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John Houseman is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Editorial Manager British born on 22 september 1902 at Bucharest (Roumanie)

John Houseman

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Birth name Jacques Haussmann
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 22 september 1902 at Bucharest (Roumanie)
Death 31 october 1988 (at 86 years) at Malibu (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann; 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 film The Paper Chase (1973), for which he won a best supporting actor Oscar. He reprised his role as Kingsfield in the subsequent television 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.

Biography

Houseman was born in Bucharest, Romania on September 22, 1902, the son of May (née Davies) and Georges Haussmann, who ran a grain business. His mother was British, from a Christian family of Welsh and Irish descent. His father was an Alsatian-born Jew. He was educated in England at Clifton College, became a British subject, and worked in the grain trade in London before emigrating to the United States in 1925, where he took the stage name of John Houseman. He became a United States citizen in 1943. Houseman died at age 86 of spinal cancer on October 31, 1988 at his home in Malibu, California.

Best films

Three Days of the Condor

(1975)
(Actor)

(1975)
(Actor)

(1941)
(Writer)

(1953)
(Producer)

(1973)
(Actor)

The Bad and the Beautiful

(1953)
(Producer)

Usually with

Orson Welles
(4 films)

John Berry
(3 films)

William J. Tuttle
(9 films)

Richard Wilson
(3 films)

Cedric Gibbons
(8 films)

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Houseman (43 films)

Display filmography as detailed form

Year	Name	Job	Roles
2015	Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles	Actor	Self - Actor (archive footage)
1988	Scrooged	Actor	Self
1988	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	Actor	Driving Instructor (uncredited)
1988	Another Woman	Actor	Marion's Father
1988	Bright Lights, Big City	Actor	Mr. Vogel
1985	A.D. (miniseries)	Actor	Gamaliel
1983	Choices of the Heart	Executive Producer
1981	Ghost Story	Actor	Sears James
1980	The Fog	Actor	Mr. Machen
1980	My Bodyguard	Actor	Dobbs
1980	Wholly Moses	Actor	The Archangel
1980	A Christmas Without Snow	Actor	Ephraim Adams
1980	The Babysitter	Actor	Dr. Lindquist
1979	Old Boyfriends	Actor	Dr. Hoffman
1978	The Cheap Detective	Actor	Jasper Blubber
1976	St. Ives	Actor	Abner Procane
1975	Rollerball	Actor	Bartholomew
1975	Three Days of the Condor	Actor	Mr. Wabash
1973	The Paper Chase	Actor	Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
1966	This Property Is Condemned	Producer
1964	Seven Days in May	Actor	Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
1963	In the Cool of the Day	Producer
1962	All Fall Down	Producer
1962	Two Weeks in Another Town	Producer
1956	Lust for Life	Producer
1955	The Cobweb	Producer
1955	Moonfleet	Producer
1954	Her Twelve Men	Producer
1954	Executive Suite	Producer
1953	The Bad and the Beautiful	Producer
1953	Julius Caesar	Producer
1952	Holiday for Sinners	Producer
1951	On Dangerous Ground	Producer
1951	The Company She Keeps	Producer
1948	They Live by Night	Producer
1948	Letter from an Unknown Woman	Producer
1946	The Blue Dahlia	Producer
1946	Miss Susie Slagle's	Associate Producer
1945	Tuesday in November	Director
1945	The Unseen	Associate Producer
1943	Jane Eyre	Scriptwriter
1941	Citizen Kane	Writer, Editorial Manager
1938	Too Much Johnson	Actor, Producer	Duelist