Arthur Housman
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-10-08
Day of Death
1942-04-08 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Arthur Housman
Biography
From Wikipedia
Arthur Housman (October 10, 1889 – April 8, 1942) was an American actor in films during both the silent film era and the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Initially as a leading man, Housman later became known as Hollywood's most familiar comic drunkard in films of the 1930s, usually playing cameo parts in features but with better opportunities in short films. His best remembered roles were in several Laurel and Hardy films, notably Scram!, Our Relations and (in the title role) The Live Ghost. He also played a frustrated timekeeper in the Three Stooges' film Punch Drunks.
Housman died of pneumonia at age 52. He was married to Ellen Grubley (31 July 1893 - 21 May 1960) from 1919 until his death in 1942.
Known For
Acting
(1968)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Second Drunk (archive footage)
(1945)
A Hit with a Miss
as Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1941)
Billy the Kid
as Saloon Janitor (uncredited)
(1941)
Escort Girl
as Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)
(1940)
No Time for Comedy
as Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)
(1940)
Go West
as Drunk in Saloon
(1940)
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)
(1940)
City for Conquest
as Radio Listener (uncredited)
(1939)
They Made Me a Criminal
as Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)
(1939)
Broadway Serenade
as Jonathan (uncredited)
(1939)
Stronger Than Desire
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1939)
Navy Secrets
as Phoney Drunk
(1939)
Ex-Champ
as Drunk in Barroom
(1939)
The Flying Deuces
as Drunk Legionnaire
(1939)
Blondie Takes a Vacation
as Drunk on Train (uncredited)
(1938)
Man-Proof
as Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)
(1938)
Hard to Get
as Drunk on Subway (uncredited)
(1938)
Youth Takes a Fling
as First Communist
(1938)
Where the West Begins
as Beano, Jack's Cellmate
(1937)
Step Lively, Jeeves!
as Max
(1937)
Double or Nothing
as Drunk
(1936)
Our Relations
as Drunk
(1936)
Riffraff
as 'Ratsy'
(1936)
Wives Never Know
as Snorter
(1936)
(1936)
Little Miss Nobody
as Drunk
(1936)
With Love and Kisses
as Gilbert Holbrook
(1936)
Am I Having Fun!
as 'Scoop' McGoogle
(1936)
Racing Blood
as Legs
(1935)
The Captain Hits the Ceiling
as Cliff
(1935)
Sing Sister Sing
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1935)
Here Comes Cookie
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as Souse
(1935)
Public Hero Number 1
as Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)
(1935)
It Always Happens
as Drunk
(1935)
Two for Tonight
as Warburton
(1935)
Paris in Spring
as Interviewer
(1935)
Woman Wanted
as Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)
(1935)
The Fixer Uppers
as The Drunk
(1935)
Treasure Blues
as Sailor
(1934)
Benny, from Panama
as Drunken, Irate Husband
(1934)
(1934)
Done in Oil
as Arthur
(1934)
The Merry Widow
as Drunken Man (uncredited)
(1934)
I Believed in You
as Jerry Hartman, a Drunk
(1934)
(1934)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Dick Harris
(1934)
Punch Drunks
as Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)
(1934)
Here Is My Heart
as Waiter
(1934)
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
(1934)
Something Simple
as Drunk
(1934)
Gridiron Flash
as Drunk
(1934)
Bridal Bail
as Drunk
(1934)
The Live Ghost
as Drunken sailor
(1934)
Babes in the Goods
as The Drunk
(1933)
The Intruder
as Reggie Wayne
(1933)
She Done Him Wrong
as Hungry Barfly (uncredited)
(1933)
Her Bodyguard
as Drunk
(1933)
Roadhouse Queen
as Arthur Young - Attorney
(1933)
The Way to Love
as Drunk Being Photographed
(1933)
Men Must Fight
as Drunk on Ship
(1933)
Wreckety Wrecks
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1932)
No More Orchids
as Serge
(1932)
Scram!
as Drunk
(1932)
(1932)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Drunk
(1932)
Afraid to Talk
as Archie (drunk)
(1932)
Movie Crazy
as Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit
(1931)
Night Life in Reno
as Roy Carlton
(1931)
Five and Ten
as Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
(1931)
(1931)
Next Door Neighbors
as Herman Andrews
(1931)
Anybody's Blonde
as Mulligan
(1930)
(1930)
Feet First
as Drunken clubman
(1930)
Part Time Wife
as Golf Spectator (uncredited)
(1930)
Alias French Gertie
as Bert
(1930)
The Squealer
as Mitter Davis
(1930)
Officer O'Brien
as Tony Zurick
(1930)
The Girl of the Golden West
as Sidney Dick
(1929)
Side Street
as Silk Ruffo
(1929)
Queen of the Night Clubs
as Andy Quinland
(1929)
(1929)
(1929)
Broadway
as Dolph
(1929)
(1928)
Fools for Luck
as Charles Grogan
(1928)
Sins of the Fathers
as The Count
(1928)
Partners in Crime
as Barton
(1928)
The Singing Fool
as Blackie Joe
(1927)
The Spotlight
as Ebbetts
(1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Obtrusive Gentleman
(1927)
Just a Husband
as Warren
(1927)
Rough House Rosie
as Kid Farrell
(1927)
Rumors for Rent
as Warren
(1927)
Publicity Madness
as Oscar Hawks
(1926)
Whispering Wires
as Casey
(1926)
The Midnight Kiss
as Hector Spencer
(1926)
The Bat
as Richard Fleming
(1926)
Early to Wed
as Art Nevers
(1926)
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
as Salesman
(1926)
The Non-Stop Bride
as Barney
(1925)
Night Life of New York
as Jerry
(1925)
The Coast of Folly
as Newspaper Reporter
(1925)
Thunder Mountain
as Joe Givens
(1925)
A Man Must Live
as Tod Cragge
(1925)
The Necessary Evil
as Pug
(1925)
Braveheart
as Frank Nelson
(1925)
The Desert's Price
as Tom Martin
(1924)
The Masked Dancer
as Manager at Club Royal
(1924)
Manhandled
as Chip Thorndyke
(1923)
Under the Red Robe
as Captain La Rolle
(1923)
Wife in Name Only
as Victor Harwood
(1922)
Love's Masquerade
as Newspaper Reporter
(1922)
Shadows of the Sea
as Ralph Dean
(1922)
Man Wanted
as Edgar Little
(1922)
(1921)
The Way of a Maid
as Jimmy Van Trent
(1921)
Clay Dollars
as Ben Willetts
(1921)
Worlds Apart
as Harley Marshall
(1921)
(1921)
The Fighter
as Blacardo
(1921)
Is Life Worth Living?
as Jimmy Colton
(1920)
The Flapper
as Tom Morran
(1920)
A Fool and His Money
as Count Tarnowsky
(1920)
The County Fair
as Bruce Hammerhead
(1920)
The Misleading Lady
as Reporter
(1920)
The Blooming Angel
as Ramon
(1919)
(1919)
The Gay Lord Quex
as Valma
(1919)
(1918)
Brown of Harvard
as Happy
(1918)
All Woman
as Dick Wellman
(1918)
Under Suspicion
as Red Hogan
(1918)
Back to the Woods
as Bill Andrews
(1917)
Persuasive Peggy
as Percy Pipp
(1917)
(1916)
Ignorance
as The Dancer
(1915)
It May Be You
as Jack Kenwood
(1914)
(1913)
At Bear Track Gulch
as Townsman
(1913)
Jack's Joke
as Ned Brown
(1913)
A Reluctant Cinderella
as Dick Evans
(1913)
Mr. Toots' Tooth
as Mr. Toots
(1913)
The Edison Minstrels
as Interlocutor
(1912)
How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family
as Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target
(1912)
(1912)
Everything Comes to Him Who Waits
as Waiter
(1912)
Crew
(1944)
Beautiful But Broke
Story