George Houston
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 11, 1896
- Died
- November 12, 1944
- Birthplace
- 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).
Filmography
Outlaws of Boulder Pass 1942
as Tom Cameron
Border Roundup 1942
as Tom Cameron
Texas Justice 1942
as Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne 1942
as Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider and the Bandit 1942
as Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider Fights Back 1941
as Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
The Lone Rider Ambushed 1941
as Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury 1941
as Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town 1941
as Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio 1941
as Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
The Lone Rider Rides On 1941
as Tom Cameron
The Howards of Virginia 1940
as George Washington
Laughing at Danger 1940
as Dan Haggerty
The Great Waltz 1938
as Schiller
Frontier Scout 1938
as Wild Bill Hickok
Marie Antoinette 1938
as Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
Blockade 1938
as The Troubador
What Price Safety! 1938
as Foreman Cooper
Wallaby Jim of the Islands 1937
as Wallaby Jim
Conquest 1937
as Grand Marshal George Duroc
Captain Calamity 1936
as (Cap't) Bill Jones
Let's Sing Again 1936
as Leon Alba
The Melody Lingers on 1935
as Carlo Salvini
Masks and Memories 1934
as Uncle Andy
Credits from TMDB.