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name: "Joy N. Houck Jr."
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born: "26 January 1942"
died: "1 October 2003"
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:31.414975+00:00"
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# Joy N. Houck Jr.

Actor. Born 26 January 1942 in New Orleans. Died 1 October 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 January 1942, New Orleans
- **Died:** 1 October 2003

## Biography

Joy N. Houck Jr. was an American actor, director and screenwriter. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and began working in film in the 1960s. His father, Joy N. Houck Sr., founded the low-budget production and distribution company Howco.

Houck directed several films, including *Night of Bloody Horror* (1969), *The Brain Machine* (1972), *Night of the Strangler* (1975), *Creature from Black Lake* (1976) and *The St. Tammany Miracle* (1994). As an actor he appeared in *Down by Law* (1986) as Detective Mandino, *The Big Easy* (1986) as Sgt. Guerra and *The Hidden* (1987). He also wrote screenplays and worked in other production roles.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Down by Law* (1986), Fi1m 83, as Detective Mandino — [page](https://film.one/film/down-by-law.md)

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