George Houston
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-01-11
Day of Death
1944-11-12 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Hampton, New Jersey, USA
George Houston
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).
Acting
(1942)
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
as Tom Cameron
(1942)
Border Roundup
as Tom Cameron
(1942)
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
as Tom Cameron
(1942)
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
as Tom Cameron
(1942)
Texas Justice
as Tom Cameron
(1941)
The Lone Rider Fights Back
as Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
(1941)
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
as Tom Cameron
(1941)
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
as Tom Cameron
(1941)
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
as Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
(1941)
The Lone Rider Rides On
as Tom Cameron
(1941)
The Lone Rider Ambushed
as Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
(1940)
The Howards of Virginia
as George Washington
(1940)
Laughing at Danger
as Dan Haggerty
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
(1938)
The Great Waltz
as Schiller
(1938)
Blockade
as The Troubador
(1938)
What Price Safety!
as Foreman Cooper
(1938)
Frontier Scout
as Wild Bill Hickok
(1937)
Conquest
as Grand Marshal George Duroc
(1937)
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
as Wallaby Jim
(1936)
Captain Calamity
as (Cap't) Bill Jones
(1936)
Let's Sing Again
as Leon Alba
(1935)
The Melody Lingers on
as Carlo Salvini
(1934)
Masks and Memories
as Uncle Andy