John Houseman
Actor
Born September 22, 1902 in Bucharest, Romania
John Houseman (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 1973 film The Paper Chase for which he won a best supporting actor Oscar. He reprised his role as Kingsfield in the subsequent TV 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Houseman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
American: An Odyssey to 1947
Self (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Too Much Johnson
Duelist
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
Self (archive)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Driving Instructor (uncredited)
Scrooged
Self
Another Woman
Marion's Father
Bright Lights, Big City
Mr. Vogel
Lincoln
Gen. Winfield Scott
Noble House
Sir Geoffrey Allison
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Self
227
The Cradle Will Rock
Self
A.D.
Gamaliel
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
A Rose for Emily
Narrator (voice)
The Winds of War
Aaron Jastrow
The Skin of Our Teeth
Network Newscaster
Marco Polo
Patriarca di Aquileia
Murder by Phone
Stanley Markowitz
Silver Spoons
Grandfather Edward Stratton II
American Playhouse
Network Newscaster
Ghost Story
Sears James
Writing: Plain & Fancy
Narrator
The New Deal for Artists
Self
A Christmas Without Snow
Ephraim Adams
The Babysitter
Dr. Lindquist
My Bodyguard
Dobbs
Wholly Moses
The Archangel
Gideon's Trumpet
Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator
The Fog
Mr. Machen
The French Atlantic Affair
Dr. Archady Clemens
The Last Convertible
Dr. Wetherell
Old Boyfriends
Dr. Hoffman
The Paper Chase
Charles Kingsfield
The Cheap Detective
Jasper Blubber
Aspen
Joseph Merrill Drummond
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
Myron Dunn
The Displaced Person
Father Flynn
Six Characters in Search of An Author
The Director
Captains and the Kings
Judge Newell Chisholm
St. Ives
Abner Procane
The Adams Chronicles
Justice Gridley
The Bionic Woman
Fear on Trial
Mike Collins
Three Days of the Condor
Mr. Wabash
Beyond the Horizon
Dr. Fawcett
Rollerball
Bartholomew
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Self
The Six Million Dollar Man
Doctor Franklin
The Paper Chase
Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Great Performances
Dr.Fawcett
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Evening Primrose
This Property Is Condemned
Seven Days in May
Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
The Great Adventure
In the Cool of the Day
Two Weeks in Another Town
All Fall Down
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Nutcracker
Lust for Life
Moonfleet
The Cobweb
Her Twelve Men
Executive Suite
Julius Caesar
The Bad and the Beautiful
Holiday for Sinners
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Winston S. Churchill
On Dangerous Ground
The Company She Keeps
They Live by Night
Letter from an Unknown Woman
The Blue Dahlia
Miss Susie Slagle's
The Unseen
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Jane Eyre