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John Houseman

John Houseman

ActorProducerProductionWriter 1938–2022 (84 year career)
6.5 avg rating

Highest Rated

The Skin of Our Teeth

The Skin of Our Teeth

1983 · as Network Newscaster

10.0
Miss Susie Slagle's

Miss Susie Slagle's

1946 · Associate Producer

10.0
Fear on Trial

Fear on Trial

1975 · as Mike Collins

9.0

Known For

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Film

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Driving Instructor (uncredited)
Three Days of the Condor
Film

Three Days of the Condor

Mr. Wabash
Scrooged
Film

Scrooged

Self
The Fog
Film

The Fog

Mr. Machen
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Film

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Producer
The Bad and the Beautiful
Film

The Bad and the Beautiful

Producer
Rollerball
Film

Rollerball

Bartholomew
Seven Days in May
Film

Seven Days in May

Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (60)

·

Movies (35)

American: An Odyssey to 1947

American: An Odyssey to 1947

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

6.5
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

1988

as Driving Instructor (uncredited)

7.3
Scrooged

Scrooged

1988

as Self

6.8
Another Woman

Another Woman

1988

as Marion's Father

6.8
Bright Lights, Big City

Bright Lights, Big City

1988

as Mr. Vogel

5.7
The Cradle Will Rock

The Cradle Will Rock

1985

as Self

The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War

The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War

1984
4.8
A Rose for Emily

A Rose for Emily

1983

as Narrator (voice)

6.0
The Skin of Our Teeth

The Skin of Our Teeth

1983

as Network Newscaster

10.0
Murder by Phone

Murder by Phone

1982

as Stanley Markowitz

5.2
Ghost Story

Ghost Story

1981

as Sears James

6.0
Writing: Plain & Fancy

Writing: Plain & Fancy

1981

as Narrator

The New Deal for Artists

The New Deal for Artists

1981

as Self

My Bodyguard

My Bodyguard

1980

as Dobbs

6.3
The Fog

The Fog

1980

as Mr. Machen

6.7
Wholly Moses

Wholly Moses

1980

as The Archangel

4.7
Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet

1980

as Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator

6.0
A Christmas Without Snow

A Christmas Without Snow

1980

as Ephraim Adams

5.6
The Babysitter

The Babysitter

1980

as Dr. Lindquist

5.6
Old Boyfriends

Old Boyfriends

1979

as Dr. Hoffman

4.9
The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

1978

as Jasper Blubber

6.3
The Displaced Person

The Displaced Person

1977

as Father Flynn

6.0
St. Ives

St. Ives

1976

as Abner Procane

5.7
Six Characters in Search of An Author

Six Characters in Search of An Author

1976

as The Director

6.0
Truman at Potsdam

Truman at Potsdam

1976

as Winston Churchill

Fear on Trial

Fear on Trial

1975

as Mike Collins

9.0
Three Days of the Condor

Three Days of the Condor

1975

as Mr. Wabash

7.3
Rollerball

Rollerball

1975

as Bartholomew

6.3
I'm a Stranger Here Myself

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

1975

as Self

6.4
Beyond the Horizon

Beyond the Horizon

1975

as Dr. Fawcett

The Paper Chase

The Paper Chase

1973

as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.

6.7
Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May

1964

as Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited)

7.3
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light

Van Gogh: Darkness into Light

1957

as Self

Too Much Johnson

Too Much Johnson

1938

as Duelist

5.3