Norman Houston (1887–1958) was primarily an American screenwriter best known for his work on Westerns.
Born in Texas,[1] he was found working in New York City as a quite versatile individual with 4 credits on Broadway in the 1921-1926 period.
[2] But by 1924, Houston's work had moved from the stages of the East Coast to the films of the West Coast where he began to focus more generally on his writing ability; between 1924 and 1954, he would be credited 82 times for his 30 years of writing work on films.
[3] Indeed, in 1929, he finally did make the physical move to Hollywood and in that year he worked on the 2nd Academy Awards Oscar winning Academy Award for Best Picture film Broadway Melody.
According to Tom Stempel, "He, more than any of the other writers of the Holts, had the perfect light touch in writing the Tim-Chito relationship.