George Houghton O.B.E. Author/Cartoonist
Born: Perth, Scotland 1905
Educated: Dronfield, Sorbonne and Ecole des Beaux Arts
Hobbies: Painting, Writing, Golf,Travel
GEORGE HOUGHTON’S CARTOON CALENDAR FOR GOLF ADDICTS
Publishers; Country Life, Collins Appeared annually between 1952 and 1995.
It was widely popular and brought by Golf Addicts worldwide.
Sales of Houghton’s golf-
T.V. PLAYS
They Flew Through Sand (BBC)
Watch the Birdie (ITV)
Many TV interviews, Sound Radio; Interviews and BBC Mid Morning Stories.
CARTOON ILLUSTRATIONS
For Dunlop Books, Golf, Rugby, Soccer, Olympics
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
1936 Adventures of a Gadabout
Illustrated by Author 1st and 2nd impressions sold (Selwyn & Blount)
1936 Here’s Looking At You
A folio of Paris caricatures (Vendome, Paris)
1938 Parade of Violence
Foreign Legion, biographical (Selwyn & Blount)
1942 They Flew Through Sand
Illustrated by Author Autobiographical RAF Western Desert
First published Cairo (during war) by Schindler (5 impressions) Cairo sales 68.000 copies; later published London (Jarrods 2 impressions)
Dramatised by Author for BBC; televised twice
1942 The Siege of Bir Hakim
An “I was there” account of the Free French battle in the Western Desert (Schindler, Cairo)
1945 Between the Red Lions
Illustrated by Author Juvenile book (2 large impressions, George Newnes)
1952 Confessions of a Golf Addict
Illustrated by Author (8 impressions, Museum Press) Serialised in “People’s Journal”, Dundee (Later published by Simon & Shluster, New York)
1953 Golf Addicts Through the Ages
Illustrated by Author (Museum Press, 2 impressions)
1954 Golfer’s ABC – in collaboration
Illustrated by Author (Museum Press)
1955 More Confessions of a Golf Addict
Illustrated by Author (Museum Press)
1957 Golf On My Pillow
Illustrated by Author (Stanley Paul, 2nd impression at 2/6d, then large paperback edition) Serialised in “People’s Journal, Dundee; translated into Japenese and then serialised
