House Baker Jameson (December 17, 1902 – April 23, 1971)[1] was an American actor in the era of old-time radio and early television.

[3] Jameson said that he knew at age 5 that he wanted to be an actor, when an aunt, who raised him after his father died, took him to see a performance of The Shepherd King.

[8] In an episode of Behind the Mike, Jameson recounted the case of a boy who recovered from a serious illness after receiving a telegram and an autographed photo from "Renfrew."

[4] In January 1953, newspaper columnist Richard Kleiner wrote about House Jameson, who played Mr. Aldrich in the radio comedy, "Mr. Jameson, a handsome, white-haired gentleman with a handsome white-haired mustache, is making a career out of being father to a perennial high school junior called Henry Aldrich.

Jameson was also heard on Columbia Presents Corwin,[16] So This Is Radio,[17] Behind the Mike,[18] Americans At Work;[19] On Broadway, [20] Canary Christmas,[21] Eno Crime Clues,[22] Hilda Hope, M.D.,[13]: 151  Snow Village,[23] Betty and Bob,[24] Our Gal Sunday,[25] Mystery Theatre,[26] By Kathleen Norris,[13]: 57 Grand Central Station,[27] This Day Is Ours,[28] The Jack Benny Show,[29] A Special Announcement,[30] World Service,[31] Brave Tomorrow,[32] Words Without Music,[33] Voice of the Army,[34] New York Philharmonic Orchestra,[35] Cresta Blanca Carnival,[36] Ellen Randolph;[37] Nazi Eyes On Canada,[38] This Is War,[39] The Nightingale and the Rose (as Narrator),[40] American Portrait,[41] Building for Peace,[42] FBI In Peace and War,[43] Day of Reckoning (play),[44] Quaker World Service,[45] Colgate Theater of Romance,[46] Quick as a Flash,[10] The Radio Edition of the Bible,[47] The Eternal Light,[48] Radio Playhouse,[49] Hilltop House,[50] Pepper Young's Family,[51] Mrs. Wiggins Cabbage Patch, Portia Faces Life, The Kate Smith Show,[12] Suspense, X Minus One, and Cavalcade of America.

[52] Jameson was "greatly admired" by writer Norman Corwin, who "found him to be a reliable performer, a man of modesty, who had a sense of dignity, without being stiff."

Jameson appeared in a number of Corwin's productions, as actor and narrator, including The Plot to Overthrow Christmas (as Santa Claus), They Fly Through the Air, Seems Radio Is Here To Stay, There Will Be Time Later, Log of the R-77, A Soliloquy to Balance the Budget, Descent of the Gods (as Apollo), Fragments From a Lost Cause, America at War, and A Program to Be Opened in a Hundred Years.

He noted the minimal amount of time required to rehearse and perform a radio program, enabling him to work on several shows per week, and still keep a normal schedule.

[60] Later in 1925, Jameson toured for a year in the Julia Arthur production of Saint Joan, playing the role of Gilles De Rais.

In Toronto, he played in productions of A Kiss for Cinderella, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, Diplomacy, What Every Woman Knows, Bunty Pulls the Strings, and Quality Street.

[83][84] In 1961–1962, Jameson co-starred in the national tour of Advise and Consent, playing Senator Seab Cooley, garnering excellent reviews.

One critic said that Jameson deserved "top honors" for his portrayal, and that his "changes of mood, his rapid shifts of characterization fitting the part he defines were a joy to watch;"[85] while the Los Angeles Times said that he was a "real stand out.

"[87] Jameson's other Broadway credits include The Goat Song (1925), The Chief Thing (1925), An American Tragedy (1926), The Dark Hours (1932), We, the People (1932), In Time to Come (1941), The Patriots (1942), Requiem for a Nun (1959), The Great Indoors (1965), and Don't Drink the Water (1966).

[92] According to Jameson, he was told that his white hair would not film well in those early days of television, because it "bounc[ed]," and he was advised to dye it blue.

Jameson noted that filming the TV series was much more time-consuming than working on the radio version, with many hours of rehearsals, lighting and scenic problems, and other "videosyncracies" to contend with.

[12] Jameson was also seen in Goodyear Television Playhouse (1956),[93] "Macbeth" (a 1954 episode of Hallmark Hall of Fame),[94] The Sacco-Vanzetti Story,[95] Robert Montgomery Presents,[96] The Telltale Clue (1954),[97] KSD Summer Theater (1955),[98] American Inventory (1955),[99] Westinghouse Studio One (1955 and 1957),[97] Way of the World (1955),[100] Modern Romances (1957),[101] The Edge of Night (as John Phillips) (1957-1958),[97] True Story (1958),[97] The Phil Silvers Show (1958 and 1959),[97] New York Confidential (1959),[97] The United States Steel Hour (1959),[102] The Witness (1960),[103] Naked City (multiple episodes 1958–1963),[97] Route 66 (1960),[97] The Play of the Week (1961),[97] DuPont Show of the Month (1961),[104] Car 54, Where Are You?

(1961 and 1962),[97] Camera Three (1963),[105] Another World (as Dr. Bert Gregory) (1964),[97] The Defenders (1964),[97] Search for Tomorrow (as Dr. Lawson),[106] The Trials of O'Brien (1965),[97] "Lamp At Midnight" and "Barefoot in Athens" (Hallmark Hall of Fame productions) (1966),[97] The Borgia Stick (TV Movie)(1967),[97] Dark Shadows (as Judge Crathorne) (1967),[97] Coronet Blue (1967),[97] The Doctors (as Nathan Bunker) (1967-1968),[97] Lamp Unto My Feet (Narrator)(1968),[107] and N.Y.P.D.