Acting
George Houston
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).
Titles
Marie Antoinette
1938
Texas Justice
1942
Border Roundup
1942
The Great Waltz
1938
The Howards of Virginia
1940
Conquest
1937
The Lone Rider Ambushed
1941
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
1937
Blockade
1938
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
1941
The Lone Rider Rides On
1941
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
1941
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
1942
Frontier Scout
1938
The Melody Lingers on
1935
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
1942
The Lone Rider Fights Back
1941
What Price Safety!
1938
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
1942
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
1941
Let's Sing Again
1936
Captain Calamity
1936
Laughing at Danger
1940
Masks and Memories
1934