George Houston

Acting

George Houston

Born 1896-01-11 · Hampton, New Jersey, USA

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).

Acting credits

Marie Antoinette poster
6.6

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.

Marie Antoinette

1938

Texas Justice poster
9.0

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.

Texas Justice

1942

Border Roundup poster
8.0

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 territory of a nasty claim jumper, Blackie.

Border Roundup

1942

Conquest poster
6.6

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 him to support Polish independence.

Conquest

1937

The Howards of Virginia poster
6.7

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.

The Howards of Virginia

1940

The Great Waltz poster
5.9

Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.

The Great Waltz

1938

Blockade poster
5.8

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 father is involved in espionage.

Blockade

1938

Let's Sing Again poster
4.1

An orphan (Eight-year-old boy soprano Bobby Breen) gets a chance to sing opera in New York.

Let's Sing Again

1936

Wallaby Jim of the Islands poster
5.3

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 jeopardy because of his gambling problem. Jim's unscrupulous rival Richter decides to exploit the situation by jumping Jim's claim and trying to take over for himself.

Wallaby Jim of the Islands

1937

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury poster
6.5

A honest cowboy is falsely accused of the murder of a rancher.

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

1941

The Lone Rider in Cheyenne poster
8.0

Tom Cameron must prove himself innocent after he is wrongfully charged with the murder of a prison guard.

The Lone Rider in Cheyenne

1942

The Lone Rider in Ghost Town poster
5.0

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 folks away to protect their mine.

The Lone Rider in Ghost Town

1941

The Lone Rider Ambushed poster
5.0

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 Blackie Dawson, but Blackie gets suspicious.

The Lone Rider Ambushed

1941

Captain Calamity poster
3.0

A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.

Captain Calamity

1936

The Lone Rider Rides On poster
9.0

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 at the time, he vividly remembers the scar on the ringleader's face -- and Tom will stop at nothing until he brings him to justice … and exacts vengeance.

The Lone Rider Rides On

1941

Frontier Scout poster
6.0

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant has a job for Wild Bill Hickok (George Houston) and his sidekick (Al St. John).

Frontier Scout

1938

The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio poster
6.5

Tom Cameron, aka the Lone Rider, and his faithful sidekick, Fuzzy Jones, flee across the Rio Grande to avoid assassination by crooked lawman Deputy Hatfield, only to have the Mexican cops accuse Cameron of being the notorious bandit El Puma. At Hatfield's behest, they are also accused of kidnapping the local mayor's son, and now the pair must prove their innocence and find a way to stop Hatfield's lawless ways.

The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio

1941

Laughing at Danger poster
9.0

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 operators, Florence, is found in the dumbwaiter. She had been shot just before she was to give Detective Dan Haggerty information about a blackmail gang. Since Mary Baker, Frankie's girl friend saw her last, she is suspected, and Frankie determines to clear her using his own sleuthing methods. He has hardy begun when Pierre, another member of the staff, and Florence's fiancée is found dead.

Laughing at Danger

1940

The Lone Rider Fights Back poster
NR

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 get the goods on a gang of terrorists. The principal villain hopes to scare the local miners off their land, so he can move in and clean up.

The Lone Rider Fights Back

1941

Outlaws of Boulder Pass poster
5.5

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 return the money to the ranchers, he gets caught.

Outlaws of Boulder Pass

1942

What Price Safety! poster
7.0

Racketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.

What Price Safety!

1938

The Lone Rider and the Bandit poster
5.0

A singing cowboy and his sidekick rescue miners from a bad deal.

The Lone Rider and the Bandit

1942

The Melody Lingers on poster
NR

A piano virtuoso has a child out of wedlock; the father, her fiancé, is killed trying to save her life. Their son is brought up by foster parents and becomes a musician.

The Melody Lingers on

1935

Masks and Memories poster
8.0

In this musical short, three individuals try to entice a reclusive uncle to join the festivities during Mardi Gras.

Masks and Memories

1934