George Houston
Acting
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).
Filmography
Acting (24)
1942
Outlaws of Boulder Passas Tom Cameron
5.5
1942
Border Roundupas Tom Cameron
8.0
1942
Texas Justiceas Tom Cameron
9.0
1942
The Lone Rider in Cheyenneas Tom Cameron
8.0
1942
The Lone Rider and the Banditas Tom Cameron
5.0
1941
The Lone Rider Fights Backas Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
1941
The Lone Rider Ambushedas Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
5.0
1941
The Lone Rider in Frontier Furyas Tom Cameron
6.5
1941
The Lone Rider in Ghost Townas Tom Cameron
5.0
1941
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rioas Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
6.5
1941
The Lone Rider Rides Onas Tom Cameron
9.0
1940
The Howards of Virginiaas George Washington
6.6
1940
Laughing at Dangeras Dan Haggerty
9.0
1938
The Great Waltzas Schiller
5.9
1938
Frontier Scoutas Wild Bill Hickok
6.0
1938
Marie Antoinetteas Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
6.6
1938
Blockadeas The Troubador
5.8
1938
What Price Safety!as Foreman Cooper
7.0
1937
Wallaby Jim of the Islandsas Wallaby Jim
5.3
1937
Conquestas Grand Marshal George Duroc
6.6
1936
Captain Calamityas (Cap't) Bill Jones
3.0
1936
Let's Sing Againas Leon Alba
4.1
1935
The Melody Lingers onas Carlo Salvini
1934
Masks and Memoriesas Uncle Andy
8.0