Donald Houston Biography

Hardworking Welsh actor Donald Houston would sometimes indulge his Welsh accent as well as hide it behind an English public school veneer. Houston had a solid career as a character actor in English film and television, with good parts in several well-known films, including 633 Squadron, The Longest Day, and The Sea Wolves. His forte tended to be authority figures, often military, such as the brilliant but tough David Caulder, the head of Moonbase 3 in a British miniseries. He could also handle comedy well, as he proved with Doctor in the House and the later Doctor in Distress, both significant successes in Europe. Though preferring to take good parts, he was certainly not above journeyman work in films such as Tales That Witness Madness and Maniac -- indeed, much of his early work consists of potboilers. He died quietly in Portugal, well-liked by the British but not too well-known in America. ~ Steven E. McDonald, Rovi

• 1. Tilison: Your wife was killed in the uprising.
  2. John Leeds: That was an accident.
  3. Tilison: In 1956 your houseboy, Tembo Murumbi, was suspected of Mau Mau activities.
  4. John Leeds: What are you trying to say?
  5. Tilison: We all know the African mentality.
  6. John Leeds: Do we?
  7. Tilison: It's very likely he has a resentment against you.
  8. John Leeds: No..
  9. Tilison: You do admit the possibility?
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• 1. John Leeds: If it is Tembo with Jackie, I don't want him arrested. You know what could happen.
  2. Tilison: Isn't the important thing your daughter's safety?
  3. John Leeds: If she's with Tembo she's safe.
  From Bushbaby. Submitted by Éric I (23 days ago)

• 1. John Leeds: I've arranged for Tembo to keep the flowers watered.
  2. Jackie: I wish Tembo were coming with us.
  3. John Leeds: He'll be at the boat to see us off. Jackie, Tembo belongs in Africa.
  4. Jackie: Like Komba? I belong here, too. I was born here. I don't want to go away.
  5. John Leeds: It can't be helped, Jackie. I don't want to leave Africa any more than you do.
  6. Jackie: It isn't only Africa, I have to leave everything.
  From Bushbaby. Submitted by Éric I (23 days ago)