
George Houston
Known for: Acting
Born: January 11, 1896
Died: November 12, 1944
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 sh…
Known for

Frontier Scout
1938

Captain Calamity
1936

The Lone Rider and the Bandit
1942

Wallaby Jim of the Islands
1937

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
1941

Outlaws of Boulder Pass
1942

The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
1941

The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
1941

Border Roundup
1942

Texas Justice
1942

The Lone Rider Ambushed
1941

The Lone Rider Fights Back
1941

The Lone Rider Rides On
1941

The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
1942

What Price Safety!
1938

The Melody Lingers on
1935

Let's Sing Again
1936

Laughing at Danger
1940

Masks and Memories
1934

The Great Waltz
1938

Conquest
1937

The Howards of Virginia
1940

Blockade
1938

Marie Antoinette
1938