John Houseman
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About
Remembered best for his work with the renowned American director and actor Orson Welles, this Romanian-born theater, film, and radio producer and occasional actor worked on Welles' 1937 Broadway production of Cradle Will Rock and earned an Oscar nomination for producing a 1953 film version of Julius Caesar.
Before Fame
After studying at Clifton College in England and subsequently working as a grain merchant, he moved to the United States and began his career as a Broadway producer.
Trivia
He produced the infamously panic-inducing 1938 radio production of The War of the Worlds.
Family Life
Born Jacques Haussmann in Bucharest, Romania, he grew up as the son of a Jewish-French father and a Christian-British mother. After his brief marriage to actress Zita Johann ended in divorce, he married Joan Courtney, who became the mother of his two sons.
Associated With
An actor as well as a producer, he co-starred with Lindsay Wagner in the 1973 James Bridges-directed film The Paper Chase.
