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Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1896-01-11 00:00:00
Birth Place:Hampton, New Jersey, USA
Known For:Acting
Death Date:1944-11-12 00:00:00
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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).
Filmography (24)
Marie Antoinette
Role: Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)1938
Blockade
Role: The Troubador1938
The Howards of Virginia
Role: George Washington1940
Conquest
Role: Grand Marshal George Duroc1937
The Great Waltz
Role: Schiller1938
Masks and Memories
Role: Uncle Andy1934
Laughing at Danger
Role: Dan Haggerty1940
Let's Sing Again
Role: Leon Alba1936
The Melody Lingers on
Role: Carlo Salvini1935
What Price Safety!
Role: Foreman Cooper1938
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
Role: Wallaby Jim1937
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Role: Tom Cameron1941
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
Role: Tom Cameron1942
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
Role: Tom Cameron1942
Captain Calamity
Role: (Cap't) Bill Jones1936
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
Role: Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider1941
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
Role: Tom Cameron1941
Border Roundup
Role: Tom Cameron1942
Texas Justice
Role: Tom Cameron1942
The Lone Rider Ambushed
Role: Tom Cameron / Keno Harris1941
The Lone Rider Rides On
Role: Tom Cameron1941
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
Role: Tom Cameron1942
Frontier Scout
Role: Wild Bill Hickok1938
The Lone Rider Fights Back
Role: Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider1941