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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

86

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-09-22

Day of Death

1988-10-31 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Bucharest, Romania

Also Known As

John Houseman

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

The Fog

1980

The Fog

as

Mr. Machen

Another Woman

1988

Another Woman

as

Marion's Father

Rollerball

1975

Rollerball

as

Bartholomew

Ghost Story

1981

Ghost Story

as

Sears James

Three Days of the Condor

1975

Three Days of the Condor

as

Mr. Wabash

Wholly Moses

1980

Wholly Moses

as

The Archangel

Scrooged

1988

Scrooged

as

Self

The Cheap Detective

1978

The Cheap Detective

as

Jasper Blubber

The Paper Chase

1973

The Paper Chase

as

Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.

St. Ives

1976

St. Ives

as

Abner Procane

Gideon's Trumpet

1980

Gideon's Trumpet

as

Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator

A Christmas Without Snow

1980

A Christmas Without Snow

as

Ephraim Adams

Murder by Phone

1982

Murder by Phone

as

Stanley Markowitz

Beyond the Horizon

1975

Beyond the Horizon

as

Dr. Fawcett

American: An Odyssey to 1947

2022

American: An Odyssey to 1947

as

Self (archive footage)

The Skin of Our Teeth

1983

The Skin of Our Teeth

as

Network Newscaster

Too Much Johnson

2013

Too Much Johnson

as

Duelist

Seven Days in May

1964

Seven Days in May

as

Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)

Fear on Trial

1975

Fear on Trial

as

Mike Collins

The Displaced Person

1977

The Displaced Person

as

Father Flynn

The Babysitter

1980

The Babysitter

as

Dr. Lindquist

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

2018

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

as

Self (archive footage)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

1988

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

as

Driving Instructor (uncredited)

Old Boyfriends

1979

Old Boyfriends

as

Dr. Hoffman

A Rose for Emily

1983

A Rose for Emily

as

Narrator (voice)

My Bodyguard

1980

My Bodyguard

as

Dobbs

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

2024

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

as

Self (archive footage)

227

227

as

Lincoln

Lincoln

as

Gen. Winfield Scott

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Winston S. Churchill

The Paper Chase

The Paper Chase

as

Charles Kingsfield

The Winds of War

The Winds of War

as

Aaron Jastrow

Captains and the Kings

Captains and the Kings

as

Judge Newell Chisholm

The French Atlantic Affair

The French Atlantic Affair

as

Dr. Archady Clemens

The Last Convertible

The Last Convertible

as

Dr. Wetherell

Silver Spoons

Silver Spoons

as

Grandpa Stratton

A.D.

A.D.

as

Gamaliel

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Chief Justice

Aspen

Aspen

as

Joseph Merrill Drummond

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

as

Self - Guest

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

as

Patriarca di Aquileia

Great Performances

Great Performances

as

Dr.Fawcett

The Adams Chronicles

The Adams Chronicles

as

Justice Gridley

Production

Crew

Directing