John Houseman

Known for ActingBorn 1902-09-22Died 1988-10-31Bucharest, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Skin of Our Teeth

Beyond the Horizon

The Great Adventure

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

Fear on Trial

Captains and the Kings

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Miss Susie Slagle's

The Last Convertible

Aspen

Truman at Potsdam

Washington: Behind Closed Doors

The Paper Chase

Lincoln

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Evening Primrose

The Adams Chronicles

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

The Winds of War

Three Days of the Condor

The Six Million Dollar Man

The French Atlantic Affair

Seven Days in May

Noble House

The Bad and the Beautiful

The Displaced Person

The Bionic Woman

Lust for Life

Another Woman

Fireside Theater

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Scrooged

227

Golden Globe Awards

Julius Caesar

Executive Suite

The Nutcracker

Van Gogh: Darkness into Light

Marco Polo

The Fog

The Paper Chase

The Dick Cavett Show

American Playhouse

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

They Live by Night

A Rose for Emily

Jane Eyre

Six Characters in Search of An Author