George Houston
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 11, 1896
- Died
- November 12, 1944 (aged 48)
- Birthplace
- 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
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Filmography
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
Movie · as Tom Cameron
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
Movie · as Tom Cameron
Border Roundup
Movie · as Tom Cameron
Texas Justice
Movie · as Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
Movie · as Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Movie · as Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
Movie · as Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
Movie · as Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider Ambushed
Movie · as Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
The Lone Rider Fights Back
Movie · as Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
The Lone Rider Rides On
Movie · as Tom Cameron
The Howards of Virginia
Movie · as George Washington
Laughing at Danger
Movie · as Dan Haggerty
Frontier Scout
Movie · as Wild Bill Hickok
What Price Safety!
Movie · as Foreman Cooper
Blockade
Movie · as The Troubador
The Great Waltz
Movie · as Schiller
Marie Antoinette
Movie · as Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
Conquest
Movie · as Grand Marshal George Duroc
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
Movie · as Wallaby Jim
Let's Sing Again
Movie · as Leon Alba
Captain Calamity
Movie · as (Cap't) Bill Jones
The Melody Lingers on
Movie · as Carlo Salvini
Masks and Memories
Movie · as Uncle Andy