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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 22, 1902
Died
October 31, 1988
Place of Birth
Bucharest, Romania
John Houseman
1.1 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
0.0
Self (archive footage)
American: An Odyssey to 1947
2022
6.5
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
7.3
Driving Instructor (uncredited)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988
6.8
Self
Scrooged
1988
6.8
Marion's Father
Another Woman
1988
5.7
Mr. Vogel
Bright Lights, Big City
1988
7.2
Gen. Winfield Scott
Lincoln
1988
7.0
Sir Geoffrey Allison
Noble House
1988
8.0
Self
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987
6.7
227
1985
Credits
American: An Odyssey to 1947
as Self (archive footage)
2022
0.0
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
6.5
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Driving Instructor (uncredited)
1988
7.3
Scrooged
as Self
1988
6.8
Another Woman
as Marion's Father
1988
6.8
Bright Lights, Big City
as Mr. Vogel
1988
5.7
Lincoln
as Gen. Winfield Scott
1988
7.2
Noble House
as Sir Geoffrey Allison
1988
7.0
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
as Self
1987
8.0
227
1985
6.7
The Cradle Will Rock
as Self
1985
0.0
A.D.
as Gamaliel
1985
5.1
A Rose for Emily
as Narrator (voice)
1983
6.0
The Winds of War
as Aaron Jastrow
1983
7.2
The Skin of Our Teeth
as Network Newscaster
1983
10.0
Marco Polo
as Patriarca di Aquileia
1982
6.8
Murder by Phone
as Stanley Markowitz
1982
5.2
Silver Spoons
as Grandfather Edward Stratton II
1982
6.3
American Playhouse
1982
6.2
Ghost Story
as Sears James
1981
6.0
Writing: Plain & Fancy
as Narrator
1981
0.0
The New Deal for Artists
as Self
1981
0.0
A Christmas Without Snow
as Ephraim Adams
1980
5.6
The Babysitter
as Dr. Lindquist
1980
5.6
My Bodyguard
as Dobbs
1980
6.3
Wholly Moses
as The Archangel
1980
4.7
Gideon's Trumpet
as Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator
1980
6.0
The Fog
as Mr. Machen
1980
6.7
The French Atlantic Affair
as Dr. Archady Clemens
1979
7.0
The Last Convertible
as Dr. Wetherell
1979
0.0
Old Boyfriends
as Dr. Hoffman
1979
4.8
The Paper Chase
as Charles Kingsfield
1978
7.6
The Cheap Detective
as Jasper Blubber
1978
6.3
Aspen
as Joseph Merrill Drummond
1977
6.0
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
as Myron Dunn
1977
7.3
The Displaced Person
as Father Flynn
1977
6.0
Six Characters in Search of An Author
as The Director
1976
6.0
Captains and the Kings
as Judge Newell Chisholm
1976
8.3
St. Ives
as Abner Procane
1976
5.6
The Adams Chronicles
as Justice Gridley
1976
7.2
The Bionic Woman
1976
6.9
Fear on Trial
as Mike Collins
1975
9.0
Three Days of the Condor
as Mr. Wabash
1975
7.3
Beyond the Horizon
as Dr. Fawcett
1975
0.0
Rollerball
as Bartholomew
1975
6.3
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
as Self
1975
6.4
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Doctor Franklin
1974
7.3
The Paper Chase
as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
1973
6.8
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
🎬
Film '72
as Self
1971
4.7
Great Performances
as Dr.Fawcett
1971
5.8
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Seven Days in May
as Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
1964
7.3
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
🎬
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
as Self
1957
0.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Winston S. Churchill
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Chief Justice
1951
8.6
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Too Much Johnson
as Duelist
1938
5.3