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).
Top Filmography
Marie Antoinette
1938 // MOVIE
Conquest
1937 // MOVIE
The Great Waltz
1938 // MOVIE
Blockade
1938 // MOVIE
The Howards of Virginia
1940 // MOVIE
Let's Sing Again
1936 // MOVIE
Captain Calamity
1936 // MOVIE
The Lone Rider Ambushed
1941 // MOVIE
Frontier Scout
1938 // MOVIE
What Price Safety!
1938 // MOVIE
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
1942 // MOVIE
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
1937 // MOVIE
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
1941 // MOVIE
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
1942 // MOVIE
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
1941 // MOVIE