Donald Houston

Actor Nov 6 (died age 67) Clydach Vale, Rhondda, Wales, UK 1949–1983 (34 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

Donald Daniel Houston (6 November 1923 – 13 October 1991) was a Welsh actor known for a successful career as a character actor in British film and television.

Known For

Film

The Longest Day

RAF Pilot

Film

Where Eagles Dare

Christiansen

Film

Clash of the Titans

Acrisius

Film

Room at the Top

Charles Soames

Film

The 300 Spartans

Hydarnes

Film

The Sea Wolves

Hilliard

Film

A Study in Terror

Doctor Watson

Film

633 Squadron

Group Captain Don Barrett

Filmography

Acting (67)

Movies (45)

The Secret Adversary

as Boris

Clash of the Titans

as Acrisius

The Sea Wolves

as Hilliard

Voyage of the Damned

as Dr. Glauner

Tales That Witness Madness

1973

as Sam Patterson (segment "Mr. Tiger")

Sunstruck

My Lover, My Son

as Robert

The Bushbaby

as John Leeds

Where Eagles Dare

as Christiansen

The Viking Queen

as Maelgan

What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty?

1967

as David

Thirteen to Centaurus

as Dr. Francis

A Study in Terror

as Doctor Watson

Carry On Jack

as Lieutenant Jonathan Howett

5.9

633 Squadron

1964

as Group Captain Don Barrett

Maniac

as Georges

Doctor in Distress

as Major Tommy Ffrench

6.2

The Longest Day

1962

as RAF Pilot

7.6

The Prince and the Pauper

as John Canty

The 300 Spartans

as Hydarnes

Twice Round the Daffodils

as John Rhodes

The Mark

as Austin

A Letter for Wales

as Narrator (Voice)

Danger Within

as Capt. Roger Byfold

6.2

A Question of Adultery

as Mr. Jacobus

Room at the Top

as Charles Soames

The Man Upstairs

as Dr. Sanderson

The Surgeon's Knife

as Dr. Alex Waring

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

1957

as Lieutenant Weston

7.2

The Girl in the Picture

as John Deering

Every Valley

as Narrator (voice)

Doublecross

as Albert Pascoe

Find the Lady

as Bill

The Flaw

as John Millway

The Happiness of Three Women

1954

as John

5.7

Devil's Point

1954

as Michael Mallard

Doctor in the House

as Taffy Evans

Small Town Story

as Tony Warren

The Large Rope

as Tom Penney

The Red Beret

as Taffy

My Death Is a Mockery

as John Bradley

Crow Hollow

as Dr. Robert Armour

Dance Hall

as Phil

The Blue Lagoon

as Michael Reynolds

A Run for Your Money

as David "Dai Number 9" Jones

6.0

Television (22)

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

as Boris

Return of the Saint

as Commander Denning

Shadows

as Dafydd

Moonbase 3

as Dr David Caulder

The Protectors

as Lockier

The Adventurer

as Jan De Groot

Justice

as Fielding

Now Take My Wife

Department S

as John Burnham

Paul Temple

The Champions

as Richter

Man in a Suitcase

Public Eye

as Arthur Wellard

Gideon's Way

as Tony Erickson

Out of the Unknown

as Dr. Francis

Festival

as The Onlooker

Drama 61-67

as Hartley

Danger Man

1960

as Edmund Bierce

7.3

Sunday-Night Play

1960

as Bobby Lowther

Armchair Theatre

1956

as David

5.8

Lilli Palmer Theatre

1955

as George

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as John Canty

7.8