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