Cast & creator
John Houseman
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, Great Performances, Great Performances
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.
64
film credits
30
television credits
67
1943–2022 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (94)
Showing 94 of 94 credits
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Great Performances
Dr.Fawcett
1971Great Performances
Self
1971
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
The South Bank Show
1978
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
American Playhouse
Network Newscaster
1982
The Six Million Dollar Man
Doctor Franklin
1974Film '72
Self
1971
The Bionic Woman
1976
227
1985
The Adams Chronicles
Justice Gridley
1976
Silver Spoons
Grandfather Edward Stratton II
1982
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Driving Instructor (uncredited)
1988
The Great Adventure
Producer
1963
The Paper Chase
Charles Kingsfield
1978
The Winds of War
Aaron Jastrow
1983
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Marco Polo
Patriarca di Aquileia
1982
Captains and the Kings
Judge Newell Chisholm
1976Fireside Theater
Producer
1949
The French Atlantic Affair
Dr. Archady Clemens
1979
A.D.
Gamaliel
1985
Scrooged
Self
1988
Three Days of the Condor
Mr. Wabash
1975
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Winston S. Churchill
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Chief Justice
1951
The Fog
Mr. Machen
1980
Noble House
Sir Geoffrey Allison
1988
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
Myron Dunn
1977
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Self
1987
The Last Convertible
Dr. Wetherell
1979Olympic Gala
1984
Ghost Story
Sears James
1981
Rollerball
Bartholomew
1975
Seven Days in May
Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)
1964
Jane Eyre
Screenplay
1943
The Cheap Detective
Jasper Blubber
1978
Julius Caesar
Producer
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
Producer
1952
They Live by Night
Producer
1949
My Bodyguard
Dobbs
1980
Another Woman
Marion's Father
1988
Bright Lights, Big City
Mr. Vogel
1988
This Property Is Condemned
Producer
1966
Aspen
Joseph Merrill Drummond
1977
Lust for Life
Producer
1956
Lincoln
Gen. Winfield Scott
1988
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Producer
1948
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
Murder by Phone
Stanley Markowitz
1982
Executive Suite
Producer
1954
The Paper Chase
Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
1973
On Dangerous Ground
Producer
1951
The Blue Dahlia
Producer
1946
The Cobweb
Producer
1955
Two Weeks in Another Town
Producer
1962
St. Ives
Abner Procane
1976
Gideon's Trumpet
Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator
1980Gideon's Trumpet
Executive Producer
1980
Old Boyfriends
Dr. Hoffman
1979
Miss Susie Slagle's
Associate Producer
1946
The Company She Keeps
Producer
1951
Les messages de Fritz Lang
Himself
2003
Moonfleet
Producer
1955
Her Twelve Men
Producer
1954
The New Deal for Artists
Self
1981
Wholly Moses
The Archangel
1980
Evening Primrose
Executive Producer
1966
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
Self (archive)
2002
The Unseen
Associate Producer
1945
A Rose for Emily
Narrator (voice)
1983
A Christmas Without Snow
Ephraim Adams
1980
The Skin of Our Teeth
Network Newscaster
1983
Too Much Johnson
Duelist (uncredited)
2013Too Much Johnson
Producer
2013
The Cradle Will Rock
Self
1985
American: An Odyssey to 1947
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Babysitter
Dr. Lindquist
1980
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Self
1975
Holiday for Sinners
Producer
1952
All Fall Down
Producer
1962
In the Cool of the Day
Producer
1963
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Self - Host
1980Truman at Potsdam
Winston Churchill
1976Choices of the Heart
Executive Producer
1983Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
Self
1957
The Displaced Person
Father Flynn
1977
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
1984
Fear on Trial
Mike Collins
1975
Beyond the Horizon
Dr. Fawcett
1975
The Nutcracker
Producer
1958
Six Characters in Search of An Author
The Director
1976
Writing: Plain & Fancy
Narrator
1981