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 Pass as Tom Cameron
- 1942 · Border Roundup as Tom Cameron
- 1942 · Texas Justice as Tom Cameron
- 1942 · The Lone Rider in Cheyenne as Tom Cameron
- 1942 · The Lone Rider and the Bandit as Tom Cameron
- 1941 · The Lone Rider Fights Back as Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
- 1941 · The Lone Rider Ambushed as Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
- 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
- 1940 · The Howards of Virginia as George Washington
- 1940 · Laughing at Danger as Dan Haggerty
- 1938 · The Great Waltz as Schiller
- 1938 · Frontier Scout as Wild Bill Hickok
- 1938 · Marie Antoinette as Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
- 1938 · Blockade as The Troubador
- 1938 · What Price Safety! as Foreman Cooper
- 1937 · Wallaby Jim of the Islands as Wallaby Jim
- 1937 · Conquest as Grand Marshal George Duroc
- 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