George Houston

Born: 1896-01-11

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).


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Marie Antoinette

as Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
Released: 1938-08-26

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of...

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Conquest

as Grand Marshal George Duroc
Released: 1937-10-22

A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the...

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The Great Waltz

as Schiller
Released: 1938-11-04

Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.

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Blockade

as The Troubador
Released: 1938-06-17

A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War....

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The Howards of Virginia

as George Washington
Released: 1940-09-19

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she...

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The Lone Rider in Ghost Town

as Tom Cameron
Released: 1941-05-16

Tom and Fuzzy investigate a ghost town which, in this case, is supposedly haunted by real...

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Outlaws of Boulder Pass

as Tom Cameron
Released: 1942-11-28

Harkness controls Boulder Pass and his men are overcharging the ranches for its usage. When Tom...

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Texas Justice

as Tom Cameron
Released: 1942-06-05

Tom Cameron and Fuzzy Q. Jones come to the aid of their old friend Smoky, who is having trouble...

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The Lone Rider Ambushed

as Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
Released: 1941-08-29

The Lone Rider Tom assumes a former outlaw's identity (Keno) to learn where the gold from his...

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Let's Sing Again

as Leon Alba
Released: 1936-05-07

An orphan (Eight-year-old boy soprano Bobby Breen) gets a chance to sing opera in New York.

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The Lone Rider and the Bandit

as Tom Cameron
Released: 1942-01-16

A singing cowboy and his sidekick rescue miners from a bad deal.

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Border Roundup

as Tom Cameron
Released: 1942-09-18

In this " Lone Rider" B-Western series entry, Tom Cameron and his pal Fuzzy Jones are deputy...

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Frontier Scout

as Wild Bill Hickok
Released: 1938-09-16

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant has a job for Wild Bill Hickok (George Houston) and his sidekick (Al St....

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The Lone Rider Rides On

as Tom Cameron
Released: 1941-01-10

Tom Cameron is searching for the outlaws who ambushed a wagon train, murdered his parents and...

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The Lone Rider Fights Back

as Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
Released: 1941-12-17

Opera star-cum-cowboy hero George Houston stars in PRC's The Lone Rider Fights Back....

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Laughing at Danger

as Dan Haggerty
Released: 1940-08-12

Frankie Kelly, pageboy at the beauty salon ran by Madam Celeste, and his helper Jefferson find...

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The Lone Rider in Cheyenne

as Tom Cameron
Released: 1942-03-20

Tom Cameron must prove himself innocent after he is wrongfully charged with the murder of a...

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Wallaby Jim of the Islands

as Wallaby Jim
Released: 1937-12-17

Wallaby Jim and his men have just found a valuable source of pearls in the South Pacific. But...

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The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio

as Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
Released: 1941-02-28

Tom Cameron, aka the Lone Rider, and his faithful sidekick, Fuzzy Jones, flee across the Rio...

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Captain Calamity

as (Cap't) Bill Jones
Released: 1936-11-28

A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.

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The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

as Tom Cameron
Released: 1941-08-08

A honest cowboy is falsely accused of the murder of a rancher.

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What Price Safety!

as Foreman Cooper
Released: 1938-02-05

Racketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and...

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Masks and Memories

as Uncle Andy
Released: 1934-05-12

In this musical short, three individuals try to entice a reclusive uncle to join the festivities...

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