George Houston
January 11, 1896 (128 years old) in Hampton, New Jersey, USA
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).
Known For
Credits
- 1942 ·Outlaws of Boulder Passas Tom Cameron
- 1942 ·Border Roundupas Tom Cameron
- 1942 ·Texas Justiceas Tom Cameron
- 1942 ·The Lone Rider in Cheyenneas Tom Cameron
- 1942 ·The Lone Rider and the Banditas Tom Cameron
- 1941 ·The Lone Rider Fights Backas Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
- 1941 ·The Lone Rider Ambushedas Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
- 1941 ·The Lone Rider in Frontier Furyas Tom Cameron
- 1941 ·The Lone Rider in Ghost Townas Tom Cameron
- 1941 ·The Lone Rider Crosses the Rioas Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
- 1941 ·The Lone Rider Rides Onas Tom Cameron
- 1940 ·The Howards of Virginiaas George Washington
- 1940 ·Laughing at Dangeras Dan Haggerty
- 1938 ·The Great Waltzas Schiller
- 1938 ·Frontier Scoutas Wild Bill Hickok
- 1938 ·Marie Antoinetteas Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
- 1938 ·Blockadeas The Troubador
- 1938 ·What Price Safety!as Foreman Cooper
- 1937 ·Wallaby Jim of the Islandsas Wallaby Jim
- 1937 ·Conquestas Grand Marshal George Duroc
- 1936 ·Captain Calamityas (Cap't) Bill Jones
- 1936 ·Let's Sing Againas Leon Alba
- 1935 ·The Melody Lingers onas Carlo Salvini
- 1934 ·Masks and Memoriesas Uncle Andy