Virginia Huston

Acting

Virginia Huston

Born — Died

1925-04-24 — 1981-02-28

Place of birth

Wisner, Nebraska, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

12 titles

Virginia Huston was born on April 24, 1925 in Wisner, Nebraska, USA. She was an actress, known for Out of the Past (1947), Sudden Fear (1952) and Tarzan's Peril (1951). Huston suffered a broken back in an automobile accident, which disrupted her career at its peak - when she returned, she dropped to minor roles and "B"-level films. Huston retired from films after her marriage to a wealthy real estate agent. She died of cancer on February 28, 1981 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 8 titles

The Racket poster
6.3

The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.

The Racket

1951

Sudden Fear poster
7.2

Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive?

Sudden Fear

1952

Flight to Mars poster
5.2

Four scientists and a newsman crash land on Mars and meet martians who act friendly.

Flight to Mars

1951

The Highwayman poster
10.0

During the 1700s, a masked bandit robs the rich and aids the poor, to the chagrin of the authorities and the corrupt nobility, and prompting the king to task a ruthless man from the Colonies to capture the outlaw.

The Highwayman

1951

Tarzan's Peril poster
5.5

Escaped convicts are selling weapons to a warlike native tribe.

Tarzan's Peril

1951

Knock on Wood poster
6.7

Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his two dolls become mean and jealous. Morgan's dollmaker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen the secret plans for the top-secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, he decides to hide the secret plan in the heads of the dolls.

Knock on Wood

1954

Night Stage to Galveston poster
5.8

A former Texas Ranger teams up with some of his old colleagues to rid the state of corruption in their new police force.

Night Stage to Galveston

1952

Women from Headquarters poster
6.5

Joyce Harper is an ex-Army nurse who enters police work with the L.A. Police Department, when her friend Ruby gets involved with a petty crook, Max Taylor refuses to listen to Joyce's warnings, and eventually marries the hoodlum. Joyce gets through the detailed trained required to become an L.A. policewoman, and she and her newly-assigned detective partner, Harvey Gates cleanup up a skid-row Bar-girl scheme.And she and Gates are told to get the goods on a narcotics gang ran by Richard Cott , and Ruby and Max Taylor reappear.

Women from Headquarters

1950

1940s · 4 titles