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John Houseman was a Romanian-born British-American actor and producer who collaborated with Orson Welles and Raymond Chandler. He won an Oscar for The Paper Chase and was involved in the Federal Theatre Project and The Cradle Will Rock.
Sep 18, 2024 · John Houseman was an American stage, film, radio, and television producer who is perhaps best known for his later career as a character actor. As a child, Houseman traveled throughout Europe with his British mother and Alsatian father. He was educated in England and immigrated to the United States
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John Houseman. Actor: The Paper Chase. Academy Award-winning actor John Houseman's main contribution to American culture was not his own performances on film but rather, his role as a midwife to one of the greatest actor-directors-cinematic geniuses his adopted country ever produced (Orson Welles) and as a midwife to a whole generation of actors as head of the drama division of the Juilliard ...
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- September 22, 1902
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- October 31, 1988
In 1986, the John Houseman Theater Center was established as a home for the Acting Company on West 42d Street in New York. Many of the performers were drawn from the Juilliard drama school, which ...
John Houseman. Actor: The Paper Chase. Academy Award-winning actor John Houseman's main contribution to American culture was not his own performances on film but rather, his role as a midwife to one of the greatest actor-directors-cinematic geniuses his adopted country ever produced (Orson Welles) and as a midwife to a whole generation of actors as head of the drama division of the Juilliard ...
John Houseman was a Romanian-born British-American actor and film producer who collaborated with Orson Welles and won an Oscar for The Paper Chase. He also appeared in many films and TV shows, such as Rollerball, The Fog, Scrooged, and The Naked Gun.
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Learn about the life and career of John Houseman, a stage and screen producer, director, and actor. He co-founded the Mercury Theatre with Orson Welles, won an Oscar for The Paper Chase, and appeared in many films and commercials.
