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.
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Driving Instructor (uncredited)
The Fog
as Mr. Machen
Three Days of the Condor
as Mr. Wabash
Scrooged
as Self
Rollerball
as Bartholomew
My Bodyguard
as Dobbs
Ghost Story
as Sears James
Another Woman
as Marion's Father
The Cheap Detective
as Jasper Blubber
St. Ives
as Abner Procane
Seven Days in May
as Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
Bright Lights, Big City
as Mr. Vogel
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Gideon's Trumpet
as Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator
The Paper Chase
as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
The Babysitter
as Dr. Lindquist
Murder by Phone
as Stanley Markowitz
A Christmas Without Snow
as Ephraim Adams
Wholly Moses
as The Archangel
Writing: Plain & Fancy
as Narrator
Old Boyfriends
as Dr. Hoffman
Fear on Trial
as Mike Collins
The Skin of Our Teeth
as Network Newscaster
Six Characters in Search of An Author
as The Director
Too Much Johnson
as Duelist
Beyond the Horizon
as Dr. Fawcett
The Displaced Person
as Father Flynn
American: An Odyssey to 1947
as Self (archive footage)
A Rose for Emily
as Narrator (voice)
Truman at Potsdam
as Winston Churchill
The Cradle Will Rock
as Self
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
as Self
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
The New Deal for Artists
as Self
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
as Self