Business
As he waited for his car on a Philadelphia street corner the other day, John Houseman was approached by a dozen passers-by, each of whom smiled in recognition and said, “Are you earning it?”
Oct. 21, 1986
Entertainment & Arts
We knew, of course, that John Houseman couldn’t go on forever.
Nov. 1, 1988
California
Gertrude Mary Houseman, a longtime Ventura resident, died Wednesday at the Venturan Convalescent Home.
Feb. 4, 1995
Tributes, to anyone, are the hardest things to stage.
April 9, 1987
Movies
John Houseman, the suave dramatic entrepreneur who won an Oscar for his role as a crusty law school professor in the movie “The Paper Chase” and the accolades of millions for his efforts on behalf of the theater, died early today.
Oct. 31, 1988
John Houseman, the dramatic arts’ suave, indefatigable man-for-all-seasons, died Monday morning at his home in Malibu at the age of 86.
Press and preview audiences looking for laughs in Paramount’s Christmas comedies “Scrooged” and “The Naked Gun” have been getting a jolt--the sudden presence in both pictures of John Houseman, who died Oct. 31.
Nov. 20, 1988
Despite the amazing pace he sets for himself and the indefatigable energy that drives him--in his 82nd year--to direct Shakespeare’s monstrous historical drama, “Richard III,” John Houseman has definitely mellowed.
July 20, 1985
How about a smile for the camera, Mr. Houseman? “I don’t do that,” he said gruffly.
April 6, 1987
Archives
At 11 a.m. on Dec. 11, there will be a celebration at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon to honor the late John Houseman.
Dec. 5, 1988