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George Houston

George Houston

Birthday: 1896-01-11 | Place of Birth: Hampton, New Jersey, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1942
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne

as    Tom Cameron

1942
Texas Justice

as    Tom Cameron

1942
Outlaws of Boulder Pass

as    Tom Cameron

1942
The Lone Rider and the Bandit

as    Tom Cameron

1941
1941
The Lone Rider Rides On

as    Tom Cameron

1941
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

as    Tom Cameron

1941
The Lone Rider Fights Back

as    Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider

1941
The Lone Rider Ambushed

as    Tom Cameron / Keno Harris

1941
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio

as    Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider

1940
Laughing at Danger

as    Dan Haggerty

1938
The Great Waltz

as    Schiller

1938
Frontier Scout

as    Wild Bill Hickok

1937
Wallaby Jim of the Islands

as    Wallaby Jim

1936
Captain Calamity

as    (Cap't) Bill Jones

1936
Let's Sing Again

as    Leon Alba

1934
Masks and Memories

as    Uncle Andy