George Houston

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).

Known For

Marie Antoinette

Conquest

The Howards of Virginia

The Great Waltz

Blockade

The Melody Lingers on

Border Roundup

Texas Justice

All Movies (24)

• Outlaws of Boulder Pass1942 · as Tom Cameron
• Border Roundup1942 · as Tom Cameron
• Texas Justice1942 · as Tom Cameron
• The Lone Rider in Cheyenne1942 · as Tom Cameron
• The Lone Rider and the Bandit1942 · as Tom Cameron
• The Lone Rider Fights Back1941 · as Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
• The Lone Rider Ambushed1941 · as Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
• The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury1941 · as Tom Cameron
• The Lone Rider in Ghost Town1941 · as Tom Cameron
• The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio1941 · as Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
• The Lone Rider Rides On1941 · as Tom Cameron
• The Howards of Virginia1940 · as George Washington
• Laughing at Danger1940 · as Dan Haggerty
• The Great Waltz1938 · as Schiller
• Frontier Scout1938 · as Wild Bill Hickok
• Marie Antoinette1938 · as Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
• Blockade1938 · as The Troubador
• What Price Safety!1938 · as Foreman Cooper
• Wallaby Jim of the Islands1937 · as Wallaby Jim
• Conquest1937 · as Grand Marshal George Duroc
• Captain Calamity1936 · as (Cap't) Bill Jones
• Let's Sing Again1936 · as Leon Alba
• The Melody Lingers on1935 · as Carlo Salvini
• Masks and Memories1934 · as Uncle Andy