John Houseman

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.

Date of Birth : 1902-09-22

Place of Birth : Bucharest, Romania

John Houseman

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Movies

The Fog
Another Woman
Rollerball
Ghost Story
Three Days of the Condor
Wholly Moses
Scrooged
The Cheap Detective
The Paper Chase
St. Ives
Gideon's Trumpet
A Christmas Without Snow
Murder by Phone
Beyond the Horizon
American: An Odyssey to 1947
The Skin of Our Teeth
Too Much Johnson
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Seven Days in May
Fear on Trial
The Displaced Person
The Babysitter
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Bright Lights, Big City
Writing: Plain & Fancy
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Old Boyfriends
A Rose for Emily
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
The New Deal for Artists
My Bodyguard
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

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