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Byron Simon Houck

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Byron Simon Houck

Birth
Prosper, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA
Death
17 Jun 1969 (aged 77)
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
Burial
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Columbarium, Niche 464
Memorial ID
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Major league baseball player 1912-1918. Pitcher with the Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Tip-Tops and the St. Louis Browns.

Buster Keaton hired him and trained him as a cinematographer in the hand-cranked silent era just to be able to play baseball with him. Byron worked on the 1924 films Sherlock Jr. and The Navigator, the 1925 film Seven Chances, and the 1926 film The General.
Major league baseball player 1912-1918. Pitcher with the Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Tip-Tops and the St. Louis Browns.

Buster Keaton hired him and trained him as a cinematographer in the hand-cranked silent era just to be able to play baseball with him. Byron worked on the 1924 films Sherlock Jr. and The Navigator, the 1925 film Seven Chances, and the 1926 film The General.


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