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 24

Movies (24)

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