Early Life
Huston was born in Toronto, Ontario the son of Elizabeth (née McGibbon) and Robert Moore Huston, a provincial farmer who founded a construction company. He was of Scottish and Irish descent.
His family moved from Orangeville, Ontario before his birth where they were farmers.. Huston was an engineer who moved to the United States to work and eventually changed careers to acting.
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