John Houseman

Acting Sep 22, 1902 Oct 31, 1988 (aged 86) Bucharest, Romania

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.

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62 Acting Credits

27 Crew Credits

John Houseman

Acting

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

The Fog

Scrooged

Three Days of the Condor

Rollerball

The Six Million Dollar Man

Another Woman

The Bionic Woman

Seven Days in May

Ghost Story

Bright Lights, Big City

My Bodyguard

The Paper Chase

The Cheap Detective

St. Ives

Silver Spoons

Noble House

The Winds of War

227

Wholly Moses

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Marco Polo

Too Much Johnson

Great Performances

Crew

Letter from an Unknown Woman

The Bad and the Beautiful

Julius Caesar

Lust for Life

They Live by Night

The Blue Dahlia

On Dangerous Ground

Jane Eyre

Moonfleet

This Property Is Condemned

Executive Suite

Two Weeks in Another Town