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John Houseman (September 22, 1902 – October
31, 1988) was a Romanian-born actor and film
producer.

He was born Jacques Haussmann in Bucharest and
emigrated to the United States. Under the stage
name John Houseman, he is best known for his
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor -
Motion Picture|Golden Globe and Academy
Award-winning role as Professor Charles Kingsfield
in the 1973 film The Paper Chase, a role which he
reprised in the television series of the same
name.

Amongst the more than two dozen films he produced,
Houseman produced the 1946 film noir, The Blue
Dahlia. He also co-produced Orson Welles's
infamous 1938 radio broadcast The War of the
Worlds (radio)|The War of the Worlds.  He and
Welles cofounded the Mercury Theatre. He was the
Executive Producer of CBS's landmark Seven Lively
Arts series.

In the 1980s, Houseman was also known for his role
as grandfather Edward Stratton II in Silver
Spoons, and for his commercials for brokerage
Smith Barney, which featured the catchphrase,
"They make money the old fashioned way...they earn
it."
He also made a guest apperance in John Carpenter's
1980 movie The Fog as the ghost storytelling
sailor.

John Houseman taught acting at the Juilliard
School of Fine Arts.

He died at the age of 86 from spine cancer.

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