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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-01-11 (129 years old)

Place of Birth

Hampton, New Jersey, USA

George 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).

Known For

Acting

1942

Border Roundup as Tom Cameron
Texas Justice as Tom Cameron

1941

The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio as Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
The Lone Rider Ambushed as Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
The Lone Rider Fights Back as Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider

1940

The Howards of Virginia as George Washington
Laughing at Danger as Dan Haggerty

1938

Frontier Scout as Wild Bill Hickok
What Price Safety! as Foreman Cooper
Blockade as The Troubador
The Great Waltz as Schiller
Marie Antoinette as Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)

1937

Conquest as Grand Marshal George Duroc

1936

Let's Sing Again as Leon Alba
Captain Calamity as (Cap't) Bill Jones

1935

The Melody Lingers on as Carlo Salvini

1934

Masks and Memories as Uncle Andy