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.
36 movies · 25 shows
American: An Odyssey to 1947
2022·0.0
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014·6.5
Too Much Johnson
2013·5.4
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
2002·6.3
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988·7.3
Scrooged
1988·6.8
Another Woman
1988·6.8
Bright Lights, Big City
1988·5.7
The Cradle Will Rock
1985·0.0
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
1984·5.4
A Rose for Emily
1983·6.5
The Skin of Our Teeth
1983·10.0
Murder by Phone
1982·5.4
Ghost Story
1981·6.0
Writing: Plain & Fancy
1981·0.0
The New Deal for Artists
1981·0.0
A Christmas Without Snow
1980·5.7
The Babysitter
1980·5.7
My Bodyguard
1980·6.4
Wholly Moses
1980·4.8
Gideon's Trumpet
1980·6.4
The Fog
1980·6.7
Old Boyfriends
1979·5.1
The Cheap Detective
1978·6.4
The Displaced Person
1977·7.0
Six Characters in Search of An Author
1976·6.5
Truman at Potsdam
1976·8.0
St. Ives
1976·5.8
Fear on Trial
1975·9.0
Three Days of the Condor
1975·7.3
Beyond the Horizon
1975·10.0
Rollerball
1975·6.3
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975·6.7
The Paper Chase
1973·6.8
Seven Days in May
1964·7.4
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
1957·7.0