Donald Houston
Donald Daniel Houston (6 November 1923 – 13 October 1991) was a Welsh actor known for a successful career as a character actor in British film and television.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 7.749 |
| Birthday | 1923-11-06 |
| Place of Birth | Clydach Vale, Rhondda, Wales, UK |
| Also Known As | Donald Daniel Houston, |
1981
Clash of the Titans
6.9/770
To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks...
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Clash of the Titans
1970
My Lover, My Son
4.5/9
A woman deals with an unhappy marriage, the death of her lover, and her son's involvement in a crime.
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My Lover, My Son
1968
Where Eagles Dare
7.5/884
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impo...
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Where Eagles Dare
1964
Carry On Jack
5.9/56
Tenth entry in the Carry On series. Able seaman Poop-Decker signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless. Those swabbing t...
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Carry On Jack
1960
A Letter for Wales
6/1
Donald Houston plays a Welshman who tells the story of what it's like to live in small town Wales and how the train service helps.
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A Letter for Wales
1967
The Viking Queen
4.8/17
Set in ancient Britain, at a time when much of Europe was ruled with harsh tyranny by Rome, a tribe of Britons led by Selina, set out to defy the inva...
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The Viking Queen
1973
Tales That Witness Madness
5.6/49
Dr. Tremayne is an enigmatic psychiatrist running an asylum that houses four very special cases. Visited by his colleague Nicholas, Tremayne explains...
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Tales That Witness Madness
1963
Maniac
6.2/34
When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexua...
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Maniac
1958
Room at the Top
6.8/126
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
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Room at the Top
1964
633 Squadron
6.1/60
When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is...
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633 Squadron
1957
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
7.2/10
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batter...
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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1949
A Run for Your Money
5.9/16
Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort...
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A Run for Your Money
1954
Doctor in the House
6.4/27
The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical...
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Doctor in the House
1963
Doctor in Distress
6.2/12
"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and som...
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Doctor in Distress
1962
The 300 Spartans
6.4/134
Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hol...
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The 300 Spartans
1962
The Prince and the Pauper
7.3/33
In the London of 1537, two boys resembling each other exactly meet accidentally and exchange "roles" for a short while. After many adventures, the pri...
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The Prince and the Pauper
1953
The Red Beret
6.6/12
Steve MacKendrick resigns from the US Army after causing the needless death of a fellow officer. Wanting to serve in the war, he enlists as a Canadian...
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The Red Beret
1953
The Large Rope
5.5/6
After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a qui...
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The Large Rope
1952
Crow Hollow
5.8/8
A greedy woman tries to poison her nephew's bride in a dark mansion.
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Crow Hollow
1957
The Girl in the Picture
6.2/5
A crime reporter investigating a murder discovers the case hinges on a mysterious woman he had photographed earlier.
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The Girl in the Picture
1958
The Man Upstairs
6.1/9
The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist w...
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The Man Upstairs
1950
Dance Hall
4.6/5
Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its st...
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Dance Hall
1961
The Mark
6.2/18
A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.
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The Mark
1969
The Bushbaby
6/1
The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must permanently return to England, thus separating her...
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The Bushbaby
1949
The Blue Lagoon
6/12
In the Victorian period, two British children survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they are marooned on a lush tropical island...
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The Blue Lagoon
1956
Doublecross
7/2
A Cornish fisherman becomes involved with Iron Curtain spies.
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Doublecross
1955
The Flaw
5.6/5
A race car driver marries a woman for her money and plans to murder her. An old suitor steps in to help her but the driver takes steps to eliminate th...
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The Flaw
1953
Small Town Story
5.2/6
Canadian ex-serviceman Bob Regan returns to Oldchester, the English town where he was posted during the war. Meeting up with his friend Mike, now mana...
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Small Town Story
1967
What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty?
0/0
Pompous film director David lives a boring life with his children's books writer wife Hilary but also has a glamorous girlfriend, Caroline. When Hilar...
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What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty?
1972
Sunstruck
5.5/2
Stanley Evans, a Welsh schoolteacher, decides to emigrate to Australia for a better life but ends up working in a school in the dead-end town of Kooka...
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Sunstruck
1965
Thirteen to Centaurus
7/1
Interstellar travel at sub-light speeds: the enormous distances, isolation from human culture and the aching loneliness of space are enough to drive t...
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Thirteen to Centaurus
1962
The Longest Day
7.6/941
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the d...
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The Longest Day
1954
The Happiness of Three Women
5.7/3
Three women staying at a remote Welsh inn toss coins into a well wishing to improve their miserable lives. Along comes postman Evans (who also wrote t...
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The Happiness of Three Women
1956
Find the Lady
3.5/2
During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.
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Find the Lady
1980
The Sea Wolves
5.8/87
A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to un...
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The Sea Wolves
1954
Devil's Point
0/0
A Thames River barge operator finds a mysterious package dropped by smugglers.
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Devil's Point
1962
Twice Round the Daffodils
6.6/6
Twice Round the Daffodils is a 1962 British comedy drama film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston, Kenn...
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Twice Round the Daffodils
1952
My Death Is a Mockery
5/2
A fisherman cannot make a decent living from his trawler so he decides to turn his hand to smuggling.
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My Death Is a Mockery
1957
The Surgeon's Knife
0/0
A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable circumstances.
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The Surgeon's Knife
1965
A Study in Terror
6.3/64
When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediate...
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A Study in Terror
1976
Voyage of the Damned
5.9/67
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
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Voyage of the Damned
1959
Danger Within
6.2/16
Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers find their plans for escape thwarted by a mysteriou...
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Danger Within
1983
The Secret Adversary
6.8/8
After a chance meeting and an indiscreet conversation, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley become involved in a convoluted intrigue...
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The Secret Adversary
1957
Every Valley
7/1
A look at the transport system in the South Wales Valleys and how it effects peoples livelihoods and everyday lives.
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Every Valley
1958
A Question of Adultery
4/2
Mark Loring is madly jealous of his wife, Mary, former American cabaret singer. Due to an automobile accident, she loses her unborn child, and Mark be...
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