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George Houston

Acting

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Acting credits

24

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0.3

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Movies: 24Series: 0

TMDB ID: 541888

IMDb ID: nm0396829

Known for: Acting

Born: January 11, 1896

Died: November 12, 1944

Age: 48

Place of birth: Hampton, New Jersey, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1934 - 1942

Years active: 9

Average TMDB rating: 6.58

Wikidata: Q5539114

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).

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Movies

Movies

Movie credits linked with George Houston.

Movie poster for Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942)

as Tom Cameron

Outlaws of Boulder Pass

1942 Movie
Movie poster for Border Roundup (1942)

as Tom Cameron

Border Roundup

1942 Movie
Movie poster for Texas Justice (1942)

as Tom Cameron

Texas Justice

1942 Movie
Movie poster for The Lone Rider in Cheyenne (1942)

as Tom Cameron

The Lone Rider in Cheyenne

1942 Movie
Movie poster for The Lone Rider and the Bandit (1942)

as Tom Cameron

The Lone Rider and the Bandit

1942 Movie
Movie poster for The Lone Rider Fights Back (1941)

as Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider

The Lone Rider Fights Back

1941 Movie
Movie poster for The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941)

as Tom Cameron / Keno Harris

The Lone Rider Ambushed

1941 Movie
Movie poster for The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941)

as Tom Cameron

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

1941 Movie
Movie poster for The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941)

as Tom Cameron

The Lone Rider in Ghost Town

1941 Movie
Movie poster for The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio (1941)

as Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider

The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio

1941 Movie
Movie poster for The Lone Rider Rides On (1941)

as Tom Cameron

The Lone Rider Rides On

1941 Movie
Movie poster for The Howards of Virginia (1940)

as George Washington

The Howards of Virginia

1940 Movie
Movie poster for Laughing at Danger (1940)

as Dan Haggerty

Laughing at Danger

1940 Movie
Movie poster for The Great Waltz (1938)

as Schiller

The Great Waltz

1938 Movie
Movie poster for Frontier Scout (1938)

as Wild Bill Hickok

Frontier Scout

1938 Movie
Movie poster for Marie Antoinette (1938)

as Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)

Marie Antoinette

1938 Movie
Movie poster for Blockade (1938)

as The Troubador

Blockade

1938 Movie
Movie poster for What Price Safety! (1938)

as Foreman Cooper

What Price Safety!

1938 Movie
Movie poster for Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)

as Wallaby Jim

Wallaby Jim of the Islands

1937 Movie
Movie poster for Conquest (1937)

as Grand Marshal George Duroc

Conquest

1937 Movie
Movie poster for Captain Calamity (1936)

as (Cap't) Bill Jones

Captain Calamity

1936 Movie
Movie poster for Let's Sing Again (1936)

as Leon Alba

Let's Sing Again

1936 Movie
Movie poster for The Melody Lingers on (1935)

as Carlo Salvini

The Melody Lingers on

1935 Movie
Movie poster for Masks and Memories (1934)

as Uncle Andy

Masks and Memories

1934 Movie