John Houseman
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Houseman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Fog (1980)
as Mr. Machen
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
as Driving Instructor (uncredited)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
as Mr. Wabash
Scrooged (1988)
as Self
My Bodyguard (1980)
as Dobbs
The Cheap Detective (1978)
as Jasper Blubber
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
as Mr. Vogel
Another Woman (1988)
as Marion's Father
Seven Days in May (1964)
as Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
Rollerball (1975)
as Bartholomew
Ghost Story (1981)
as Sears James
Old Boyfriends (1979)
as Dr. Hoffman
Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
as Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator
The Paper Chase (1973)
as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
Murder by Phone (1982)
as Stanley Markowitz
A Christmas Without Snow (1980)
as Ephraim Adams
Wholly Moses (1980)
as The Archangel
Truman at Potsdam (1976)
as Winston Churchill
St. Ives (1976)
as Abner Procane
A Rose for Emily (1983)
as Narrator (voice)
The Displaced Person (1977)
as Father Flynn
The Skin of Our Teeth (1983)
as Network Newscaster
The Babysitter (1980)
as Dr. Lindquist
The Cradle Will Rock (1985)
as Self
Fear on Trial (1975)
as Mike Collins
Too Much Johnson (2013)
as Duelist
The New Deal for Artists (1981)
as Self
Beyond the Horizon (1975)
as Dr. Fawcett
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Six Characters in Search of An Author (1976)
as The Director
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' (2002)
as Self (archive)
American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Writing: Plain & Fancy (1981)
as Narrator
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1975)
as Self
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (1984)
Actor
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light (1957)
as Self