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Jim Houghton is a Actor American born on 7 november 1948
James "Jim" Houghton (born November 7, 1948) is an American actor and writer.
Houghton was an original castmember of the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, in which he played Greg Foster. His most prominent role is that of Kenny Ward on the long-running prime time soap opera Knots Landing, which he played from 1979-83. In more recent years, Houghton has become a soap opera scriptwriter, working on The Young and the Restless and also The Bold and the Beautiful.
Although not as prolific as his television work, Houghton has also appeared in films. These include roles in Sweet Sugar (1972), One on One (1977), I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), More American Graffiti (1979), the cult horror film Superstition (1982) and Purple People Eater (1988).
Houghton is the son of Twilight Zone producer Buck Houghton, and his sister, Mona Houghton, is also a television writer. James and Mona collaborated on three of the scripts for Knots Landing in 1982.
Houghton is seen on the cover of the Warren Zevon album, "The Envoy".
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Jim Houghton
Nationality USA
Birth 7 november 1948 (75 years)
Awards Daytime Emmy Award, Writers Guild of America Award
Birth 7 november 1948 (75 years)
Awards Daytime Emmy Award, Writers Guild of America Award
James "Jim" Houghton (born November 7, 1948) is an American actor and writer.
Houghton was an original castmember of the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, in which he played Greg Foster. His most prominent role is that of Kenny Ward on the long-running prime time soap opera Knots Landing, which he played from 1979-83. In more recent years, Houghton has become a soap opera scriptwriter, working on The Young and the Restless and also The Bold and the Beautiful.
Although not as prolific as his television work, Houghton has also appeared in films. These include roles in Sweet Sugar (1972), One on One (1977), I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), More American Graffiti (1979), the cult horror film Superstition (1982) and Purple People Eater (1988).
Houghton is the son of Twilight Zone producer Buck Houghton, and his sister, Mona Houghton, is also a television writer. James and Mona collaborated on three of the scripts for Knots Landing in 1982.
Houghton is seen on the cover of the Warren Zevon album, "The Envoy".
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Purple People Eater (1988)
, 1h30Directed by Linda Shayne
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Neil Patrick Harris, Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Thora Birch, Dustin Diamond, Peggy Lipton
Roles Dad
Rating45%
When young Billy Johnson (Neil Patrick Harris) plays the novelty song, a flying purple one-eyed one-horned alien from outer space appears and helps him prevent an elderly couple (Ned Beatty and Shelley Winters) from being evicted by their greedy landlord while joining a rock n' roll band.
Superstition (1982)
, 1h25Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Jim Houghton, Albert Salmi, Stacy Keach, Lynn Carlin, Billy Jayne, Jacquelyn Hyde
Roles Reverend David Thompson
Rating57%
Two young men are murdered in an abandoned house after playing a prank on a young couple outside in their car.
More American Graffiti (1979)
, 1h50Directed by George Lucas, Bill L. Norton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Political films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith
Roles Sinclair
Rating53%
The film, set over the course of four consecutive New Year's Eves from 1964 to 1967, depicts scenes from each of these years, intertwined with one another as though events happen simultaneously. The audience is protected from confusion by the use of a distinct cinematic style for each section. For example, the 1966 sequences echo the movie of Woodstock using split screens and multiple angles of the same event simultaneously on screen, the 1965 sequences (set in Vietnam) shot hand-held on grainy super 16 mm film designed to resemble war reporters' footage. The film attempts to memorialize the 1960s with sequences that recreate the sense and style of those days with references to Haight-Ashbury, the campus peace movement, the beginnings of the modern woman's liberation movement and the accompanying social revolt. One character burned his draft card, showing a younger audience what so many Americans had done on the television news ten years before the movie's release. Other characters are shown frantically disposing of their marijuana before a traffic stop as a police officer pulls them over, and another scene shows the police brutality with billy clubs during an anti-Vietnam protest.
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
, 1h44Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Theresa Saldana, Wendie Jo Sperber, Eddie Deezen
Roles Eddie
Rating67%
Ed Sullivan prepares the ushers for the Beatles' performance on his show. In Maplewood, New Jersey, Rosie and Pam visit the record shop. Janis, the owner’s daughter hates the Beatles. Grace wants to rent a limo, so they can pull up to the Beatles hotel, and get exclusive photos of the band. The girls recruit shy Larry DuBois, the local undertaker’s son as he has access to limos. They leave for New York City and on the way pick up Tony a brash, streetwise guy. After driving all night, they arrive in New York early on the morning of February 9, 1964. When they pull up at the hotel, Grace, Rosie and Pam sneak in, while Larry pulls the limo with Tony and Janis in it to the side of the building. Once inside, Grace and Rosie sneak into a service elevator, while Pam is left in the basement in a storage closet. Pam (who was they only one not really interested in seeing the Beatles, as she is engaged) sees them leave the hotel as they go to rehearse. Meanwhile, Grace gets off on the 11th floor. Rosie rides up to the 12th, where the Beatles’ room is located. She is caught, escapes and meets Richard Klaus, a fellow Beatles fan who is hiding out in a room in the hotel. Pam hides in a food cart and is taken to the Beatles’ room, where she handles all their stuff and hides under John’s bed. Grace is caught too, so she goes to the CBS studio, where a guard tells her that for 50 dollars he will let her in backstage while the show is on. Richard and Rosie are tossed from the hotel. Janis meet Peter, a kid whose dad will give him three tickets to The Ed Sullivan Show if he will get his Beatles style hair cut into a crew cut. She recruits Tony to steal the dad’s wallet and get the tickets. Larry asks Grace to the Valentine’s Day dance at school, but she brushes him off.
One on One (1977)
, 1h38Directed by Lamont Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Annette O'Toole, Robby Benson, G. D. Spradlin, Lamont Johnson, Melanie Griffith, Gail Strickland
Rating64%
Henry Steele (Robby Benson), a naive high school basketball star from a small town in Colorado, wins a college scholarship to Western University in Los Angeles. Talented but with a tendency to show off, Henry must overcome the pressures of bullying from his team members and a confrontation with a mean-spirited coach (G.D. Spradlin).
Sweet Sugar (1972)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Phyllis Davis, Timothy Brown, Cliff Osmond, Jim Houghton
Roles Rick
Rating52%