George Houston

Acting

Born January 11, 1896, Hampton, New Jersey, USA

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

• 1942Border Roundup — Tom Cameron
• 1942Outlaws of Boulder Pass — Tom Cameron
• 1942Texas Justice — Tom Cameron
• 1942The Lone Rider and the Bandit — Tom Cameron
• 1942The Lone Rider in Cheyenne — Tom Cameron
• 1941The Lone Rider Ambushed — Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
• 1941The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio — Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
• 1941The Lone Rider Fights Back — Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
• 1941The Lone Rider Rides On — Tom Cameron
• 1941The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury — Tom Cameron
• 1941The Lone Rider in Ghost Town — Tom Cameron
• 1940Laughing at Danger — Dan Haggerty
• 1940The Howards of Virginia — George Washington
• 1938Blockade — The Troubador
• 1938Frontier Scout — Wild Bill Hickok
• 1938Marie Antoinette — Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
• 1938The Great Waltz — Schiller
• 1938What Price Safety! — Foreman Cooper
• 1937Conquest — Grand Marshal George Duroc
• 1937Wallaby Jim of the Islands — Wallaby Jim
• 1936Captain Calamity — (Cap't) Bill Jones
• 1936Let's Sing Again — Leon Alba
• 1935The Melody Lingers on — Carlo Salvini
• 1934Masks and Memories — Uncle Andy