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Aliases: George Fleming Houston , George Byron , George F. Houston
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Hampton, New Jersey, USA
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Movie Involvements: 21
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
Marie Antoinette
(1938) Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)Conquest
(1937) Grand Marshal George DurocThe Great Waltz
(1938) SchillerBlockade
(1938) The TroubadorThe Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
(1941) Tom CameronThe Lone Rider in Ghost Town
(1941) Tom CameronThe Howards of Virginia
(1940) George WashingtonOutlaws of Boulder Pass
(1942) Tom CameronActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1942 | Tom Cameron | |
Tom Cameron | ||
Tom Cameron | ||
Tom Cameron | ||
Tom Cameron | ||
1941 | Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider | |
Tom Cameron / Keno Harris | ||
Tom Cameron | ||
Tom Cameron | ||
Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider | ||
Tom Cameron | ||
1940 | George Washington | |
Dan Haggerty | ||
1938 | Schiller | |
Wild Bill Hickok | ||
Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited) | ||
The Troubador | ||
Foreman Cooper | ||
1937 | Wallaby Jim | |
Grand Marshal George Duroc | ||
1936 | (Cap't) Bill Jones | |
Leon Alba | ||
1934 | Uncle Andy | |
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