Born on this day – John Houseman:

John Houseman

Actor

Producer

September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988

Credits:

227 (1987); 2nd House (1976); A Christmas Without Snow (1980); A Night at Ford's Theater (1968); A Rose for Emily (1983); A.D. (1985); ABC Stage 67 (1966); AFI Life Achievement Award (1979–1984); All Fall Down (1962); American Playhouse (1983); American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2022); America's Musical Theater (1985); Another Woman (1988); Aspen (1977); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bright Lights, Big City (1988); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Callow's Laughton (1987); Camera Three (1975–1976); Captains and the Kings (1976); Choices of the Heart (1983); Cinéastes de notre temps (1965); Citizen Kane (1941); Clarence Darrow (1974); Day at Night (1974); Dillinger (1960); Dracula A Symphony of Blood (2021); Executive Suite (1954); FDR (1982); Fear on Trial (1975); Film '73 (1973); Film Night (1976); Fireside Theatre (1949–1955); Freedom to Speak (1983); Ghost Story (1981); Gideon's Trumpet (1980); Good Morning America (1981); Great Performances (1975 / 1982); Hazard's People (1976); Her Twelve Men (1954); Holiday for Sinners (1952); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood Greats (1984); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1974); In the Cool of the Day (1963); Jane Eyre (1943); Journey to America (1964); Juilliard (1971); Julius Caesar (1953); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016); Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948); L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours (1990); Lincoln (1988); Lust for Life (1956); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Marco Polo (1982); Miss Susie Slagle's (1946); Moonfleet (1955); Mork & Mindy (1982); Murder by Phone (1982); My Bodyguard (1980); Nightlife (1986); Noble House (1988); Old Boyfriends (1979); Olympic Gala (1984); On Dangerous Ground (1951); Our Planet Tonight (1987); Our Town (1977); Our World (1987); Peace on Borrowed Time (1983); Pioneers of Television (2014); Plaisir du théâtre (1983); Playhouse 90 (1958–1959); Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018); Rollerball (1975); Roses in December (1982); Scrooged (1988); Seven Days in May (1964); Silver Spoons (1982–1987); Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976); Sorry, Wrong Number (1946); St. Ives (1976); Stages: Houseman Directs Lear (1981); Starring Katharine Hepburn (1981); Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024); Tales from the Mist: Inside 'the Fog' (2002); Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The Adams Chronicles (1976); The Annual American Cinematheque Awards Honoring Robin Williams (1988); The Associates (1980); The Babysitter (1980); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Best of Families (1977); The Best of Film Noir (1999); The Best of Hollywood (1998); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Blue Dahlia (1946); The Brand New Illustrated Journal of the Arts (1982); The British Greats (1980); The Cheap Detective (1978); The Cobweb (1955); The Company She Keeps (1951); The Complete Citizen Kane (1991); The Country Girl (1974); The David Frost Show (1972); The Displaced Person (1977); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Billy Wilder (1982); The Fog (1980); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (1984); The Great Adventure (1963); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1983); The Last Convertible (1979); The Late Show (1986); The Look of Scrooged (2006); The Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938); The Merry Wives of Windsor (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1979–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1974–1980); The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988); The New Deal for Artists (1976); The New Steve Allen Show (1961); The Paper Chase (1973–1986); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Seven Lively Arts (1957–1958); The Six Million Dollar Man (1976); The South Bank Show (1988); The Television Annual: 1978/1979 (1979); The Time of Your Life (1976); The Unseen (1945); The Winds of War (1983); They Live by Night (1948); This Property Is Condemned (1966); Three Days of the Condor (1975); Today (1979); Too Much Johnson (1938); Truman at Potsdam (1976); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Two Weeks in Another Town (1962); Une légende, une vie (1974); Van Gogh: Darkness Into Light (1956); Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977); Wholly Moses! (1980); Wogan (1985); Writing: Plain & Fancy (1981); Your Favorite Story (1954).