George Houston
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Film
Marie Antoinette
Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
1938
Film
Texas Justice
Tom Cameron
1942
Film
Border Roundup
Tom Cameron
1942
Film
The Great Waltz
Schiller
1938
Film
The Howards of Virginia
George Washington
1940
Film
Conquest
Grand Marshal George Duroc
1937
Film
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
Wallaby Jim
1937
Film
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Tom Cameron
1941
Film
Blockade
The Troubador
1938
Film
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
Tom Cameron
1942
Film
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
Tom Cameron
1941
Film
What Price Safety!
Foreman Cooper
1938
Film
The Melody Lingers on
Carlo Salvini
1935
Film
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
Tom Cameron
1942
Film
The Lone Rider Ambushed
Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
1941
Film
The Lone Rider Rides On
Tom Cameron
1941
Film
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
Tom Cameron
1942
Film
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
1941
Film
Let's Sing Again
Leon Alba
1936
Film
Frontier Scout
Wild Bill Hickok
1938
Film
The Lone Rider Fights Back
Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
1941
Film
Laughing at Danger
Dan Haggerty
1940
Film
Masks and Memories
Uncle Andy
1934
Film
Captain Calamity
(Cap't) Bill Jones
1936