George Houston
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).
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- Born:
- Jan 11, 1896 In Hampton, New Jersey, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 23
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Masks and Memories 1934-05-12
- Latest Project:
- Movie Outlaws of Boulder Pass 1942-11-28
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Outlaws of Boulder Pass | Tom Cameron | 1942-11-28 |
| Movie | The Lone Rider and the Bandit | Tom Cameron | 1942-01-16 |
| Movie | The Lone Rider in Cheyenne | Tom Cameron | 1942-03-20 |
| Movie | Texas Justice | Tom Cameron | 1942-06-05 |
| Movie | Border Roundup | Tom Cameron | 1942-09-18 |
| Movie | The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio | Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider | 1941-02-28 |
| Movie | The Lone Rider Rides On | Tom Cameron | 1941-01-10 |
| Movie | The Lone Rider in Ghost Town | Tom Cameron | 1941-05-16 |
| Movie | The Lone Rider Fights Back | Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider | 1941-12-17 |
| Movie | The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury | Tom Cameron | 1941-08-08 |
| Movie | The Lone Rider Ambushed | Tom Cameron / Keno Harris | 1941-08-29 |
| Movie | Laughing at Danger | Dan Haggerty | 1940-08-12 |
| Movie | The Howards of Virginia | George Washington | 1940-09-19 |
| Movie | The Great Waltz | Schiller | 1938-11-04 |
| Movie | Blockade | The Troubador | 1938-06-17 |
| Movie | What Price Safety! | Foreman Cooper | 1938-02-05 |
| Movie | Frontier Scout | Wild Bill Hickok | 1938-09-16 |
| Movie | Marie Antoinette | Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 |
| Movie | Conquest | Grand Marshal George Duroc | 1937-10-22 |
| Movie | Wallaby Jim of the Islands | Wallaby Jim | 1937-12-17 |
| Movie | Let's Sing Again | Leon Alba | 1936-05-07 |
| Movie | Captain Calamity | (Cap't) Bill Jones | 1936-11-28 |
| Movie | Masks and Memories | Uncle Andy | 1934-05-12 |