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George Shephard "Shep" Houghton was an American actor and dancer, who appeared mainly in small uncredited roles in films from 1927 until 1976, but also guested on numerous TV series. He had small roles in Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz and at the time of his death in 2016 he was the oldest surviving cast or crew member from both movies.
Birth Name
George Shephard Houghton
Born
Thursday, 04 June 1914
Died
Thursday, 15 December 2016
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Silent Movie | Audience Member | 1976 |
| The Hindenburg | Radio Operator: Hand Close-ups | 1975 |
| The Day of the Locust | Ball Guest | 1975 |
| Ellery Queen | Juror | 1975 |
| The Godfather Part II | Senate Hearing Spectator | 1974 |
| Police Woman | Casino Patron / Maitre d' / Restaurant Patron | 1974 |
| Three the Hard Way | Party Guest | 1974 |
| Kojak | Detective / Doorman / Hotel Guest / Party Guest / Police Officer | 1973 |
| Shaft | Bartender | 1973 |
| Hawkins | Juror | 1973 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Silent Movie | Audience Member | 1976 |
| The Hindenburg | Radio Operator: Hand Close-ups | 1975 |
| The Day of the Locust | Ball Guest | 1975 |
| Ellery Queen | Juror | 1975 |
| The Godfather Part II | Senate Hearing Spectator | 1974 |
| Police Woman | Casino Patron / Maitre d' / Restaurant Patron | 1974 |
| Three the Hard Way | Party Guest | 1974 |
| Kojak | Detective / Doorman / Hotel Guest / Party Guest / Police Officer | 1973 |
| Shaft | Bartender | 1973 |
| Hawkins | Juror | 1973 |
| Save the Tiger | Show Spectator | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Restaurant Patron | 1973 |
| Search | Party Guest | 1972 |
| Banacek | Exhibit Guest | 1972 |
| What's Up, Doc? | Musicologist | 1972 |
| Mongo's Back in Town | Photographer | 1971 |
| Columbo | Chess Match Observer | 1971 |
| Cannon | Reporter | 1971 |
| What's the Matter with Helen? | Deacon | 1971 |
| Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Bystander | 1971 |
| Ransom for a Dead Man | Funeral Guest | 1971 |
| The Smith Family | Detective | 1971 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Casino Patron | 1971 |
| Alex in Wonderland | Theatre Patron | 1970 |
| The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Party Guest | 1970 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Student | 1970 |
| The Bold Ones: The Senator | Man in Senate Meeting Room | 1970 |
| The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | Casino Patron | 1969 |
| Topaz | Restaurant Patron | 1969 |
| Hello, Dolly! | Dancer / Singer | 1969 |
| Change of Habit | Pedestrian | 1969 |
| The Love God? | Wedding Guest | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Commuter at Airport / Fashion Show Guest | 1969 |
| The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit | Show Spectator | 1968 |
| Hellfighters | Restaurant Patron | 1968 |
| The Boston Strangler | Detective | 1968 |
| Mod Squad | Reporter / Plane Passenger / Ceremony Guest | 1968 |
| The Doris Day Show | Restaurant Patron | 1968 |
| Mayberry R.F.D. | Ball Attendee / Club Member / Townsman | 1968 |
| Here's Lucy | Courtroom Spectator | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Museum Patron / Guest / Gambler | 1968 |
| Mannix | Courtroom Spectator / Pilot | 1967 |
| Ironside | Board Member | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Bank Customer | 1967 |
| Banning | Club Member | 1967 |
| The Reluctant Astronaut | Engineer | 1967 |
| Thoroughly Modern Millie | Party Guest | 1967 |
| Dragnet 1967 | Reporter | 1967 |
| The Invaders | Mission Control Officer | 1967 |
| Not with My Wife, You Don't! | Pilot | 1966 |
| Way... Way Out | Ceremony Guest | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | Casino Patron / Party Guest / Soldier / Stan | 1966 |
| The Monkees | Casino Patron | 1966 |
| That Girl | Audience Member | 1966 |
| Star Trek | Cameraman | 1966 |
| Our Man Flint | Restaurant Patron | 1966 |
| Batman | Restaurant Patron / Police Officer / Party Guest / Dr. Denton / Bank Customer | 1966 |
| Inside Daisy Clover | Intern | 1965 |
| Do Not Disturb | Hotel Guest | 1965 |
| Get Smart | Theatre Patron / Official / Hotel Guest / Club Patron | 1965 |
| The Wild Wild West | Party Guest / Soldier | 1965 |
| Laredo | Party Guest | 1965 |
| I Spy | Detective | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Townsman | 1965 |
| Harlow | Announcer | 1965 |
| Kitten with a Whip | Minor Role | 1964 |
| Youngblood Hawke | Restaurant Patron | 1964 |
| Send Me No Flowers | Sam Scheffing | 1964 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Conference Guest / Mr. Donaldson / Thrush Agent | 1964 |
| Valentine's Day | Man Smoking Cigarette | 1964 |
| The Rogues | Party Guest / Hotel Guest / Police Office | 1964 |
| Kisses for My President | Crew Member | 1964 |
| Shock Treatment | Courtroom Spectator | 1964 |
| The Best Man | Reporter | 1964 |
| A Tiger Walks | Reporter | 1964 |
| Man's Favorite Sport? | Fisherman | 1964 |
| Espionage Target: You | Agent | 1964 |
| Captain Newman, M.D. | Officer at Christmas Party | 1963 |
| Palm Springs Weekend | Maitre d' | 1963 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Courtroom Spectator | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Party Guest / Police Officer / Detective | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Detective / Interne / Reporter | 1963 |
| The Thrill of It All | Party Guest | 1963 |
| The Ugly American | Reporter | 1963 |
| The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Nightclub Patron | 1963 |
| Critic's Choice | Audience Member | 1963 |
| Billy Rose's Jumbo | Elephant Rider | 1962 |
| Going My Way | Clerk | 1962 |
| Stoney Burke | Committee Member | 1962 |
| The Lucy Show | Party Guest / Chemistry Student | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Barfly / Juror / Bartender / Attorney | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | Restaurant Patron | 1962 |
| The Spiral Road | Club Patron | 1962 |
| The Horizontal Lieutenant | Club Patron | 1962 |
| Lover Come Back | Nightclub Patron | 1961 |
| Judgment at Nuremberg | Courtroom Spectator | 1961 |
| Flower Drum Song | Club Patron | 1961 |
| Back Street | Man at Airport | 1961 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | Club Patron / Party Guest / Theatre Patron | 1961 |
| Target: The Corruptors | Attorney | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Bar Patron | 1961 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Club Patron / Party Guest | 1961 |
| King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein | Restaurant Patron | 1961 |
| The Great Impostor | Board Member | 1960 |
| Spartacus | Slave | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Treasury Agent / Townsman / Townsman at Social | 1960 |
| My Three Sons | Party Guest / Passenger / Restaurant Patron / Wedding Guest / Cameraman / Club Patron | 1960 |
| Thriller | Nightclub Patron / Club Patron / Audience Member | 1960 |
| The Crowded Sky | Clerk | 1960 |
| Inherit the Wind | Townsman | 1960 |
| Seven Thieves | Casino Patron | 1960 |
| Mr. Lucky | Party Guest / Casino Patron | 1959 |
| Bourbon Street Beat | Reporter | 1959 |
| Riverboat | Barfly | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Gunman | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Townsman / Wedding Guest / District Attorney | 1959 |
| Johnny Staccato | Club Patron / Passenger | 1959 |
| Al Capone | Policeman | 1959 |
| Imitation of Life | Bit Part | 1959 |
| Some Like It Hot | Speakeasy Patron | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Club Patron / Accountant / Baseball Game Spectator / Casino Patron / Dancer / Detective / Gambling House Patron / Hood / Waiter | 1959 |
| I Mobster | Syndicate Member | 1959 |
| The Lost Missile | Reporter | 1958 |
| The Last Hurrah | Man at Campaign HQ | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Stockbroker | 1958 |
| Yancy Derringer | Club Patron | 1958 |
| The Donna Reed Show | Reunion Guest | 1958 |
| Steve Canyon | Pilot | 1958 |
| Mike Hammer | Cafe Patron / Detective | 1958 |
| Don't Go Near the Water | Party Guest | 1957 |
| Jailhouse Rock | Nightclub Patron | 1957 |
| My Man Godfrey | Party Guest | 1957 |
| Alcoa Theatre | Actor in Production | 1957 |
| The Devil's Hairpin | Restaurant Patron | 1957 |
| The Californians | Vigilante / Club Patron / Townsman / Amos Barkley | 1957 |
| Maverick | Casino Patron | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Courtroom Spectator / Technician / Stenographer / Spectator at Art Exhibit / Senator Leaving Sub-Committee Hearing / Roadhouse Patron / Party Guest / Clerk / Attorney | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Townsman / Party Guest | 1957 |
| Man on Fire | Party Guest | 1957 |
| Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Policeman | 1957 |
| The Monster That Challenged the World | Helicopter Crewman | 1957 |
| The Garment Jungle | Union Member | 1957 |
| Designing Woman | Dinner Guest | 1957 |
| Man Afraid | Bit Role | 1957 |
| Ten Thousand Bedrooms | Party Guest | 1957 |
| The Wings of Eagles | Party Guest | 1957 |
| Hot Shots | Party Guest | 1956 |
| The Rack | Judge | 1956 |
| Death of a Scoundrel | Party Guest | 1956 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Specialty Dancer | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Courtroom Spectator | 1956 |
| High Society | Party Guest | 1956 |
| Crashing Las Vegas | Audience Member | 1956 |
| The Swan | Ball Attendee | 1956 |
| State Trooper | Hotel Guest | 1956 |
| I Died a Thousand Times | Hotel Guest | 1955 |
| Sincerely Yours | Nightclub Patron | 1955 |
| Trial | Clerk | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Restaurant Patron | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Townsman | 1955 |
| It's Always Fair Weather | Technician | 1955 |
| So You Want a Model Railroad | Customer | 1955 |
| Not as a Stranger | Medical Student | 1955 |
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Party Guest | 1955 |
| Cult of the Cobra | Party Guest | 1955 |
| Jupiter's Darling | Soldier | 1955 |
| Phffft | Nightclub Patron | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Party Guest | 1954 |
| Woman's World | Restaurant Patron | 1954 |
| Brigadoon | New York Club Patron | 1954 |
| Playgirl | Nightclub Patron | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Policeman / Actor | 1954 |
| Forever Female | Diner at Sardi's | 1954 |
| Easy to Love | Nightclub Patron | 1953 |
| The Robe | Soldier | 1953 |
| Latin Lovers | Engagement Party Guest | 1953 |
| Francis Covers the Big Town | Courtroom Spectator | 1953 |
| Julius Caesar | Soldier | 1953 |
| The Sun Shines Bright | Party Guest at Ball | 1953 |
| The Clown | Convention Dinner Guest | 1953 |
| Androcles and the Lion | Gladiator | 1953 |
| April in Paris | Theatre Patron | 1952 |
| Invasion, U.S.A. | Military Attache | 1952 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Party Guest / Charlie / Maynard / Wedding Guest | 1952 |
| Something for the Birds | Senate Hearing Spectator | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Reporter | 1952 |
| Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick | College Inn Patron | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Fight Spectator | 1952 |
| The Belle of New York | Police Officer | 1952 |
| My Favorite Spy | Club Patron | 1951 |
| Starlift | Soldier | 1951 |
| The Stooge | Club Patron | 1951 |
| The Red Badge of Courage | Union Soldier | 1951 |
| The Strip | Club Patron | 1951 |
| Darling, How Could You! | Ship Passenger | 1951 |
| Show Boat | Specialty Dancer | 1951 |
| He Ran All the Way | Pedestrian | 1951 |
| A Place in the Sun | Restaurant Patron | 1951 |
| The Last Outpost | Party Guest | 1951 |
| Lullaby of Broadway | Theatre Patron | 1951 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Club Patron | 1950 |
| The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Wedding Guest | 1950 |
| Duchess of Idaho | Dance Contestant | 1950 |
| Annie Get Your Gun | Party Guest | 1950 |
| Lucky Losers | Investor | 1950 |
| Please Believe Me | Waiter | 1950 |
| The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady | Audience Member | 1950 |
| Buccaneer's Girl | Barfly | 1950 |
| Copper Canyon | Specialty Dancer | 1950 |
| Easy Living | Party Guest | 1949 |
| Mighty Joe Young | Nightclub Patron | 1949 |
| Tulsa | Party Guest | 1949 |
| The Lady Gambles | Casino Patron | 1949 |
| My Dream Is Yours | Party Guest | 1949 |
| Outpost in Morocco | Nightclub Patron | 1949 |
| Bad Boy | Hotel Guest | 1949 |
| Enchantment | Party Guest | 1948 |
| Joan of Arc | French Soldier | 1948 |
| Luxury Liner | Ship Passenger | 1948 |
| Moonrise | Townsman | 1948 |
| The Golden Eye | Dude Ranch Guest | 1948 |
| Tap Roots | Orderly | 1948 |
| Lulu Belle | Club Patron | 1948 |
| The Walls of Jericho | Party Guest | 1948 |
| Easter Parade | Restaurant Patron | 1948 |
| So You Want to Be a Gambler | Bar Patron | 1948 |
| Gentleman's Agreement | Nightclub Patron | 1947 |
| Lured | Club Patron / Nightclub Patron | 1947 |
| The Perils of Pauline | Song-and-Dance Man | 1947 |
| The Time, the Place and the Girl | Bamboo Club Patron | 1946 |
| The Big Sleep | Casino Patron | 1946 |
| Black Angel | Specialty Dancer / Specialty Dancer (Uncredited) | 1946 |
| Night and Day | Dancer / Singer | 1946 |
| Mildred Pierce | Party Guest | 1945 |
| Rhapsody in Blue | Chorus Boy / Blue Monday Dancer | 1945 |
| Objective, Burma! | Paratrooper | 1945 |
| The Three Caballeros | Dancer - Brazilian Sequence | 1944 |
| Hollywood Canteen | Doorman | 1944 |
| The Conspirators | Casino Patron | 1944 |
| Shine on Harvest Moon | Specialty Dancer | 1944 |
| Lady in the Dark | Specialty Dancer | 1944 |
| The Gang's All Here | Club New Yorker Patron | 1943 |
| This Is the Army | Soldier | 1943 |
| Yanks Ahoy | Soldier | 1943 |
| The Leopard Man | Nightclub Patron | 1943 |
| Shadow of a Doubt | Ballroom Dancer | 1943 |
| The McGuerins from Brooklyn | Paradise Springs Guest | 1942 |
| For Me and My Gal | Dancer / Soldier | 1942 |
| Secret Enemies | Grover Classman | 1942 |
| Orchestra Wives | Nightclub Patron | 1942 |
| About Face | Soldier | 1942 |
| To Be or Not to Be | German Soldier | 1942 |
| Ride 'Em Cowboy | Rodeo Spectator | 1942 |
| Louisiana Purchase | Singer / Dancer | 1941 |
| Look Who's Laughing | Party Guest | 1941 |
| The Gay Falcon | Party Guest | 1941 |
| Father Takes a Wife | Party Guest | 1941 |
| Moon Over Miami | Nightclub Patron | 1941 |
| Time Out for Rhythm | Club Patron | 1941 |
| In the Navy | Officer Dancer | 1941 |
| Ziegfeld Girl | Chorus Boy / Chorus Boy (Uncredited) | 1941 |
| The Great Lie | Club Patron | 1941 |
| Nice Girl? | Celebration Guest | 1941 |
| Back Street | Ship's Officer | 1941 |
| Little Nellie Kelly | Party Guest | 1940 |
| Third Finger, Left Hand | Lunch Counter Patron | 1940 |
| Too Many Girls | Chorus Boy | 1940 |
| Boom Town | Saloon Brawler | 1940 |
| The Return of Frank James | Courtroom Spectator | 1940 |
| Road to Singapore | Party Guest | 1940 |
| Broadway Melody of 1940 | Specialty Dancer | 1940 |
| Gone with the Wind | Southern Dandy | 1940 |
| The Roaring Twenties | Nightclub Patron | 1939 |
| The Housekeeper's Daughter | Pedestrian | 1939 |
| At the Circus | Circus Patron | 1939 |
| The Wizard of Oz | Ozmite / Winkie Guard | 1939 |
| Naughty But Nice | Nightclub Patron | 1939 |
| Broadway Serenade | Party Guest | 1939 |
| The Dawn Patrol | Young Recruit | 1938 |
| If I Were King | Burgundian Knight | 1938 |
| Mr. Chump | Inn Patron | 1938 |
| The Crowd Roars | Boxing Spectator | 1938 |
| The Girl of the Golden West | Dancer | 1938 |
| The Big Broadcast of 1938 | Bar Patron | 1938 |
| The Goldwyn Follies | Party Guest | 1938 |
| Rosalie | Dancer | 1937 |
| Conquest | Palace Guard | 1937 |
| Broadway Melody of 1938 | Dancer | 1937 |
| Topper | Waiter | 1937 |
| What Becomes of the Children? | Restaurant Patron | 1936 |
| Born to Dance | Dancer | 1936 |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade | Soldier | 1936 |
| Libeled Lady | Club Patron | 1936 |
| Cain and Mabel | Dancer | 1936 |
| Mary of Scotland | Soldier | 1936 |
| The Great Ziegfeld | Dancer | 1936 |
| In Person | Chorus Boy | 1935 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Dancer | 1935 |
| Broadway Melody of 1936 | Specialty Dancer | 1935 |
| Dante's Inferno | Dancer | 1935 |
| Gold Diggers of 1935 | Specialty Dancer | 1935 |
| Flirtation Walk | Cadet | 1934 |
| The Gay Divorcee | Dancer | 1934 |
| Cleopatra | Roman Soldier | 1934 |
| Desirable | Party Guest | 1934 |
| Murder at the Vanities | Chorus Boy | 1934 |
| George White's Scandals | Specialty Dancer | 1934 |
| Wonder Bar | Chorus Boy | 1934 |
| Coming Out Party | Dancer | 1934 |
| Flying Down to Rio | Dancer | 1933 |
| College Humor | Student | 1933 |
| 42nd Street | Chorus Boy | 1933 |
| Under Eighteen | Penthouse Party Guest | 1931 |
| Ramona | Mexican Boy | 1928 |
| The Last Command | Russian Youth | 1928 |
| Underworld | Street Kid | 1927 |
