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John Houseman was an American actor and producer who was best known for his role as Professor Charles Kingsfield in the 1973 film The Paper Chase, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also won a Primetime Emmy Award for his role as the narrator in the television series The Twilight Zone. Houseman was born in Bucharest, Romania, on September 22, 1902. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and began his career as a stage actor in the 1920s. He moved to the United States in the 1930s and worked as a producer for the Federal Theatre Project. He later worked as a producer for the Mercury Theatre, where he worked with Orson Welles. Houseman's film career began in the 1940s, and he appeared in films such as The Blue Dahlia, The Bad and the Beautiful, and The Paper Chase. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Professor Charles Kingsfield in The Paper Chase. He also won a Primetime Emmy Award for his role as the narrator in the television series The Twilight Zone. Houseman died on October 31, 1988, at the age of 86. He was survived by his wife, actress Beatrice Straight, and their two children.

Popular As Jacques Haussmann
Occupation actor,producer,miscellaneous
Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 22 September, 1902
Birthday 22 September
Birthplace Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 31 October, 1988
Died Place Malibu, California, USA
Nationality Romania

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John Houseman Height, Weight & Measurements

At 86 years old, John Houseman height is 5' 10" (1.78 m) .

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Who Is John Houseman's Wife?

His wife is Joan Houseman (11 November 1952 - 31 October 1988) ( his death) ( 2 children), Zita Johann (5 October 1929 - 13 September 1933) ( divorced)

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Wife Joan Houseman (11 November 1952 - 31 October 1988) ( his death) ( 2 children), Zita Johann (5 October 1929 - 13 September 1933) ( divorced)
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John Houseman Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is John Houseman worth at the age of 86 years old? John Houseman’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from Romania. We have estimated John Houseman's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1988

He passed away soon after filming The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) but before its theatrical release. Coincidentally, Ethel Merman's final film role was in another Zucker film, Airplane! (1980).

1986

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 435-437. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1999).

1980

He worked for only one day on John Carpenter's horror classic The Fog (1980) and was given a "special appearance" credit. His character, Mr. Machen, could be a reference to Arthur Machen, Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction.

1973

Ironically, he had appeared in only one major movie, in a supporting role, before being tapped to replace James Mason in The Paper Chase (1973). He won an Academy Award for the role and began a 15-year career as a highly sought after supporting player.

1962

Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1962.

1959

Co-founded the Theatre Group at the University of California at Los Angeles, with Robert Ryan and Sidney Harmon (1959).

1953

After the war, Houseman returned to directing and produced Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's version of Julius Caesar (1953).

1950

His hatred for former partner Orson Welles was notorious, and Houseman never passed up an opportunity to attack him, often on very personal grounds. He is known to have given a great deal of information, most of it false or misleading, to Pauline Kael for her much-criticized essay, "Raising Kane". However, he could never escape from Welles' shadow, and even managed to die on the 50th anniversary of the famous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast. On his deathbed, he admitted to Welles' biographer, Simon Callow, that "meeting Welles was the most important event of my life".

1948

He has produced two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) and The Bad and the Beautiful (1952).

1941

He was involved with the pre-production of Citizen Kane (1941) but fell out with Welles due to Welles' already legendary ego. He produced a score of major films and was involved in three television series before devoting his life to teaching. He helped establish the acting program at New York's famous Julliard School for the Arts, where he influenced a new generation of actors.

1939

On Broadway, apart from the Mercury Theatre and the WPA, Houseman directed "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1939) and "Liberty Jones" and produced "Native Son" (1941). During World War II, Houseman went to work for the Office of War Information and was involved in broadcasting radio propaganda for the Voice of America.

1938

He had produced his first film, Orson Welles' Too Much Johnson (1938), while with the Mercury Theatre.

1925

He emigrated to America in 1925, establishing himself in New York City, where he directed "Four Saints in Three Acts" for the theater in 1934. He founded the Mercury Theatre along with Orson Welles (whom he affectionately called "The Dog-Faced Boy"). Their most important success was a modern-dress version of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar", in which the spectre of Hitler and Mussolini's Fascist states were evoked. As a producer assigned to Unit 891 of the Federal Theater Project funded by the government's Works Progress Administration, he produced the legendary production "Cradle Will Rock", a musical about the tyranny of capitalism, with music by Marc Blitzstein, creative input from Welles, and starring leftists Howard Da Silva and Will Geer. The production was so controversial, it was banned before its debut, although the did manage to stage one performance.

1902

Academy Award-winning actor John Houseman's main contribution to American culture was not his own performances on film but rather, his role as a midwife to one of the greatest actor-directors-cinematic geniuses his adopted country ever produced (Orson Welles) and as a midwife to a whole generation of actors as head of the drama division of the Juilliard School. Houseman was born Jacques Haussmann on September 22, 1902 in Bucharest, Romania, to May (Davies) and Georges Haussmann, who ran a grain business. His father was from an Alsatian Jewish family, and his mother, who was British, was of Welsh and Irish descent. John was raised in England, where he was educated.