Cast
John Houseman
Acting
Cast
John Houseman
Known for
Acting
Born
1902-09-22
From
Bucharest, Romania
Died
1988-10-31
Biography
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.
★7.3
MOVIE1988
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Driving Instructor (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1980
The Fog
as Mr. Machen
★7.3
MOVIE1975
Three Days of the Condor
as Mr. Wabash
★6.8
MOVIE1988
Scrooged
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE1980
My Bodyguard
as Dobbs
★5.1
MOVIE1979
Old Boyfriends
as Dr. Hoffman
★6.4
MOVIE1980
Gideon's Trumpet
as Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator
★6.3
MOVIE1975
Rollerball
as Bartholomew
★5.7
MOVIE1988
Bright Lights, Big City
as Mr. Vogel
★7.3
MOVIE1964
Seven Days in May
as Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1988
Another Woman
as Marion's Father
★6.4
MOVIE1978
The Cheap Detective
as Jasper Blubber
★6.0
MOVIE1981
Ghost Story
as Sears James
★5.7
MOVIE1980
A Christmas Without Snow
as Ephraim Adams
★6.8
MOVIE1973
The Paper Chase
as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
★7.0
MOVIE1977
The Displaced Person
as Father Flynn
★4.8
MOVIE1980
Wholly Moses
as The Archangel
★5.4
MOVIE1982
Murder by Phone
as Stanley Markowitz
★8.0
MOVIE1976
Truman at Potsdam
as Winston Churchill
★6.5
MOVIE1983
A Rose for Emily
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1985
The Cradle Will Rock
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1983
The Skin of Our Teeth
as Network Newscaster
★5.8
MOVIE1976
St. Ives
as Abner Procane
★6.5
MOVIE2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE1975
Fear on Trial
as Mike Collins
★5.7
MOVIE1980
The Babysitter
as Dr. Lindquist
MOVIE1981
Writing: Plain & Fancy
as Narrator
★6.7
MOVIE1975
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1975
Beyond the Horizon
as Dr. Fawcett
★5.4
MOVIE2013
Too Much Johnson
as Duelist
★6.3
MOVIE2002
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
as Self (archive)
MOVIE1981
The New Deal for Artists
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1957
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1976
Six Characters in Search of An Author
as The Director
MOVIE2022
American: An Odyssey to 1947
as Self (archive footage)
★5.4
MOVIE1984