Biography
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).
Acted in 24
1940s
- 1942
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
Tom Cameron
Border Roundup
Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
Tom Cameron
- 1941
The Lone Rider Fights Back
Tom Cameron - The Lone Rider
The Lone Rider Ambushed
Tom Cameron / Keno Harris
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
Tom Cameron
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
Tom Cameron aka The Lone Rider
The Lone Rider Rides On
Tom Cameron
- 1940
The Howards of Virginia
George Washington
Laughing at Danger
Dan Haggerty
1930s
- 1938
The Great Waltz
Schiller
Frontier Scout
Wild Bill Hickok
Blockade
The Troubador
What Price Safety!
Foreman Cooper
- 1937
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
Wallaby Jim
Conquest
Grand Marshal George Duroc
- 1936
Captain Calamity
(Cap't) Bill Jones
Let's Sing Again
Leon Alba
- 1935
The Melody Lingers on
Carlo Salvini
- 1934
Masks and Memories
Uncle Andy
