John Houseman
John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann; September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988) was a Romanian-born British–American actor and movie producer. He was known for working with Orson Welles. Houseman was known for his role as Professor Charles Kingsfield in the movie The Paper Chase (1973).
John Houseman | |
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 Houseman in 1980 | |
| Born | Jacques Haussmann September 22, 1902 |
| Died | October 31, 1988 (aged 86) |
| Cause of death | Spinal cancer |
| Spouse(s) | Zita Johann (m. 1929–1933; divorced) Joan Courtney (m. 1952–1988; his death; 2 children) |
| Children | John Michael, an anthropologist in Paris, Charles Sebastian, an artist in Sunapee, N.H. |
Houseman died in Malibu, California from spinal cancer, aged 86.[1]
John Houseman Media
W.P.A. Federal Theater Project in New York: Negro Theatre Unit: "Macbeth", c. 1935.
Original poster for Project #891's production of The Cradle Will Rock
Publicity photograph of producer John Houseman
At the National Film Society convention in Los Angeles, 1979
References
Other websites
- John Houseman on IMDb
- John Houseman at the Internet Broadway Database
- John Houseman at the TCM Movie Database
- John Houseman at Allmovie
- John Houseman at Find a Grave
- "The Theatre: Marvelous Boy" – Time Magazine May 9, 1938 Archived June 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- Interviews with Howard Koch on the infamous Mercury Theatre's War of the Worlds radio broadcast
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