Known for:	Rollerball, The Fog, Three Days of the Condor
Birth name:	Jacques Haussmann
Birthday:	22 September 1902, Bucharest, Romania

Houseman was a producer of unit 891, the government theatre project funded by the WPA. He was producer of the legendary "Cradle Will Rock" which sent shock waves of paranoia from New York to Washington D.C. He and Orson Welles were the founders of the famous Mercury Theatre Players. Taught acting at Julliard School of Fine Arts for awhile. Had 2 sons with his second wife, Joan Houseman. Is portrayed by Simeon Andrews in RKO 281, and by Cary Elwes in Cradle Will Rock. During his teaching days at Julliard, one of his students was Robin Williams, whom Houseman admired. The actor later advised the future comedian that he should quit Julliard since he was wasting his talent, and strike out on his own as a comedian which Williams soon did. He died soon after filming The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! but before its theatrical release. Coincidentally, actress Ethel Merman's final film role was in another Zucker film, Airplane!. Co-founded the Theatre Group at the University of California at Los Angeles, with Robert Ryan and Sidney Harmon, in 1959. Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1962

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