George Houston
Known For
Acting
Born
1896-01-11 in Hampton, New Jersey, USA
Died
1944-11-12
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).
Most Known For
The Howards of Virginia
as George Washington
Texas Justice
as Tom Cameron
Marie Antoinette
as Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
Border Roundup
as Tom Cameron
Blockade
as The Troubador
The Great Waltz
as Schiller
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
as Tom Cameron
Conquest
as Grand Marshal George Duroc
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
as Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider Rides On
as Tom Cameron
Frontier Scout
as Wild Bill Hickok
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
as Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
as Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider Ambushed
as Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
Laughing at Danger
as Dan Haggerty
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
as Tom Cameron
The Melody Lingers on
as Carlo Salvini
Masks and Memories
as Uncle Andy
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
as Wallaby Jim
Captain Calamity
as (Cap't) Bill Jones