George Houston

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).

  • Title: George Houston
  • Popularity: 2.514
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1896-01-11
  • Place of Birth: Hampton, New Jersey, USA
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  • Also Known As: George Fleming Houston, George Byron, George F. Houston
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George Houston Movies

  • 1937
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    Conquest
    Conquest

    6.7 1937 HD

    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...

    Genre: History

    Cast: Greta Garbo

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  • 1940
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    The Howards of Virginia
    The Howards of Virginia

    6.333 1940 HD

    Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Cary Grant

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  • 1938
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    Frontier Scout
    Frontier Scout

    4.5 1938 HD

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

    Genre: Action

    Cast: George Houston

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  • 1938
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    What Price Safety!
    What Price Safety!

    1 1938 HD

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

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Lionel Royce

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  • 1936
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    Let's Sing Again
    Let's Sing Again

    3.2 1936 HD

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

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Bobby Breen

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  • 1936
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    Captain Calamity
    Captain Calamity

    3 1936 HD

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

    Genre: Action

    Cast: George Houston

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    Wallaby Jim of the Islands
    Wallaby Jim of the Islands

    5 1937 HD

    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...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: George Houston

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  • 1942
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    The Lone Rider and the Bandit
    The Lone Rider and the Bandit

    4 1942 HD

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

    Genre: Western

    Cast: George Houston

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    Blockade
    Blockade

    5.6 1938 HD

    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...

    Genre: War

    Cast: Madeleine Carroll

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    The Great Waltz
    The Great Waltz

    5.5 1938 HD

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

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Luise Rainer

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  • 1941
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    The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
    The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

    5 1941 HD

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

    Genre: Western

    Cast: George Houston

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  • 1934
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    Masks and Memories
    Masks and Memories

    1 1934 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Lillian Roth

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  • 1941
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    The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
    The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio

    5 1941 HD

    Tom Cameron, aka the Lone Rider, and his faithful sidekick, Fuzzy Jones, flee across the Rio Grande to avoid assassination by crooked lawman Deputy...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: George Houston

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  • 1942
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    Outlaws of Boulder Pass
    Outlaws of Boulder Pass

    4 1942 HD

    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...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: George Houston

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  • 1940
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    Laughing at Danger
    Laughing at Danger

    1 1940 HD

    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...

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Frankie Darro

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  • 1941
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    The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
    The Lone Rider in Ghost Town

    5 1941 HD

    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...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: George Houston

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  • 1942
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    Border Roundup
    Border Roundup

    1 1942 HD

    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...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: George Houston

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  • 1941
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    The Lone Rider Rides On
    The Lone Rider Rides On

    1 1941 HD

    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...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: George Houston

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  • 1941
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    The Lone Rider Fights Back
    The Lone Rider Fights Back

    1 1941 HD

    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...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: George Houston

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  • 1941
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    The Lone Rider Ambushed
    The Lone Rider Ambushed

    3.5 1941 HD

    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...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: George Houston

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  • 1942
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    The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
    The Lone Rider in Cheyenne

    1 1942 HD

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

    Genre: Western

    Cast: George Houston

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  • 1942
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    Texas Justice
    Texas Justice

    1 1942 HD

    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.

    Genre: Western

    Cast: George Houston

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  • 1938
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    Marie Antoinette
    Marie Antoinette

    6.22 1938 HD

    The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Norma Shearer

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