About
Gary Houston (born December 17, 1948, in California) is an American stage, film, and television actor, playwright, and theatre director whose career has spanned over 60 years. He is best known for his work in Chicago's theater scene, where he has been active since 1969. A former production coordinator and writer at the Chicago Sun-Times, Houston created the original role of Roger (the "Mooning King of Rydell High") in the world premiere of Grease at the Kingston Mines Theatre Company in Chicago, where his wife Hedda Lubin (married December 30, 2004) originated the role of Frenchie. As a director, he won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Overall Technical Design for the 1977 Chicago premiere of Peter Handke's Kaspar at Goodman Theatre, and directed the first production to open at Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Wallace Shawn's Our Late Night, 1977), with a cast that included John Malkovich,...
Known for
Chicago MedSeries • 2015
FargoSeries • 2014
Early EditionSeries • 1996
Terminator: The Sarah Connor ChroniclesSeries • 2008
Crime StorySeries • 1986
FargoMovie • 1996
Shining GirlsSeries • 2022
WatchmenMovie • 2009
The Blues BrothersMovie • 1980
Eagle EyeMovie • 2008
A League of Their OwnMovie • 1992
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.Movie • 2023
Major LeagueMovie • 1989
Raw DealMovie • 1986
HoffaMovie • 1992
The DilemmaMovie • 2011
ProofMovie • 2005
ClassMovie • 1983
My BodyguardMovie • 1980
ConsumedMovie • 2015
The ExpressMovie • 2008
The Astronaut FarmerMovie • 2007
Brother 2Movie • 2000
Robot JoxMovie • 1990