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.

Filmography

• 2013Too Much Johnson — Duelist (uncredited), Producer
• 1988Another Woman — Marion's Father
• 1988Bright Lights, Big City — Mr. Vogel
• Lincoln — Gen. Winfield Scott
• Noble House — Sir Geoffrey Allison
• 1988The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! — Driving Instructor (uncredited)
• 227
• A.D. — Gamaliel
• 1984Olympic Gala
• 1984The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
• 1983A Rose for Emily — Narrator (voice)
• 1983Choices of the Heart — Executive Producer
• 1983The Skin of Our Teeth — Network Newscaster
• The Winds of War — Aaron Jastrow
• American Playhouse — Network Newscaster
• Marco Polo — Patriarca di Aquileia
• 1982Murder by Phone — Stanley Markowitz
• Silver Spoons — Grandfather Edward Stratton II
• 1981Ghost Story — Sears James
• 1981Writing: Plain & Fancy — Narrator
• 1980A Christmas Without Snow — Ephraim Adams
• 1980Gideon's Trumpet — Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator, Executive Producer
• 1980My Bodyguard — Dobbs
• 1980The Babysitter — Dr. Lindquist
• 1980The Fog — Mr. Machen
• 1980Wholly Moses — The Archangel
• 1979Old Boyfriends — Dr. Hoffman
• The French Atlantic Affair — Dr. Archady Clemens
• The Last Convertible — Dr. Wetherell
• 1978The Cheap Detective — Jasper Blubber
• The Paper Chase — Charles Kingsfield
• The South Bank Show
• Aspen — Joseph Merrill Drummond
• 1977The Displaced Person — Father Flynn
• Washington: Behind Closed Doors — Myron Dunn
• Captains and the Kings — Judge Newell Chisholm
• 1976Six Characters in Search of An Author — The Director
• 1976St. Ives — Abner Procane
• The Adams Chronicles — Justice Gridley
• The Bionic Woman
• 1976Truman at Potsdam — Winston Churchill
• 1975Beyond the Horizon — Dr. Fawcett
• 1975Fear on Trial — Mike Collins
• 1975Rollerball — Bartholomew
• 1975Three Days of the Condor — Mr. Wabash
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Doctor Franklin
• 1973The Paper Chase — Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
• Great Performances — Dr.Fawcett, Self
• 1966Evening Primrose — Executive Producer
• 1966This Property Is Condemned — Producer
• 1964Seven Days in May — Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
• 1963In the Cool of the Day — Producer
• The Great Adventure — Producer
• 1962All Fall Down — Producer
• 1962Two Weeks in Another Town — Producer
• 1958The Nutcracker — Producer
• 1956Lust for Life — Producer
• 1955Moonfleet — Producer
• 1955The Cobweb — Producer
• 1954Executive Suite — Producer
• 1954Her Twelve Men — Producer
• 1953Julius Caesar — Producer
• 1952Holiday for Sinners — Producer
• 1952The Bad and the Beautiful — Producer
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Winston S. Churchill, Chief Justice
• 1951On Dangerous Ground — Producer
• 1951The Company She Keeps — Producer
• Fireside Theater — Producer
• 1949They Live by Night — Producer
• 1948Letter from an Unknown Woman — Producer
• 1946Miss Susie Slagle's — Associate Producer
• 1946The Blue Dahlia — Producer
• 1945The Unseen — Associate Producer
• 1943Jane Eyre — Screenplay

Appearances as themselves (16)

• 2022American: An Odyssey to 1947 — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2003Les messages de Fritz Lang — Himself
• 2002Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' — Self (archive)
• 1988Scrooged — Self
• The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood — Self
• 1985The Cradle Will Rock — Self
• 1981The New Deal for Artists — Self
• 1980The Merry Wives of Windsor — Self - Host
• 1975I'm a Stranger Here Myself — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• 1957Van Gogh: Darkness into Light — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee