John Houseman

John Houseman

ActorProducerWriter
Born
September 22, 1902
Died
October 31, 1988

Academy Award-winning actor John Houseman's main contribution to American culture was not his own performances on film but rather, his role as a midwife to one of the greatest actor-directors-cinematic geniuses his adopted country ever produced (Orson Welles) and as a midwife to a whole generation…

Director

Sorry, Wrong Number(1946)

Actor

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!(1988)as Driving Instructor
Scrooged(1988)as John Houseman
Another Woman(1988)as Marion's Father
Bright Lights, Big City(1988)as Mr. Vogel
Lincoln(1988)as Gen. Winfield Scott

Editorial Department

Citizen Kane(1941)

Script and Continuity Department

The Mercury Theatre on the Air(1938)

Soundtrack

Silver Spoons(1982)
Citizen Kane(1941)

Archive Footage

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story(2024)as Self - Actor and Juilliard Faculty Member
American: An Odyssey to 1947(2022)as Self
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind(2018)as Self - Director, Drama Division Juilliard School
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn(2016)as Self - 1980 Interviewee
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles(2014)as Self

Credit Score: John Houseman

98765
196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989
Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
Tue Oct 16 1973
#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1The Paper Chase487.5019737.2139363
2The Paper Chase13.0019788.1031253
3Rollerball6.5019756.51432233
4Three Days of the Condor3.7519757.40170168
5The Fog3.2519806.80091560
6Scrooged2.5019886.901128941
7The Cheap Detective2.5019786.4006476
8The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!2.0019887.600222068
9Seven Days in May2.0019647.80218924
10Another Woman1.5019887.20016222