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John Houseman

1902 - 1988

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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, with writer Raymond Chandler on the screenplay. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Professor Charles W. Kingsfield in the 1973 film The Paper Chase. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Houseman has received more than 1,848,433 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). John Houseman is the 2,170th most popular actor (up from 2,843rd in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Romania (up from 238th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Actor.

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  • 39

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  • 2.59

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  • 4.77

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Houseman ranks 2,170 out of 13,578. Before him are Jim Davis, Jana Brejchová, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Hunt, Seymour Cassel, and Vera Vasilyeva. After him are Wolfgang Preiss, Michelle Monaghan, Catherine Keener, Walter Koenig, Howard Keel, and Nadja Tiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, John Houseman ranks 136. Before him are Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Louis Beel, Oscar Cullmann, Ryu Gwansun, Józef Maria Bocheński, and Panteleimon Ponomarenko. After him are Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Riccardo Morandi, Bobby Jones, Luis Cernuda, Princess Françoise of Orléans, and Anthony Asquith. Among people deceased in 1988, John Houseman ranks 99. Before him are Henry Armstrong, Giorgio Almirante, Andy Gibb, Paula Mollenhauer, Francis Ponge, and Erich Probst. After him are Wilhelm Batz, Frederick Ashton, Aparicio Méndez, Tore Keller, Erich Fried, and Rose Ausländer.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, John Houseman ranks 188 out of 844. Before him are Ferenc Dávid (1510), Lucian Blaga (1895), Marcel Ciolacu (1967), Alexander Vencel (1944), Constantin Ion Parhon (1874), and Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1906). After him are Reuven Feuerstein (1921), Arthur Arz von Straußenburg (1857), Lucian Mureșan (1931), Elek Schwartz (1908), Helmuth Duckadam (1959), and Nicolae Paulescu (1869).

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Among ACTORS In Romania

Among actors born in Romania, John Houseman ranks 3. Before him are Bela Lugosi (1882), and Edward G. Robinson (1893). After him are Elvira Popescu (1894), Maia Morgenstern (1962), Marcel Iureș (1951), Maria Tănase (1913), Sebastian Stan (1982), Ágnes Esterházy (1891), Natalya Varley (1947), Lupu Pick (1886), and Alexandra Maria Lara (1978).

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Television and Movie Roles

Rollerball
Bartholomew
In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
Jun 25o 19756.241 / 10
Three Days of the Condor
Mr. Wabash
A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
Sep 24o 19757.3 / 10
The Fog
Mr. Machen
Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
Feb 7o 19806.7 / 10