THE PAPER CHASE

(Drama - PG)

John Houseman won his Supporting Oscar for playing the tough, brilliant yet terrifying Harvard law professor, Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr.

About John Houseman (1902 - 1988)

His real name was Jacques Haussmann and he was born in Bucharest, Romania.

American Actor/Director/Producer who helped Orson Welles establish the Mercury Theatre, though the pair became estranged during the making of Citizen Kane. John Houseman produced many fine films throughout the 1950's and 1960's. Taught acting at the Julliard School of Fine Arts.

After winning his Best Supporting Actor Oscar, at the age of 71, John Houseman suddenly found himself in a new career, as a character actor, portraying similar characters as Professor Charles W. Kingsfield. During the 1980's he worked extensively in Television, appearing in made-for-tv movies and miniseries. Weeks before his death in 1988, John Houseman completed cameos in the comedies The Naked Gun and Scrooged.

Houseman's other films include:

SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964)
THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (1975) 
ROLLERBALL  (1975) 
ST. IVES (1975) 
TENTACLES
THE CHEAP DETECTIVE (1968)
MY BODYGUARD (1980) 
WHOLLY MOSES (1980) 
MURDER BY DEATH (1982)
GHOST STORY (1981)
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY (1988) 
ANOTHER WOMAN (1988) 
SCROOGED (
THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD  (1988) 

John Houseman's television credits include:

MEETING AT POTSDAM
FEAR ON TRIAL (1975) 
CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS (TV MINI SERIES)  (1976) 
ASPEN (TV Mini Series)  (1977) 
THE PAPER CHASE (series) (1977) 
SILVER SPOON (series) (1977-1987)
MARCO POLO (TV Mini-Series) (1982)