Acting
George Houston
Born 1896-01-11 · Hampton, New Jersey, USA · Died 1944-11-12
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).
Known for
Marie Antoinette
Conquest
The Great Waltz
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
The Howards of Virginia
Blockade
Border Roundup
The Lone Rider Fights Back
Captain Calamity
Masks and Memories
Frontier Scout
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
The Lone Rider Ambushed
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
Let's Sing Again
Laughing at Danger
Texas Justice
The Lone Rider Rides On
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
What Price Safety!