Byron Houck(1891-1969)
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Byron Houck attended the University of Oregon and became a professional
baseball pitcher; he played for the Philadelphia Athletics in the
American League (1912-1914), the Brooklyn Tip-Tops in the outlaw
Federal League(1914), and the St. Louis Browns in the American
League(1918); he had a lifetime won-lost record of 26-24, with an
earned run average of 3.30. He played for some years in the minor
leagues, most notably in the Pacific Coast League, where he pitched for
a team owned by "Roscoe Fatty" Arbuckle; through that
connection, Houck was introduced to Buster Keaton and started
working behind the scenes as a cameraman.