
John Houseman
Acting
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.

American: An Odyssey to 1947
Self (archive footage)

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actor (archive footage)

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

The Cradle Will Rock
Self

The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War

A Rose for Emily
Narrator (voice)

The Skin of Our Teeth
Network Newscaster

Murder by Phone
Stanley Markowitz

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

Old Boyfriends
Dr. Hoffman

The Cheap Detective
Jasper Blubber

The Displaced Person
Father Flynn

Six Characters in Search of An Author
The Director
Truman at Potsdam
Winston Churchill

St. Ives
Abner Procane

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 Paper Chase
Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.

Seven Days in May
Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
Self

Too Much Johnson
Duelist







