George Houston
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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.842 |
| Birthday | 1896-01-11 |
| Place of Birth | Hampton, New Jersey, USA |
| Also Known As | George Fleming Houston, George Byron, George F. Houston, |
1937
Conquest
6.7/18
A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence h...
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Conquest
1940
The Howards of Virginia
6.333/9
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the...
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The Howards of Virginia
1938
Frontier Scout
4.5/2
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant has a job for Wild Bill Hickok (George Houston) and his sidekick (Al St. John).
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Frontier Scout
1938
What Price Safety!
0/0
Racketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.
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What Price Safety!
1936
Let's Sing Again
3.2/6
An orphan (Eight-year-old boy soprano Bobby Breen) gets a chance to sing opera in New York.
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Let's Sing Again
1936
Captain Calamity
3/3
A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.
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Captain Calamity
1937
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
5/1
Wallaby Jim and his men have just found a valuable source of pearls in the South Pacific. But Jim's associate Norman has put the whole operation in je...
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Wallaby Jim of the Islands
1942
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
4/2
A singing cowboy and his sidekick rescue miners from a bad deal.
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The Lone Rider and the Bandit
1938
Blockade
5.6/9
A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with a Russian girl whose f...
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Blockade
1938
The Great Waltz
5.5/13
Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.
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The Great Waltz
1941
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
5/1
A honest cowboy is falsely accused of the murder of a rancher.
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The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
1934
Masks and Memories
0/0
In this musical short, three individuals try to entice a reclusive uncle to join the festivities during Mardi Gras.
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Masks and Memories
1941
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
5/1
Tom Cameron, aka the Lone Rider, and his faithful sidekick, Fuzzy Jones, flee across the Rio Grande to avoid assassination by crooked lawman Deputy Ha...
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The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
1942
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
4/1
Harkness controls Boulder Pass and his men are overcharging the ranches for its usage. When Tom Cameron steps in to rob the tollgate keepers and retur...
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Outlaws of Boulder Pass
1940
Laughing at Danger
0/0
Frankie Kelly, pageboy at the beauty salon ran by Madam Celeste, and his helper Jefferson find the routine broken when the body of one of the operator...
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Laughing at Danger
1941
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
5/1
Tom and Fuzzy investigate a ghost town which, in this case, is supposedly haunted by real ghosts. The town is an outlaw gang's hideout, and they scare...
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The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
1942
Border Roundup
0/0
In this " Lone Rider" B-Western series entry, Tom Cameron and his pal Fuzzy Jones are deputy sheriffs helping their friend Sheriff Smoky Moore rid the...
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Border Roundup
1941
The Lone Rider Rides On
0/0
Tom Cameron is searching for the outlaws who ambushed a wagon train, murdered his parents and stole the deed to their land. Though he was only a child...
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The Lone Rider Rides On
1941
The Lone Rider Fights Back
0/0
Opera star-cum-cowboy hero George Houston stars in PRC's The Lone Rider Fights Back. Appropriately enough, Houston disguises himself as a musician to...
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The Lone Rider Fights Back
1941
The Lone Rider Ambushed
3.5/2
The Lone Rider Tom assumes a former outlaw's identity (Keno) to learn where the gold from his last big heist is hidden. He tries to get the info from...
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The Lone Rider Ambushed
1942
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
0/0
Tom Cameron must prove himself innocent after he is wrongfully charged with the murder of a prison guard.
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The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
1942
Texas Justice
0/0
Tom Cameron and Fuzzy Q. Jones come to the aid of their old friend Smoky, who is having trouble with power hungry cattle rancher Huxley.
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Texas Justice
1938
Marie Antoinette
6.22/25
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the riv...
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