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John Houseman

Born 1902-09-22
Died 1988-10-31
📍 Bucharest, 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.

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Filmography 59

American: An Odyssey to 1947
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Driving Instructor (uncredited)
1988
Scrooged
as Self
1988
Another Woman
as Marion's Father
1988
Bright Lights, Big City
as Mr. Vogel
1988
Lincoln
as Gen. Winfield Scott
1988
Noble House
as Sir Geoffrey Allison
1988
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
as Self
1987
227
1985
The Cradle Will Rock
as Self
1985
A.D.
as Gamaliel
1985
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
1984
A Rose for Emily
as Narrator (voice)
1983
The Winds of War
as Aaron Jastrow
1983
The Skin of Our Teeth
as Network Newscaster
1983
Marco Polo
as Patriarca di Aquileia
1982
Murder by Phone
as Stanley Markowitz
1982
Silver Spoons
as Grandfather Edward Stratton II
1982
American Playhouse
1982
Ghost Story
as Sears James
1981
Writing: Plain & Fancy
as Narrator
1981
The New Deal for Artists
as Self
1981
A Christmas Without Snow
as Ephraim Adams
1980
The Babysitter
as Dr. Lindquist
1980
My Bodyguard
as Dobbs
1980
Wholly Moses
as The Archangel
1980
Gideon's Trumpet
as Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator
1980
The Fog
as Mr. Machen
1980
The French Atlantic Affair
as Dr. Archady Clemens
1979
The Last Convertible
as Dr. Wetherell
1979
Old Boyfriends
as Dr. Hoffman
1979
The Paper Chase
as Charles Kingsfield
1978
The Cheap Detective
as Jasper Blubber
1978
Aspen
as Joseph Merrill Drummond
1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
as Myron Dunn
1977
The Displaced Person
as Father Flynn
1977
Six Characters in Search of An Author
as The Director
1976
Captains and the Kings
as Judge Newell Chisholm
1976
St. Ives
as Abner Procane
1976
The Adams Chronicles
as Justice Gridley
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Fear on Trial
as Mike Collins
1975
Three Days of the Condor
as Mr. Wabash
1975
Beyond the Horizon
as Dr. Fawcett
1975
Rollerball
as Bartholomew
1975
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
as Self
1975
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Doctor Franklin
1974
The Paper Chase
as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
Great Performances
as Dr.Fawcett
1971
Great Performances
as Self
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
Seven Days in May
as Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
1964
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Winston S. Churchill
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Chief Justice
1951
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
Too Much Johnson
as Duelist
1938