George Houston
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1896-01-11 – 1944-11-12
Place of birth: Hampton, New Jersey, USA
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).
Known for
Conquest
1937Grand Marshal George Duroc
The Howards of Virginia
1940George Washington
Frontier Scout
1938Wild Bill Hickok
What Price Safety!
1938Foreman Cooper
Let's Sing Again
1936Leon Alba
Captain Calamity
1936(Cap't) Bill Jones
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
1942Tom Cameron
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
1937Wallaby Jim
Blockade
1938The Troubador
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
1941Tom Cameron
The Great Waltz
1938Schiller
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
1942Tom Cameron
Masks and Memories
1934Uncle Andy
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
1941Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
Laughing at Danger
1940Dan Haggerty
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
1941Tom Cameron
Border Roundup
1942Tom Cameron
Texas Justice
1942Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider Ambushed
1941Tom Cameron / Keno Harris