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Acting

Donald Houston

Career: Active from 1949 to 1979, busiest in 1957 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 27
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Room at the Top
84/100

Characters

4

The characters Donald Houston played, best-known titles first.

Donald Houston as Dr. Watson

Donald Houston as First Officer Jonathan Howett

Donald Houston as John Canty

Donald Houston as David Caulder

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Donald Houston Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.7, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Family Dynamics
3.8, average 4.8
Absurdist Humor
1.1, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 4
Character-Driven 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Mystery 3
Intrigue 3
Classic Cinema 3
Historical Setting 2
Eccentric Characters 2
Slow Burn 2
Melancholy Atmosphere 2
Historical Epic 2
Small Town Secrets 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

4 titles · average score 65

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

70

TV show · as Boris

The Secret Adversary

69

as Boris

Clash of the Titans

66

as Acrisius

The Sea Wolves

55

as Hilliard

1970s

12 titles · average score 56

The Boy Merlin

TV show · as Dafydd

TV show · as Twmi

Return of the Saint

68

TV show · as Commander Denning

Voyage of the Damned

51

as Dr. Glauner

Shadows

TV show · as Dafydd

Moonbase 3

TV show · as Dr David Caulder

Tales That Witness Madness

49

as Sam Patterson (segment "Mr. Tiger")

The Protectors

64

TV show · as Lockier

The Adventurer

TV show · as Jan De Groot

Justice

TV show · as Fielding

Now Take My Wife

TV show

My Lover, My Son

46

as Robert

1960s

29 titles · average score 64

Where Eagles Dare

75

as Christiansen

The Viking Queen

38

as Maelgan

A Study in Terror

56

as Doctor Watson

633 Squadron

45

as Group Captain Don Barrett

Carry On Jack

54

as Lieutenant Jonathan Howett

Maniac

57

as Georges

Doctor in Distress

51

as Major Tommy Ffrench

The Prince and the Pauper

64

as John Canty

The 300 Spartans

65

as Hydarnes

Twice Round the Daffodils

66

as John Rhodes

A Letter for Wales

as Narrator (Voice)

Danger Man

76

TV show · as Edmund Bierce

1950s

23 titles · average score 65

Danger Within

62

as Capt. Roger Byfold

Room at the Top

84

as Charles Soames

The Man Upstairs

64

as Dr. Sanderson

The Girl in the Picture

61

as John Deering

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

72

as Lieutenant Weston

Every Valley

as Narrator (voice)

Doublecross

as Albert Pascoe

The Flaw

58

as John Millway

Doctor in the House

72

as Taffy Evans

The Large Rope

60

as Tom Penney

Crow Hollow

61

as Dr. Robert Armour

My Death Is a Mockery

as John Bradley

1940s

2 titles · average score 59

A Run for Your Money

63

as David "Dai Number 9" Jones

The Blue Lagoon

55

as Michael Reynolds