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).

Movies & TV Shows

1. Marie Antoinette (1938) — Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
2. Conquest (1937) — Grand Marshal George Duroc
3. The Great Waltz (1938) — Schiller
4. The Howards of Virginia (1940) — George Washington
5. Blockade (1938) — The Troubador
6. Let's Sing Again (1936) — Leon Alba
7. Captain Calamity (1936) — (Cap't) Bill Jones
8. What Price Safety! (1938) — Foreman Cooper
9. The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941) — Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
10. Frontier Scout (1938) — Wild Bill Hickok
11. The Lone Rider and the Bandit (1942) — Tom Cameron
12. Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937) — Wallaby Jim
13. The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941) — Tom Cameron
14. Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942) — Tom Cameron
15. Masks and Memories (1934) — Uncle Andy
16. The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio (1941) — Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
17. Laughing at Danger (1940) — Dan Haggerty
18. The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941) — Tom Cameron
19. Border Roundup (1942) — Tom Cameron
20. Texas Justice (1942) — Tom Cameron
21. The Lone Rider in Cheyenne (1942) — Tom Cameron
22. The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) — Tom Cameron
23. The Lone Rider Fights Back (1941) — Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
24. The Melody Lingers on (1935) — Carlo Salvini