George Houston
Acting
1896-01-11 · Hampton, New Jersey, USA
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).
Filmography(24)
movieOutlaws of Boulder Pass
as Tom Cameron · 1942 · 5.5
movieBorder Roundup
as Tom Cameron · 1942 · 8.0
movieTexas Justice
as Tom Cameron · 1942 · 9.0
movieThe Lone Rider in Cheyenne
as Tom Cameron · 1942 · 8.0
movieThe Lone Rider and the Bandit
as Tom Cameron · 1942 · 5.0
movieThe Lone Rider Fights Back
as Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider · 1941 · 0.0
movieThe Lone Rider Ambushed
as Tom Cameron / Keno Harris · 1941 · 5.0
movieThe Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
as Tom Cameron · 1941 · 6.5
movieThe Lone Rider in Ghost Town
as Tom Cameron · 1941 · 5.0
movieThe Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
as Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider · 1941 · 6.5
movieThe Lone Rider Rides On
as Tom Cameron · 1941 · 9.0
movieThe Howards of Virginia
as George Washington · 1940 · 6.8
movieLaughing at Danger
as Dan Haggerty · 1940 · 9.0
movieThe Great Waltz
as Schiller · 1938 · 5.9
movieFrontier Scout
as Wild Bill Hickok · 1938 · 6.0
movieMarie Antoinette
as Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited) · 1938 · 6.6
movieBlockade
as The Troubador · 1938 · 5.8
movieWhat Price Safety!
as Foreman Cooper · 1938 · 7.3
movieWallaby Jim of the Islands
as Wallaby Jim · 1937 · 5.3
movieConquest
as Grand Marshal George Duroc · 1937 · 6.6
movieCaptain Calamity
as (Cap't) Bill Jones · 1936 · 3.0
movieLet's Sing Again
as Leon Alba · 1936 · 4.1
movieThe Melody Lingers on
as Carlo Salvini · 1935 · 0.0
movieMasks and Memories
as Uncle Andy · 1934 · 10.0