980) as Ephraim Adams |
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The Babysitter (1980) as Dr. Lindquist |
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My Bodyguard (1980) as Dobbs |
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Wholly Moses (1980) as The Archangel |
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Gideon's Trumpet (1980) as Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator |
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The Fog (1980) as Mr. Machen |
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Old Boyfriends (1979) as Dr. Hoffman |
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The Cheap Detective (1978) as Jasper Blubber |
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The Displaced Person (1977) as Father Flynn |
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Six Characters in Search of An Author (1976) as The Director |
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Truman at Potsdam (1976) as Winston Churchill |
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St. Ives (1976) as Abner Procane |
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Fear on Trial (1975) as Mike Collins |
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Three Days of the Condor (1975) as Mr. Wabash |
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Beyond the Horizon (1975) as Dr. Fawcett |
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Rollerball (1975) as Bartholomew |
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1975) as Self |
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The Paper Chase (1973) as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. |
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Seven Days in May (1964) as Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited) |
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Van Gogh: Darkness into Light (1957) as Self |
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Too Much Johnson (1938) as Duelist |
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Choices of the Heart (1983) Executive Producer |
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Gideon's Trumpet (1980) Executive Producer |
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Evening Primrose (1966) Executive Producer |
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This Property Is Condemned (1966) Producer |
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In the Cool of the Day (1963) Producer |
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Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) Producer |
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All Fall Down (1962) Producer |
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The Nutcracker (1958) Producer |
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Lust for Life (1956) Producer |
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Moonfleet (1955) Producer |
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The Cobweb (1955) Producer |
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Her Twelve Men (1954) Producer |
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Executive Suite (1954) Producer |
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Julius Caesar (1953) Producer |
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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) Producer |
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Holiday for Sinners (1952) Producer |
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On Dangerous Ground (1951) Producer |
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The Company She Keeps (1951) Producer |
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They Live by Night (1949) Producer |
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Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) Producer |
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The Blue Dahlia (1946) Producer |
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Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) Associate Producer |
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The Unseen (1945) Associate Producer |
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Jane Eyre (1943) Screenplay |
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Too Much Johnson (1938) Producer |