He never grew any taller than 4 feet 3 inches, and could easily pass for an 11-year-old boy, the character he played in The Clitheroe Kid.
Houston was also in the early episodes of radio's The Clitheroe Kid and a regular guest on radio panel show 'The Petticoat Line' chaired by Anona Winn.
In the pilot series other members of the cast included John Broadbent, Violet Carson, Fred Fairclough, Fred Ferris, Tom Harrison, Jack Howarth, Shirley King, Eddie Leslie, Tony Melody, Bob Monkhouse, Herbert Smith, Brian Trueman, Jack Watson, Patrick Wells, and Rosalie Williams.
Kid Rock | Billy the Kid | The Karate Kid (1984 film) | Clitheroe | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | The Karate Kid | Kid Ory | Alex da Kid | Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe | Kid A | Sundance Kid | Kid Montana | Kid Galahad | Kid Creole and the Coconuts | Kid Carpet | Kid Auto Races at Venice | Ḳid. | I Know My Kid's a Star | Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency) | The Tap Dance Kid | Star Wars Kid | Star Kid | Kid 'n Play | Kid British | Karate Kid | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid | The Kid with the Broken Halo | The Hot Kid | The Clitheroe Kid |
He lived his early life in Blacko, near Nelson, where he performed in church productions alongside Jimmy Clitheroe, "The Clitheroe Kid", with whom he went to school.