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)
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)
(1940)
No Time for Comedy
as Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)
(1939)
They Made Me a Criminal
as Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)
(1939)
The Flying Deuces
as Drunk Legionnaire
(1939)
Blondie Takes a Vacation
as Drunk on Train (uncredited)
(1939)
Broadway Serenade
as Jonathan (uncredited)
(1939)
Navy Secrets
as Phoney Drunk
(1939)
Stronger Than Desire
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1939)
Ex-Champ
as Drunk in Barroom
(1938)
Youth Takes a Fling
as First Communist
(1938)
Hard to Get
as Drunk on Subway (uncredited)
(1938)
Man-Proof
as Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)
(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)
Little Miss Nobody
as Drunk
(1936)
Racing Blood
as Legs
(1936)
Riffraff
as 'Ratsy'
(1936)
Am I Having Fun!
as 'Scoop' McGoogle
(1936)
With Love and Kisses
as Gilbert Holbrook
(1936)
Wives Never Know
as Snorter
(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)
Diamond Jim
as Souse
(1935)
The Fixer Uppers
as The Drunk
(1935)
The Captain Hits the Ceiling
as Cliff
(1935)
Two for Tonight
as Warburton
(1935)
Here Comes Cookie
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1935)
Treasure Blues
as Sailor
(1935)
Sing Sister Sing
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1934)
The Live Ghost
as Drunken sailor
(1934)
The Merry Widow
as Drunken Man (uncredited)
(1934)
I Believed in You
as Jerry Hartman, a Drunk
(1934)
Punch Drunks
as Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)
(1934)
Here Is My Heart
as Waiter
(1934)
Something Simple
as Drunk
(1934)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Dick Harris
(1934)
Babes in the Goods
as The Drunk
(1934)
Benny, from Panama
as Drunken, Irate Husband
(1934)
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
(1934)
Done in Oil
as Arthur
(1934)
Bridal Bail
as Drunk
(1934)
Gridiron Flash
as Drunk
(1934)
(1934)
(1933)
She Done Him Wrong
as Hungry Barfly (uncredited)
(1933)
The Intruder
as Reggie Wayne
(1933)
The Way to Love
as Drunk Being Photographed
(1933)
Her Bodyguard
as Drunk
(1933)
Roadhouse Queen
as Arthur Young - Attorney
(1933)
Men Must Fight
as Drunk on Ship
(1933)
Wreckety Wrecks
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1932)
Scram!
as Drunk
(1932)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Drunk
(1932)
(1932)
No More Orchids
as Serge
(1932)
Movie Crazy
as Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit
(1932)
Afraid to Talk
as Archie (drunk)
(1931)
Night Life in Reno
as Roy Carlton
(1931)
Anybody's Blonde
as Mulligan
(1931)
Next Door Neighbors
as Herman Andrews
(1931)
Five and Ten
as Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
(1931)
(1930)
Officer O'Brien
as Tony Zurick
(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)
The Girl of the Golden West
as Sidney Dick
(1929)
Broadway
as Dolph
(1929)
Queen of the Night Clubs
as Andy Quinland
(1929)
Side Street
as Silk Ruffo
(1929)
(1929)
(1929)
(1928)
The Singing Fool
as Blackie Joe
(1928)
Partners in Crime
as Barton
(1928)
Sins of the Fathers
as The Count
(1928)
Fools for Luck
as Charles Grogan
(1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Obtrusive Gentleman
(1927)
The Spotlight
as Ebbetts
(1927)
Rumors for Rent
as Warren
(1927)
Rough House Rosie
as Kid Farrell
(1927)
Just a Husband
as Warren
(1926)
The Bat
as Richard Fleming
(1926)
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
as Salesman
(1926)
Early to Wed
as Art Nevers
(1926)
The Midnight Kiss
as Hector Spencer
(1926)
Whispering Wires
as Casey
(1926)
The Non-Stop Bride
as Barney
(1925)
The Coast of Folly
as Newspaper Reporter
(1925)
Braveheart
as Frank Nelson
(1925)
Night Life of New York
as Jerry
(1925)
The Necessary Evil
as Pug
(1925)
Thunder Mountain
as Joe Givens
(1925)
A Man Must Live
as Tod Cragge
(1925)
The Desert's Price
as Tom Martin
(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)
Man Wanted
as Edgar Little
(1922)
(1922)
Love's Masquerade
as Newspaper Reporter
(1922)
Shadows of the Sea
as Ralph Dean
(1921)
Clay Dollars
as Ben Willetts
(1921)
The Way of a Maid
as Jimmy Van Trent
(1921)
Worlds Apart
as Harley Marshall
(1921)
The Fighter
as Blacardo
(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)
Back to the Woods
as Bill Andrews
(1918)
Under Suspicion
as Red Hogan
(1918)
All Woman
as Dick Wellman
(1918)
Brown of Harvard
as Happy
(1917)
Persuasive Peggy
as Percy Pipp
(1917)
(1916)
Ignorance
as The Dancer
(1915)
It May Be You
as Jack Kenwood
(1914)
(1913)
A Reluctant Cinderella
as Dick Evans
(1913)
Jack's Joke
as Ned Brown
(1913)
Mr. Toots' Tooth
as Mr. Toots
(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