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John Houseman
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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 g…
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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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John Houseman's Filmography
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American: An Odyssey to 1947
as Self (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Too Much Johnson
as Duelist (uncredited)
Les messages de Fritz Lang
as Himself
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
as Self (archive)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Driving Instructor (uncredited)
Scrooged
as Self
Another Woman
as Marion's Father
Bright Lights, Big City
as Mr. Vogel
The Cradle Will Rock
as Self
No Poster
Olympic Gala
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
A Rose for Emily
as Narrator (voice)
The Skin of Our Teeth
as Network Newscaster
Murder by Phone
as Stanley Markowitz
Ghost Story
as Sears James
Writing: Plain & Fancy
as Narrator
A Christmas Without Snow
as Ephraim Adams
The Babysitter
as Dr. Lindquist
My Bodyguard
as Dobbs
Wholly Moses
as The Archangel
Gideon's Trumpet
as Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator
The Fog
as Mr. Machen
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Self - Host
Old Boyfriends
as Dr. Hoffman
The Cheap Detective
as Jasper Blubber
The Displaced Person
as Father Flynn
Six Characters in Search of An Author
as The Director
The New Deal for Artists
as Self
No Poster
Truman at Potsdam
as Winston Churchill
St. Ives
as Abner Procane
Fear on Trial
as Mike Collins
Three Days of the Condor
as Mr. Wabash
Beyond the Horizon
as Dr. Fawcett
Rollerball
as Bartholomew
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
as Self
The Paper Chase
as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
Seven Days in May
as Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
No Poster
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
as Self