John Houseman: movies and TV shows
John Houseman has 90 credits in the archive: 61 films and 29 TV series, from 1943 to 2022. Highest rated: Captains and the Kings (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1943 – 2022 · busiest year: 1980 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | American: An Odyssey to 1947 | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 119 |
| 2014 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self - Actor (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 111 |
| 2013 | Too Much Johnson | Duelist | Film | 5.4 | 110 |
| 2013 | Too Much Johnson | Film | 5.4 | 110 | |
| 2002 | Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' | Self (archive) | Film | 6.3 | 99 |
| 1988 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Driving Instructor (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 85 |
| 1988 | Scrooged | Self | Film | 6.8 | 85 |
| 1988 | Noble House | Sir Geoffrey Allison | TV | 7.1 | 85 |
| 1988 | Bright Lights, Big City | Mr. Vogel | Film | 5.7 | 85 |
| 1988 | Another Woman | Marion's Father | Film | 6.8 | 85 |
| 1988 | Lincoln | Gen. Winfield Scott | TV | 7.5 | 85 |
| 1987 | The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood | Self | TV | 9.0 | 84 |
| 1985 | 227 | TV | 6.8 | 82 | |
| 1985 | A.D. | Gamaliel | TV | 5.4 | 82 |
| 1985 | The Cradle Will Rock | Self | Film | — | 82 |
| 1984 | The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War | Film | 5.4 | 81 | |
| 1983 | The Winds of War | Aaron Jastrow | TV | 7.3 | 80 |
| 1983 | Choices of the Heart | Film | 6.2 | 80 | |
| 1983 | A Rose for Emily | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 80 |
| 1983 | The Skin of Our Teeth | Network Newscaster | Film | 10.0 | 80 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Network Newscaster | TV | 6.6 | 79 |
| 1982 | Silver Spoons | Grandfather Edward Stratton II | TV | 6.3 | 79 |
| 1982 | Marco Polo | Patriarca di Aquileia | TV | 6.7 | 79 |
| 1982 | Murder by Phone | Stanley Markowitz | Film | 5.4 | 79 |
| 1981 | Ghost Story | Sears James | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 1981 | The New Deal for Artists | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 1981 | Writing: Plain & Fancy | Narrator | Film | — | 78 |
| 1980 | The Fog | Mr. Machen | Film | 6.7 | 77 |
| 1980 | My Bodyguard | Dobbs | Film | 6.4 | 77 |
| 1980 | Gideon's Trumpet | Chief Justice / Offscreen Narrator | Film | 6.4 | 77 |
| 1980 | Gideon's Trumpet | Film | 6.4 | 77 | |
| 1980 | Wholly Moses | The Archangel | Film | 4.7 | 77 |
| 1980 | A Christmas Without Snow | Ephraim Adams | Film | 5.7 | 77 |
| 1980 | The Babysitter | Dr. Lindquist | Film | 5.7 | 77 |
| 1979 | The French Atlantic Affair | Dr. Archady Clemens | TV | 7.2 | 76 |
| 1979 | The Last Convertible | Dr. Wetherell | TV | 8.0 | 76 |
| 1979 | Old Boyfriends | Dr. Hoffman | Film | 5.1 | 76 |
| 1978 | The Paper Chase | Charles Kingsfield | TV | 7.6 | 75 |
| 1978 | The Cheap Detective | Jasper Blubber | Film | 6.4 | 75 |
| 1977 | Washington: Behind Closed Doors | Myron Dunn | TV | 7.8 | 74 |
| 1977 | Aspen | Joseph Merrill Drummond | TV | 8.0 | 74 |
| 1977 | The Displaced Person | Father Flynn | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman | TV | 7.0 | 73 | |
| 1976 | Captains and the Kings | Judge Newell Chisholm | TV | 8.8 | 73 |
| 1976 | The Adams Chronicles | Justice Gridley | TV | 7.4 | 73 |
| 1976 | St. Ives | Abner Procane | Film | 5.7 | 73 |
| 1976 | Truman at Potsdam | Winston Churchill | Film | 8.0 | 73 |
| 1976 | Six Characters in Search of An Author | The Director | Film | 6.5 | 73 |
| 1975 | Three Days of the Condor | Mr. Wabash | Film | 7.3 | 72 |
| 1975 | Rollerball | Bartholomew | Film | 6.3 | 72 |
| 1975 | I'm a Stranger Here Myself | Self | Film | 6.7 | 72 |
| 1975 | Fear on Trial | Mike Collins | Film | 9.0 | 72 |
| 1975 | Beyond the Horizon | Dr. Fawcett | Film | 10.0 | 72 |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Doctor Franklin | TV | 7.3 | 71 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 70 |
| 1973 | The Paper Chase | Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. | Film | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Dr.Fawcett | TV | 6.1 | 68 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 68 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 68 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1966 | This Property Is Condemned | Film | 6.5 | 63 | |
| 1966 | Evening Primrose | Film | 7.5 | 63 | |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May | Vice Adm. Farley C. Barnswell (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 61 |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | TV | 10.0 | 60 | |
| 1963 | In the Cool of the Day | Film | 5.8 | 60 | |
| 1962 | Two Weeks in Another Town | Film | 6.0 | 59 | |
| 1962 | All Fall Down | Film | 6.0 | 59 | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 58 |
| 1958 | The Nutcracker | Film | 7.0 | 55 | |
| 1957 | Van Gogh: Darkness into Light | Self | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1956 | Lust for Life | Film | 7.2 | 53 | |
| 1955 | The Cobweb | Film | 5.7 | 52 | |
| 1955 | Moonfleet | Film | 6.5 | 52 | |
| 1954 | Executive Suite | Film | 7.1 | 51 | |
| 1954 | Her Twelve Men | Film | 5.9 | 51 | |
| 1953 | Julius Caesar | Film | 7.1 | 50 | |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Film | 7.3 | 49 | |
| 1952 | Holiday for Sinners | Film | 6.3 | 49 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Winston S. Churchill | TV | 8.8 | 48 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Chief Justice | TV | 8.8 | 48 |
| 1951 | On Dangerous Ground | Film | 6.6 | 48 | |
| 1951 | The Company She Keeps | Film | 6.2 | 48 | |
| 1949 | Fireside Theater | TV | 7.2 | 46 | |
| 1949 | They Live by Night | Film | 6.8 | 46 | |
| 1948 | Letter from an Unknown Woman | Film | 7.8 | 45 | |
| 1946 | The Blue Dahlia | Film | 6.7 | 43 | |
| 1946 | Miss Susie Slagle's | Film | 8.5 | 43 | |
| 1945 | The Unseen | Film | 4.7 | 42 | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 41 |
| 1943 | Jane Eyre | Film | 6.9 | 40 |