George Houston
Acting Born: 1896-01-11 Hampton, New Jersey, USA
Biography
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).
Movies
Captain Calamity
Marie Antoinette
Conquest
Frontier Scout
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
The Melody Lingers on
The Great Waltz
Blockade
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Border Roundup
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
Texas Justice
The Lone Rider Rides On
Laughing at Danger
The Howards of Virginia
Masks and Memories
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
The Lone Rider Ambushed
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne