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).
24 movies
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
1942·5.5
Border Roundup
1942·8.0
Texas Justice
1942·9.0
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
1942·8.0
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
1942·5.0
The Lone Rider Fights Back
1941·0.0
The Lone Rider Ambushed
1941·5.0
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
1941·6.5
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
1941·5.0
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
1941·6.5
The Lone Rider Rides On
1941·9.0
The Howards of Virginia
1940·6.8
Laughing at Danger
1940·9.0
The Great Waltz
1938·5.9
Frontier Scout
1938·6.0
Marie Antoinette
1938·6.6
Blockade
1938·5.8
What Price Safety!
1938·7.0
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
1937·5.3
Conquest
1937·6.6
Captain Calamity
1936·3.0
Let's Sing Again
1936·4.1
The Melody Lingers on
1935·0.0
Masks and Memories
1934·8.0