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John Houseman

John Houseman

Birthday: 1902-09-22 | Place of Birth: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Houseman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
American: An Odyssey to 1947

as    Self (archive footage)

2018
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

as    Self (archive footage)

1988
Another Woman

as    Marion's Father

1988
Bright Lights, Big City

as    Mr. Vogel

1985
The Cradle Will Rock

as    Self

1983
The Winds of War

as    Aaron Jastrow

1983
The Skin of Our Teeth

as    Network Newscaster

1982
Marco Polo

as    Patriarch of Aquileia

1982
Murder by Phone

as    Stanley Markowitz

1981
Ghost Story

as    Sears James

1980
Gideon's Trumpet

as    Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator

1980
The Babysitter

as    Dr. Lindquist

1980
A Christmas Without Snow

as    Ephraim Adams

1980
The Fog

as    Mr. Machen

1980
Wholly Moses

as    The Archangel

1979
The French Atlantic Affair

as    Dr. Archady Clemens

1979
Old Boyfriends

as    Dr. Hoffman

1978
The Paper Chase

as    Charles Kingsfield

1978
The Cheap Detective

as    Jasper Blubber

1977
The Displaced Person

as    Father Flynn

1977
Aspen

as    Joseph Merrill Drummond

1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors

as    Myron Dunn

1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors

as    Myron Dunn

1976
St. Ives

as    Abner Procane