John Houseman Quotes & Trivia



Quotes

Corporate society takes care of everything. All it asks of anyone - all it has ever asked of anyone ever - is not to interfere with management decisions.

Trivia

John's first film appearance, in which he played a duellist, as well as acting as producer with Orson Welles on, Too Much Johnson (1938), was contained on only one copy owned by Welles, and was destroyed by a fire at Welles' villa in Madrid, Spain in August, 1970.

John claimed that he had intimate relations with both Olivia De Haviland and her sister, Joan Fontaine.

John published his autobiography, "Unfinished Business," in 1988.

John was married twice, to Zita Johann from 1929 to 1933, and to Joan Houseman, from 1952 until his deah in 1988.

John was a spokesperson for Smith & Barney, appearing in a number of company commercials in the 1980s.

John won the National Board Of Review award for Best Supporting Actor in The Paper Chase (1973).

John wrote 3 memoirs of his life; "Run-Through" (1972), "Front And Center" (1979), and "Final Dress" (1983).

John was a producer on Citizen Kane (1941), but left the production after an argument with Orson Welles.

John was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar for Julius Ceasar (1953), which he produced, and won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Paper Chase (1973).