Biography
Byron Houck was an American cinematographer and former professional baseball pitcher. After a career in Major League Baseball with teams including the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns, he entered the film industry in the 1920s through a connection with Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle.
Houck worked primarily on Buster Keaton's silent comedies. He received photography credits, alongside Elgin Lessley, on Sherlock Jr. (1924), The Navigator (1924) and Seven Chances (1925). He also served as an uncredited camera operator and still photographer on The General (1926), and photographed several shorts directed by Arbuckle.
Houck was born Byron Simon Houck in Prosper, Minnesota, and died in Santa Cruz, California, in 1969.
