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John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann; September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988) was a Romanian-born British-American actor and producer of theatre, film, and television. He became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the production of Citizen Kane and his collaboration, as producer of The Blue Dahlia ...
John Houseman. Actor: The Paper Chase. 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 ...
- September 22, 1902
- October 31, 1988
John Houseman. Actor: The Paper Chase. 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 ...
- January 1, 1
- Bucharest, Romania
- January 1, 1
- Malibu, California, USA
November 1, 1988 OBITUARY John Houseman, Actor and Producer, 86, Dies By MARILYN BERGER. John Houseman, who spent more than half a century in the theater as an influential producer and director but who did not achieve fame until, at the age of 71, he portrayed a crusty law school professor in the film ''The Paper Chase'' and its subsequent television series, died of spinal cancer yesterday at ...
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Nov 1, 1988 · October 31, 1988 at 7:00 p.m. EST. John Houseman reigned for years as America's favorite old grouch. He made old grouches respectable again. He made it fun to be. intimidated. Well before Ronald ...
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Nov 1, 1988 · John Houseman, the dramatic arts’ suave, indefatigable man-for-all-seasons, died Monday morning at his home in Malibu at the age of 86. The actor, producer and venerated teacher of things ...
Jul 28, 2021 · John Houseman, 86, actor, author, teacher, director and producer whose career embraced six decades of American film, theater, radio and television history, died before dawn at his home in Malibu, C…
