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)
Escort Girl
as Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)
(1941)
Billy the Kid
as Saloon Janitor (uncredited)
(1940)
Go West
as Drunk in Saloon
(1940)
No Time for Comedy
as Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)
(1940)
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)
(1940)
City for Conquest
as Radio Listener (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)
Stronger Than Desire
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1939)
Ex-Champ
as Drunk in Barroom
(1939)
Navy Secrets
as Phoney Drunk
(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)
Double or Nothing
as Drunk
(1937)
Step Lively, Jeeves!
as Max
(1936)
Our Relations
as Drunk
(1936)
(1936)
Riffraff
as 'Ratsy'
(1936)
Wives Never Know
as Snorter
(1936)
Racing Blood
as Legs
(1936)
Little Miss Nobody
as Drunk
(1936)
With Love and Kisses
as Gilbert Holbrook
(1936)
Am I Having Fun!
as 'Scoop' McGoogle
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as Souse
(1935)
Here Comes Cookie
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1935)
The Fixer Uppers
as The Drunk
(1935)
Two for Tonight
as Warburton
(1935)
Paris in Spring
as Interviewer
(1935)
Woman Wanted
as Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)
(1935)
Public Hero Number 1
as Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)
(1935)
It Always Happens
as Drunk
(1935)
Treasure Blues
as Sailor
(1935)
The Captain Hits the Ceiling
as Cliff
(1935)
Sing Sister Sing
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1934)
The Merry Widow
as Drunken Man (uncredited)
(1934)
The Live Ghost
as Drunken sailor
(1934)
Here Is My Heart
as Waiter
(1934)
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
(1934)
I Believed in You
as Jerry Hartman, a Drunk
(1934)
Something Simple
as Drunk
(1934)
(1934)
Punch Drunks
as Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)
(1934)
Bridal Bail
as Drunk
(1934)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Dick Harris
(1934)
Gridiron Flash
as Drunk
(1934)
(1934)
Benny, from Panama
as Drunken, Irate Husband
(1934)
Done in Oil
as Arthur
(1934)
Babes in the Goods
as The Drunk
(1933)
The Intruder
as Reggie Wayne
(1933)
She Done Him Wrong
as Hungry Barfly (uncredited)
(1933)
The Way to Love
as Drunk Being Photographed
(1933)
Her Bodyguard
as Drunk
(1933)
Men Must Fight
as Drunk on Ship
(1933)
Wreckety Wrecks
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1933)
Roadhouse Queen
as Arthur Young - Attorney
(1932)
Scram!
as Drunk
(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
(1932)
No More Orchids
as Serge
(1932)
(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)
Anybody's Blonde
as Mulligan
(1931)
(1930)
Feet First
as Drunken clubman
(1930)
Officer O'Brien
as Tony Zurick
(1930)
Part Time Wife
as Golf Spectator (uncredited)
(1930)
The Girl of the Golden West
as Sidney Dick
(1930)
The Squealer
as Mitter Davis
(1930)
Alias French Gertie
as Bert
(1930)
(1929)
Broadway
as Dolph
(1929)
Side Street
as Silk Ruffo
(1929)
Queen of the Night Clubs
as Andy Quinland
(1929)
(1929)
(1929)
(1928)
Sins of the Fathers
as The Count
(1928)
The Singing Fool
as Blackie Joe
(1928)
Partners in Crime
as Barton
(1928)
Fools for Luck
as Charles Grogan
(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)
The Spotlight
as Ebbetts
(1927)
Rumors for Rent
as Warren
(1926)
The Bat
as Richard Fleming
(1926)
The Midnight Kiss
as Hector Spencer
(1926)
Whispering Wires
as Casey
(1926)
The Non-Stop Bride
as Barney
(1926)
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
as Salesman
(1926)
Early to Wed
as Art Nevers
(1925)
A Man Must Live
as Tod Cragge
(1925)
Night Life of New York
as Jerry
(1925)
Braveheart
as Frank Nelson
(1925)
The Coast of Folly
as Newspaper Reporter
(1925)
Thunder Mountain
as Joe Givens
(1925)
The Desert's Price
as Tom Martin
(1925)
The Necessary Evil
as Pug
(1924)
Manhandled
as Chip Thorndyke
(1924)
The Masked Dancer
as Manager at Club Royal
(1923)
Wife in Name Only
as Victor Harwood
(1923)
Under the Red Robe
as Captain La Rolle
(1922)
(1922)
Man Wanted
as Edgar Little
(1922)
Shadows of the Sea
as Ralph Dean
(1921)
Worlds Apart
as Harley Marshall
(1921)
The Way of a Maid
as Jimmy Van Trent
(1921)
(1921)
Clay Dollars
as Ben Willetts
(1920)
The Flapper
as Tom Morran
(1920)
The County Fair
as Bruce Hammerhead
(1920)
The Misleading Lady
as Reporter
(1920)
The Blooming Angel
as Ramon
(1920)
A Fool and His Money
as Count Tarnowsky
(1919)
(1919)
The Gay Lord Quex
as Valma
(1919)
(1918)
All Woman
as Dick Wellman
(1918)
Back to the Woods
as Bill Andrews
(1918)
Under Suspicion
as Red Hogan
(1918)
Brown of Harvard
as Happy
(1917)
(1917)
Persuasive Peggy
as Percy Pipp
(1916)
Ignorance
as The Dancer
(1915)
It May Be You
as Jack Kenwood
(1914)
(1913)
The Edison Minstrels
as Interlocutor
(1913)
Mr. Toots' Tooth
as Mr. Toots
(1913)
At Bear Track Gulch
as Townsman
(1913)
Jack's Joke
as Ned Brown
(1912)
How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family
as Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
Everything Comes to Him Who Waits
as Waiter
Crew
(1944)
Beautiful But Broke
Story