- During World War II served with the RAF as a rear gunner and radio officer.
- Older brother of Glyn Houston
- Before successfully auditioning for the theatre, he was briefly employed as a coal miner at Glamorganshire in Wales.
- Son of a professional footballer.
- Like his character in The Longest Day (1962), he served in the RAF during World War II.
- He and his brother and sister were raised by their aunt.
- As a school boy toured with the Boys Theatre. Later he was a member of The Pilgrim Players then Oxford Repertory Theatre.
- Both he and his younger brother Glyn Houston appeared in Hammer films: he appeared in The Viking Queen (1967) while his brother appeared in The Secret of Blood Island (1965) and The Brigand of Kandahar (1965).
- Has a sister, Jean.
- His first stage appearance in London was in 1947 as part of the cast of Ibsen's "The Master Builder" at the Arts Theatre.
- He was considered for the roles of Dr. Armstrong, Dr. Bukovsky and Sir Percy Heseltine in Lifeforce (1985).
- During the blitz in WWII, as part of the Oxford Pilgrim Players, he gave performances in St. Paul's Cathedral and in air raid shelters.
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