John Houseman

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acting teacher film actor film producer human radio producer stage actor television actor theatre producer university teacher

John Houseman was a Romanian-born American actor and influential film and theater producer best known for co-founding the Mercury Theatre with Orson Welles and for his Oscar-winning role in "The Paper Chase."

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instanceOf acting teacher ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
radio producer ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
theatre producer ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture ⓘ
awardReceivedFor The Paper Chase ⓘ
birthName Jacques Haussmann ⓘ
causeOfDeath spine cancer ⓘ
child Charles Sebastian Houseman ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
coFounded Mercury Theatre ⓘ
coFounderWith Orson Welles ⓘ
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Romania ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1902-09-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1988-10-31 ⓘ
educatedAt Clifton College ⓘ
employer Juilliard School ⓘ
familyName Houseman ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasEthnicOrigin Jewish ⓘ
hasFather Georges-Eugène Haussmann ⓘ
surface form: Georges Haussmann
hasMother May Davies ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Romanian ⓘ
name John Houseman self-link ⓘ
notableWork Rollerball ⓘ
surface form: Rollerball (1975 film)

The Fog ⓘ
The Paper Chase ⓘ
The Paper Chase ⓘ
surface form: The Paper Chase (TV series)

The Winds of War ⓘ
Three Days of the Condor ⓘ
War and Remembrance ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
radio producer ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bucharest ⓘ
placeOfDeath Malibu, California ⓘ
positionHeld head of drama division at Juilliard School ⓘ
produced Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre ⓘ
surface form: Mercury Theatre on the Air

The War of the Worlds ⓘ
surface form: The War of the Worlds (radio drama)
residence Malibu, California ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
spouse Joan Houseman ⓘ
Zita Johann ⓘ
taught Christopher Reeve ⓘ
Kevin Kline ⓘ
Patti LuPone ⓘ
Robin Williams ⓘ
workedWith Orson Welles ⓘ
wrote Final Dress ⓘ
Front and Center ⓘ
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The Cradle Will Rock → associatedWith → John Houseman ⓘ
Rollerball → castMember → John Houseman ⓘ
subject surface form: Mercury Theatre
John Houseman → name → John Houseman self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: Mercury Theatre
subject surface form: Mercury Theatre
FTP → significantPerson → John Houseman ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Theatre Project
Robin Williams → studiedUnder → John Houseman ⓘ