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 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
The Fog (1980)
as Mr. Machen
Seven Days in May (1964)
as Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
Another Woman (1988)
as Marion's Father
Ghost Story (1981)
as Sears James
Olympic Gala (1984)
Actor
Rollerball (1975)
as Bartholomew
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
as Mr. Vogel
My Bodyguard (1980)
as Dobbs
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Murder by Phone (1982)
as Stanley Markowitz
The Cheap Detective (1978)
as Jasper Blubber
The Paper Chase (1973)
as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
Les messages de Fritz Lang (2003)
as Himself
Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
as Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator
Old Boyfriends (1979)
as Dr. Hoffman
St. Ives (1976)
as Abner Procane
Wholly Moses (1980)
as The Archangel
The New Deal for Artists (1981)
as Self
A Christmas Without Snow (1980)
as Ephraim Adams
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' (2002)
as Self (archive)
American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1980)
as Self - Host
The Cradle Will Rock (1985)
as Self
A Rose for Emily (1983)
as Narrator (voice)
The Skin of Our Teeth (1983)
as Network Newscaster
The Babysitter (1980)
as Dr. Lindquist
Too Much Johnson (2013)
as Duelist (uncredited)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1975)
as Self
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light (1957)
as Self
Fear on Trial (1975)
as Mike Collins
The Displaced Person (1977)
as Father Flynn
Truman at Potsdam (1976)
as Winston Churchill
Beyond the Horizon (1975)
as Dr. Fawcett
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (1984)
Actor
Writing: Plain & Fancy (1981)
as Narrator
Six Characters in Search of An Author (1976)
as The Director