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John Houseman

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Biography

Born illegitimately to a Franco-Rumanian father and an Anglo-Welsh mother, John Houseman went to an English public school, gaining the aristocratic manner which never…more

Born

9/22/1902, Bucharest, Romania

Birth Name

Jacques Haussmann

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (3)

Role
- The Paper Chase
  Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr.
  - S 4: Ep 6 Graduation (Part 2)
    8/9/86
  - S 4: Ep 5 Graduation (Part 1)
    8/9/86
  - S 4: Ep 4 Suppressed Desires
    7/15/86
  - S 4: Ep 3 Honor
    7/8/86
  - S 4: Ep 2 Mistaken Identity
    7/1/86
  - + 53 More Credits
- Tales of the Unexpected
  Presenter (1980-1984)
  - S 7: Ep 11 I Like it Here in Wilmington
    11/8/84
  - S 7: Ep 13 The Reconciliation
    9/16/84
  - S 7: Ep 12 Accidental Death
    8/19/84
  - S 7: Ep 10 Bird of Prey
    8/4/84
  - S 7: Ep 9 Sauce for the Goose
    7/21/84
  - + 67 More Credits
- The Winds of War
  Aaron Jastrow
  - S 1: Ep 7 Into the Maelstrom - Part 7
    2/13/83
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Changing of the Guard - Part 6
    2/11/83
  - S 1: Ep 4 Part 4 - Defiance
    2/9/83
  - S 1: Ep 3 Part 3 - Cataclysm
    2/8/83
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Storm Breaks - Warsaw, Poland
    2/7/83
  - + 1 More Credits
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- Silver Spoons
  Grandfather, Edward W. Stratton II
  - S 3: Ep 15 What's Cookin'?
    1/27/85
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Trouble with Grandfather
    1/6/85
  - S 3: Ep 6 I Won't Dance
    11/4/84
  - S 2: Ep 16 A Hunting We Will Go
    2/18/84
  - S 2: Ep 6 Driver Ed
    11/26/83
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Bionic Woman
  Dr. Franklin [in flashback]
  - S 3: Ep 4 Fembots in Las Vegas (2)
    10/1/77
  - S 3: Ep 3 Fembots in Las Vegas (1)
    9/24/77
- The Bionic Woman
  Dr. Franklin
  - S 2: Ep 8 Kill Oscar (3)
    11/3/76
  - S 2: Ep 7 Kill Oscar (2)
    10/31/76
  - S 2: Ep 6 Kill Oscar (1)
    10/27/76
Guest Star (16)

Role
- 227
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 8 See You in Court (a.k.a. They're Playing Our Song)
    11/21/87
- Silver Spoons
  Grandfather, Edward W. Stratton II
  - S 5: Ep 21 Mon Amour
    2/27/87
  - S 4: Ep 11 The Barbarians
    12/8/85
  - S 4: Ep 7 One Strike and You're Out
    11/10/85
  - S 4: Ep 5 The Great Baseball Card Scheme
    10/27/85
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Empire Strikes Out
    2/26/83
- American Playhouse
  Network Newscaster
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Skin of Our Teeth
    1/18/83
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 6 Show #0006
    2/9/82
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Chief Justice/Offscreen Narrator
  - S 29: Ep 3 Gideon's Trumpet
    4/30/80
- The Associates (1979)
  Prof. [Charles W.] Kingsfield [Jr.]
  - S 1: Ep 7 Eliot's Revenge
    3/27/80
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 98 February 5, 1980
    2/5/80
  - S 12: Ep 198 June 5, 1974
    6/5/74
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 75 January 4, 1979
    1/4/79
- The Paper Chase
  Prof. Kingsfield
- The Six Million Dollar Man
  Dr. Franklin
  - S 4: Ep 7 Kill Oscar (2)
    10/31/76
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Winston Churchill
  - S 25: Ep 6 Truman at Potsdam
    4/8/76
- The Bionic Woman
  Dr. Franklin
- Camera Three
  Himself
  - S 20: Ep 44 Shakespeare for Our Day [Part II]
    7/20/75
  - S 17: Ep 40 Radical Theater: Then and Now
    7/9/72
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 46: Ep 1 The 46th Annual Academy Awards
    4/2/74
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 161 May 2, 1972
    5/2/72
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 113 March 9, 1972
    3/9/72
Producer (2)

Role
- ABC Stage 67
  Producer
  - S 1: Ep 9 Evening Primrose
    11/16/66
- Playhouse 90
  Producer
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Return of Ansel Gibbs
    11/27/58

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- John taught acting school at Julliard, and his first graduating class in 1972 included Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone.
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- John parodied actor Sydney Greenstreet in The Cheap Detective (1978).
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- John's first film appearance, in which he played a duellist, as well as acting as producer with Orson Welles on, Too Much Johnson (1938), was contained on only one copy owned by Welles, and was destroyed by a fire at Welles' villa in Madrid, Spain in August, 1970.
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- John produced over 20 films, including The Blue Dahlia (1946, with Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd, and Julius Caesar (1953), with Marlon Brando.
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