George Houston Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

George Houston

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 Movies

Acting

Conquest movie poster
MOVIE

Conquest

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Conquest
Grand Marshal George Duroc
The Howards of Virginia movie poster
MOVIE

The Howards of Virginia

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The Howards of Virginia
George Washington
Frontier Scout movie poster
MOVIE

Frontier Scout

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Frontier Scout
Wild Bill Hickok
What Price Safety! movie poster
MOVIE

What Price Safety!

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What Price Safety!
Foreman Cooper
Let's Sing Again movie poster
MOVIE

Let's Sing Again

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Let's Sing Again
Leon Alba
Captain Calamity movie poster
MOVIE

Captain Calamity

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Captain Calamity
(Cap't) Bill Jones
The Lone Rider and the Bandit movie poster
MOVIE

The Lone Rider and the Bandit

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The Lone Rider and the Bandit
Tom Cameron
Wallaby Jim of the Islands movie poster
MOVIE

Wallaby Jim of the Islands

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Wallaby Jim of the Islands
Wallaby Jim
Blockade movie poster
MOVIE

Blockade

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Blockade
The Troubador
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury movie poster
MOVIE

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

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The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Tom Cameron

Gallery

George Houston portrait
George Houston portrait