John Houseman is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Editorial Manager British born on 22 september 1902 at Bucharest (Roumanie)
John Houseman
John Houseman participated to
43 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
8 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Actor
, 1h57
Directed by Sydney PollackOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
Spy,
RomanceThemes Assassinat,
Spy films,
Political filmsActors Robert Redford,
Faye Dunaway,
Cliff Robertson,
Max von Sydow,
John Houseman,
Addison PowellRoles Mr. Wabash
Rating73%
Joe Turner (Robert Redford) is a CIA analyst, code name "Condor", who works in a clandestine office in New York City. He reads books, newspapers, and magazines from around the world, looking for hidden meanings and new ideas. As part of his duties, Turner files a report to CIA headquarters on a low-quality thriller novel his office has been reading, pointing out strange plot elements therein, and the unusual assortment of languages into which the book has been translated., 2h
Directed by Norman JewisonOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Social science fiction,
Action,
AdventureThemes Seafaring films,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Films set in the future,
Roller derby,
Political films,
Dystopian filmsActors James Caan,
John Houseman,
Maud Adams,
John Beck,
Moses Gunn,
Ralph RichardsonRoles Bartholomew
Rating64%
The film follows Jonathan E. (James Caan), the veteran star of the Houston rollerball team. By virtue of his stellar performance over the years, Jonathan has become the most recognizable Rollerballer in history; everyone recognizes him on sight. This is problematic for the hegemonic corporations. After another impressive performance in Houston's victory over the Madrid team, Energy Corporation chairman Mr. Bartholomew (John Houseman) announces that the corporation, running out of ways to reward its champion, will feature Jonathan in a "multivision" special devoted to his career.Scriptwriter
, 1h59
Directed by Orson WellesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ComedyThemes Films about journalists,
Films about music and musicians,
HitlerActors Joseph Cotten,
Orson Welles,
Dorothy Comingore,
Everett Sloane,
Ray Collins,
George CoulourisRoles Writer
Rating82%
In a mansion in Xanadu, a vast palatial estate in Florida, the elderly Charles Foster Kane is on his deathbed. Holding a snow globe, he utters a word, "Rosebud", and dies; the globe slips from his hand and smashes on the floor. A newsreel obituary tells the life story of Kane, an enormously wealthy newspaper publisher. Kane's death becomes sensational news around the world, and the newsreel's producer tasks reporter Jerry Thompson with discovering the meaning of "rosebud".Producer
, 2h
Directed by Joseph L. MankiewiczOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Documentary,
Historical,
PeplumThemes Théâtre,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William ShakespeareActors Marlon Brando,
James Mason,
John Gielgud,
Louis Calhern,
Edmond O'Brien,
Greer GarsonRoles Producer
Rating71%
Caius Julius surnommé Caesar, ambitieux leader politique, est déterminé à devenir dictateur. Il est accueilli en triomphe dans Rome lors de la célébration des Lupercales. Les sénateurs (et en particulier Cassius), face à la réaction de la foule, en viennent à le considérer comme une menace pour Rome. Mais la popularité dont jouit César rend difficile tout complot contre lui. Actor
, 1h51
Directed by James BridgesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about educationActors Timothy Bottoms,
Lindsay Wagner,
John Houseman,
James Naughton,
Graham Beckel,
Edward HerrmannRoles Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
Rating71%
James Hart (Timothy Bottoms) starts his first year at Harvard Law School in a very bad way. In his contract law course with Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. (John Houseman), he assumes the first class will be an outline of the course. When Kingsfield immediately delves into the material using the Socratic method and asks Hart the first question, he is totally unprepared and feels so utterly humiliated that, after class, he throws up in the bathroom.Producer
, 1h58
Directed by Vincente Minnelli,
Jerry ThorpeOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about films,
Films about televisionActors Lana Turner,
Kirk Douglas,
Walter Pidgeon,
Dick Powell,
Barry Sullivan,
Gloria GrahameRoles Producer
Rating77%
In Hollywood, screenwriter James Lee Bartlow (Dick Powell), movie star Georgia Lorrison (Lana Turner), and director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan) each refuse to speak by phone to Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) in Paris. Movie producer Harry Pebbel (Walter Pidgeon) gathers them in his office and explains that Shields was calling them because he has a new film idea and he wants the three of them for the project. Shields cannot get financing on his own, but with their names attached, there would be no problem. Pebbel asks the three to allow him to get Shields on the phone before they give their final answer., 2h2
Directed by George Cukor,
Vincente MinnelliOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Musical theatre,
HistoricalThemes Peinture,
Vincent van GoghActors Kirk Douglas,
Anthony Quinn,
James Donald,
Pamela Brown,
Everett Sloane,
Niall MacGinnisRoles Producer
Rating72%
Vincent van Gogh's obsessive devotion to his art engulfs, consumes, and finally destroys him. The apostate religious leaders do not like his zeal for God and they frown on his social activism and care for the poor in a coal mining town. He returns home to his father's house where he is rejected by a woman he obsessively loves, takes up with a prostitute who leaves because he is too poor, and discovers painting, which he pursues while agonizing that his vision exceeds his ability to execute. His brother, Theo van Gogh, provides financial and moral support, while Vincent lives off and on with the critical Paul Gauguin. Vincent begins experiencing hallucinations and seizures and voluntarily commits himself to a mental institution. He signs himself out, and with Theo's help, returns to a rural area to paint, where he ultimately shoots himself in despair of never being able to put what he sees on canvas.Scriptwriter
, 1h32
Directed by Robert StevensonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Films about children,
Children's filmsActors Orson Welles,
Joan Fontaine,
Elizabeth Taylor,
Margaret O'Brien,
Sara Allgood,
Henry DaniellRating74%
Orphaned, unloved, and unwanted ten-year-old Jane Eyre (Peggy Ann Garner) lives with her cruel and selfish, uncaring paternal aunt, Mrs. Reed (Agnes Moorehead) of Gateshead Hall. Jane is ecstatic when Mrs. Reed, eager to be rid of the child, arranges for Jane to be sent to Lowood Institution, a charity boarding school for young girls, run by the disciplinarian Reverend Brocklehurst (Henry Daniell).