John Houseman
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Too Much Johnson
2013
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988
Another Woman
1988
Bright Lights, Big City
1988
Lincoln
1988
Noble House
1988
227
1985
A.D.
1985
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
1984
Choices of the Heart
Choices of the Heart
1983
A Rose for Emily
1983
The Winds of War
1983
The Skin of Our Teeth
1983
Marco Polo
1982
Murder by Phone
1982
Silver Spoons
1982
American Playhouse
1982
Ghost Story
1981
Writing: Plain & Fancy
1981
A Christmas Without Snow
1980
The Babysitter
1980
My Bodyguard
1980
Wholly Moses
1980
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
The Fog
1980
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
The Last Convertible
1979
Old Boyfriends
1979
The Paper Chase
1978
The Cheap Detective
1978
Aspen
1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
1977
The Displaced Person
1977
Six Characters in Search of An Author
1976
Captains and the Kings
1976
Truman at Potsdam
Truman at Potsdam
1976
St. Ives
1976
The Adams Chronicles
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Fear on Trial
1975
Three Days of the Condor
1975
Beyond the Horizon
1975
Rollerball
1975
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
The Paper Chase
1973
Great Performances
1971
Evening Primrose
1966
This Property Is Condemned
1966
Seven Days in May
1964
The Great Adventure
1963
In the Cool of the Day
1963
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
All Fall Down
1962
The Nutcracker
1958
Lust for Life
1956
Moonfleet
1955
The Cobweb
1955
Her Twelve Men
1954
Executive Suite
1954
Julius Caesar
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
Holiday for Sinners
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
On Dangerous Ground
1951
The Company She Keeps
1951
They Live by Night
1949
Fireside Theater
Fireside Theater
1949
Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948
The Blue Dahlia
1946
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946
The Unseen
1945
Jane Eyre
1943