| 词条 | Donald Houston |
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| name = Donald Houston | image = Donald houston.jpeg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Donald Daniel Houston | birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|11|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Clydach Vale, Glamorgan, Wales, UK | death_date = {{death date and age|1991|10|13|1923|11|6|df=y}} | death_place = Coimbra, Portugal | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1949–1983 | spouse = {{marriage|Brenda Hogan |1949|1991|end=his death}} | family = Glyn Houston (brother) }} Donald Daniel Houston (6 November 1923 – 13 October 1991) was a Welsh actor whose first two films—The Blue Lagoon (1949) with Jean Simmons,[1] and A Run for Your Money (1949) with Alec Guinness—were highly successful. Later in his career he was cast in military roles and in comedies such as the Doctor and Carry On series. Early lifeHouston was born in Clydach Vale, near Tonypandy, Glamorgan and was the elder brother of actor Glyn Houston and a sister, Jean.[2] His father Alex was a professional football player from Scotland, and his mother Elsie ran a milk round.[3] After leaving school he worked at a local colliery[3] before making his first foray into acting in 1940, when he performed on stage with the Pilgrim Players.[4] He served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Acting careerHouston had a successful career as a character actor in British film and television, with prominent parts in several well-known films, including Yangtse Incident (1957), The Longest Day (1962, in which he appeared alongside Richard Burton), 633 Squadron (1964), Where Eagles Dare (1968, again with Burton) and The Sea Wolves (1981).[5] He would sometimes indulge his Welsh accent, and at other times conceal it behind an English public school voice. His forte tended to be authority figures, often military, such as the brilliant but tough David Caulder, the head of Moonbase 3, or Dr Francis in "Thirteen to Centaurus" (from the anthology series Out of the Unknown). He could also handle comedy, as he proved with Doctor in the House (1954) and the later Doctor in Distress (1963), both significant successes in Europe, and Carry On Jack (1963). Though preferring quality parts, he was not above journeyman work in films such as Maniac (1963) and Tales That Witness Madness (1973). On 13 October 1991, Donald Houston died in Coimbra, Portugal at the age of 67.[3] Selected filmography{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
References1. ^{{cite news|last1=Thomson|first1=David|title=Jean Simmons obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jan/24/jean-simmons-obituary|accessdate=8 August 2016|work=The Guardian|date=24 January 2010}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Donald Houston biography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396819/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|website=IMDB|accessdate=8 August 2016}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Film actor Donald Houston's Rhondda blue plaque honour|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/8486069.stm|accessdate=8 August 2016|work=BBC News|date=28 January 2010}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Donald Houston Biography|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/donald_houston/biography|website=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=8 August 2016}} 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Pettigrew|first1=Terence|title=British Film Character Actors: Great Names and memorable Moments|date=1982|publisher=David & Charles|location=Neton Abbot|isbn=0 7153 8270 5|pages=95-98}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Donald Houston|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f0108b3|website=BFI|accessdate=8 August 2016}} External links
7 : 1923 births|1991 deaths|Welsh male film actors|Welsh male television actors|People from Rhondda|20th-century Welsh male actors|British male comedy actors |
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