- Began working as an extra while still a teenager, taking background jobs on weekends and attending Fairfax High School during the week.
- Graduated from Fairfax High, Los Angeles, in 1932.
- Houghton was a dancer during his early career and taught actress Greta Garbo how to waltz for a role in Conquest (1937).
- He had small roles in Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz. At the time of his death in 2016 he was the oldest known surviving cast or crew member from both movies.
- He outlived all the major cast, the original Tin Man Buddy Ebsen, and most of the Munchkin actors.
- In the 1970s, he worked on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
- He 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.
- In the early 1950s he worked for television, mostly as a dancer.
- He played many recurring roles, beginning with The Jack Benny Program in 1950.
- His last role was as a juror in the final episodes of Ellery Queen. He retired from acting later that year.
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