Person file · Acting
George Houston
Born 1896-01-11Hampton, 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).
Screen work
Movies & roles
Outlaws of Boulder PassTom CameronBorder RoundupTom CameronTexas JusticeTom CameronThe Lone Rider in CheyenneTom CameronThe Lone Rider and the BanditTom CameronThe Lone Rider Fights BackTom Cameron - The Lone RiderThe Lone Rider AmbushedTom Cameron / Keno HarrisThe Lone Rider in Frontier FuryTom CameronThe Lone Rider in Ghost TownTom CameronThe Lone Rider Crosses the RioTom Cameron aka The Lone RiderThe Lone Rider Rides OnTom CameronThe Howards of VirginiaGeorge WashingtonLaughing at DangerDan HaggertyThe Great WaltzSchillerFrontier ScoutWild Bill HickokMarie AntoinetteMarquis De St. Priest (uncredited)BlockadeThe TroubadorWhat Price Safety!Foreman CooperWallaby Jim of the IslandsWallaby JimConquestGrand Marshal George DurocCaptain Calamity(Cap't) Bill JonesLet's Sing AgainLeon AlbaThe Melody Lingers onCarlo SalviniMasks and MemoriesUncle Andy