John Houseman

Sep 22, 1902 - Oct 31, 1988 (86 years old) in Bucharest, Romania

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.

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Known For

Great Performances

Dr.Fawcett

The Six Million Dollar Man

Doctor Franklin

The Bionic Woman

227

Silver Spoons

Grandpa Stratton

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Driving Instructor (uncredited)

The Paper Chase

Charles Kingsfield

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Winston S. Churchill

The Fog

Mr. Machen

The Winds of War

Aaron Jastrow

Credits

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 2024

Self (archive footage)

★ 8.2
American: An Odyssey to 1947 2022

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 2018

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.9
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles 2014

Self - Actor (archive footage)

★ 6.7
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988

Driving Instructor (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Scrooged 1988

Self

★ 6.8
Another Woman 1988

Marion's Father

★ 6.8
Bright Lights, Big City 1988

Mr. Vogel

★ 5.7
Lincoln 1988

Gen. Winfield Scott

★ 7.2
Noble House 1988

★ 6.9
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood 1987

Self

★ 8
227 1985

★ 6.8
The Cradle Will Rock 1985

Self

★ NR
A.D. 1985

Gamaliel

★ 5.1
A Rose for Emily 1983

Narrator (voice)

★ 6
The Winds of War 1983

Aaron Jastrow

★ 7.3
The Skin of Our Teeth 1983

Network Newscaster

★ 10
Marco Polo 1982

Patriarca di Aquileia

★ 6.8
Murder by Phone 1982

Stanley Markowitz

★ 5.3
Silver Spoons 1982

Grandpa Stratton

★ 6.3
American Playhouse 1982

★ 6.3
Ghost Story 1981

Sears James

★ 6
Writing: Plain & Fancy 1981

Narrator

★ NR
The New Deal for Artists 1981

★ NR
A Christmas Without Snow 1980

Ephraim Adams

★ 5.6
The Babysitter 1980

Dr. Lindquist

★ 5.6
My Bodyguard 1980

Dobbs

★ 6.3
Wholly Moses 1980

The Archangel

★ 4.7
Gideon's Trumpet 1980

Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator

★ 6.2
The Fog 1980

Mr. Machen

★ 6.7
The French Atlantic Affair 1979

Dr. Archady Clemens

★ 7
The Last Convertible 1979

Dr. Wetherell

★ NR
Old Boyfriends 1979

Dr. Hoffman

★ 5
The Cheap Detective 1978

Jasper Blubber

★ 6.2
Aspen 1977

Joseph Merrill Drummond

★ 6
Washington: Behind Closed Doors 1977

Myron Dunn

★ 7.3
The Displaced Person 1977

Father Flynn

★ 7
Six Characters in Search of An Author 1976

The Director

★ 6
Captains and the Kings 1976

Judge Newell Chisholm

★ 8.3
St. Ives 1976

Abner Procane

★ 5.7
The Adams Chronicles 1976

Justice Gridley

★ 7.2
The Bionic Woman 1976

★ 7
Fear on Trial 1975

Mike Collins

★ 9
Three Days of the Condor 1975

Mr. Wabash

★ 7.3
Beyond the Horizon 1975

Dr. Fawcett

★ NR
Rollerball 1975

Bartholomew

★ 6.3
I'm a Stranger Here Myself 1975

Self

★ 6.4
The Six Million Dollar Man 1974

Doctor Franklin

★ 7.2
The Paper Chase 1973

Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.

★ 6.8
The American Film Institute Salute to ... 1973

Self

★ 6.3
Great Performances 1971

Dr.Fawcett

★ 5.6
Seven Days in May 1964

Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light 1957

Self

★ NR
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Winston S. Churchill

★ 8.6
Too Much Johnson 1938

Duelist

★ 5.3