George Houston

George Houston

Acting
January 11, 1896November 12, 1944 (age 48)
Hampton, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

George Fleming Houston, George Byron, George F. Houston

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).

Movies

(24 total)
Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

19386.5

as Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)

Conquest

Conquest

19376.5

as Grand Marshal George Duroc

Blockade

Blockade

19385.5

as The Troubador

The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia

19406.6

as George Washington

Captain Calamity

Captain Calamity

19362.2

as (Cap't) Bill Jones

The Lone Rider Ambushed

The Lone Rider Ambushed

19413.3

as Tom Cameron / Keno Harris

Frontier Scout

Frontier Scout

19384.5

as Wild Bill Hickok

What Price Safety!

What Price Safety!

19386.0

as Foreman Cooper

The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio

The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio

19415.0

as Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider

Laughing at Danger

Laughing at Danger

1940

as Dan Haggerty

Border Roundup

Border Roundup

1942

as Tom Cameron

Texas Justice

Texas Justice

1942

as Tom Cameron