George Houston
Acting
Born: 1896-01-11 in Hampton, New Jersey, USA
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).
Known For
Marie Antoinette
Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
Border Roundup
Tom Cameron
The Great Waltz
Schiller
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
Tom Cameron
Texas Justice
Tom Cameron
Conquest
Grand Marshal George Duroc
The Howards of Virginia
George Washington
Blockade
The Troubador
The Lone Rider Ambushed
Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider Rides On
Tom Cameron
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
Wallaby Jim
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
Tom Cameron
Frontier Scout
Wild Bill Hickok
The Melody Lingers on
Carlo Salvini
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider Fights Back
Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
Masks and Memories
Uncle Andy
Let's Sing Again
Leon Alba
Laughing at Danger
Dan Haggerty
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
Tom Cameron
What Price Safety!
Foreman Cooper
Captain Calamity
(Cap't) Bill Jones
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider