Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Arthur Housman
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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | The Obtrusive Gentleman | 1927 |
Fast Company | 1929 | |
Thunder Mountain | Joe Givens | 1925 |
Man-Proof | Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited) | 1938 |
The Bat | Richard Fleming | 1926 |
The Squealer | Mitter Davis | 1930 |
She Done Him Wrong | Hungry Barfly (uncredited) | 1933 |
The Necessary Evil | Pug | 1925 |
Fools for Luck | Charles Grogan | 1928 |
Feet First | Drunken clubman | 1930 |
Rumors for Rent | Warren | 1927 |
The Coast of Folly | Newspaper Reporter | 1925 |
Step Lively, Jeeves! | Max | 1937 |
Our Relations | Drunk | 1936 |
The Midnight Kiss | Hector Spencer | 1926 |
Punch Drunks | Fight Timekeeper (uncredited) | 1934 |
Show Boat | 1936 | |
The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Drunk | 1932 |
The Fixer Uppers | The Drunk | 1935 |
The Live Ghost | Drunken sailor | 1934 |
The Desert's Price | Tom Martin | 1925 |
It May Be You | Jack Kenwood | 1915 |
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl | Salesman | 1926 |
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Dick Harris | 1934 |
Five and Ten | Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited) | 1931 |
The Misleading Lady | Reporter | 1920 |
At Bear Track Gulch | Townsman | 1913 |
The Way of a Maid | Jimmy Van Trent | 1921 |
Braveheart | Frank Nelson | 1925 |
Brown of Harvard | Happy | 1918 |
The Gay Lord Quex | Valma | 1919 |
Rough House Rosie | Kid Farrell | 1927 |
Here Is My Heart | Waiter | 1934 |
Am I Having Fun! | 'Scoop' McGoogle | 1936 |
Navy Secrets | Phoney Drunk | 1939 |
The Singing Fool | Blackie Joe | 1928 |
Escort Girl | Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman) | 1941 |
Racing Blood | Legs | 1936 |
With Love and Kisses | Gilbert Holbrook | 1936 |
Roadhouse Queen | Arthur Young - Attorney | 1933 |
Wedding Belles | 1934 | |
Where the West Begins | Beano, Jack's Cellmate | 1938 |
Officer O'Brien | Tony Zurick | 1930 |
No More Orchids | Serge | 1932 |
The Captain Hits the Ceiling | Cliff | 1935 |
It Always Happens | Drunk | 1935 |
Alias French Gertie | Bert | 1930 |
Benny, from Panama | Drunken, Irate Husband | 1934 |
Men Must Fight | Drunk on Ship | 1933 |
Sing Sister Sing | Drunk (uncredited) | 1935 |
Partners in Crime | Barton | 1928 |
All Woman | Dick Wellman | 1918 |
Back to the Woods | 1919 | |
The County Fair | Bruce Hammerhead | 1920 |
Side Street | Silk Ruffo | 1929 |
While Paris Sleeps | 1932 | |
The Intruder | Reggie Wayne | 1933 |
Part Time Wife | Golf Spectator (uncredited) | 1930 |
Manhandled | Chip Thorndyke | 1924 |
Night Life of New York | Jerry | 1925 |
Treasure Blues | Sailor | 1935 |
Done in Oil | Arthur | 1934 |
Babes in the Goods | The Drunk | 1934 |
Youth Takes a Fling | First Communist | 1938 |
Paris in Spring | Interviewer | 1935 |
Mr. Toots' Tooth | Mr. Toots | 1913 |
Gridiron Flash | Drunk | 1934 |
Woman Wanted | Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 1935 |
The Villain Still Pursued Her | Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited) | 1940 |
Stronger Than Desire | Reporter (uncredited) | 1939 |
Scram! | Drunk | 1932 |
They Made Me a Criminal | Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited) | 1939 |
Broadway Serenade | Jonathan (uncredited) | 1939 |
The Flying Deuces | Drunk Legionnaire | 1939 |
Getting to the Ball Game | 1914 | |
Nearly Spliced | 1921 | |
A Hit with a Miss | Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1945 |
Blondie Takes a Vacation | Drunk on Train (uncredited) | 1939 |
Little Miss Nobody | Drunk | 1936 |
Clay Dollars | 1921 | |
Night Life in Reno | Roy Carlton | 1931 |
Anybody's Blonde | Mulligan | 1931 |
Go West | Drunk in Saloon | 1940 |
Wreckety Wrecks | Drunk (uncredited) | 1933 |
City for Conquest | Radio Listener (uncredited) | 1940 |
No Time for Comedy | Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited) | 1940 |
The Best of Laurel and Hardy | Second Drunk (archive footage) | 1968 |
Next Door Neighbors | Herman Andrews | 1931 |
Everything Comes to Him Who Waits | Waiter | 1912 |
How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family | Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target | 1912 |
The Merry Widow | Drunken Man (uncredited) | 1934 |
Diamond Jim | Souse | 1935 |
Afraid to Talk | Archie (drunk) | 1932 |
The Spotlight | Ebbetts | 1927 |
Queen of the Night Clubs | Andy Quinland | 1929 |
Billy the Kid | Saloon Janitor (uncredited) | 1941 |
Jack's Joke | Ned Brown | 1913 |
Rolling Along | 1930 | |
Just a Husband | Warren | 1927 |
The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited) | 1934 |
The End of the Road | 1919 | |
Bridal Bail | Drunk | 1934 |
The Girl of the Golden West | Sidney Dick | 1930 |
Broadway | Dolph | 1929 |
Her Bodyguard | Drunk | 1933 |
The Edison Minstrels | Interlocutor | 1913 |
Help Wanted, Female | 1931 | |
Howling Hollywood | 1929 | |
The Non-Stop Bride | Barney | 1926 |
Elmer Steps Out | 1934 | |
Ex-Champ | Drunk in Barroom | 1939 |
Whispering Wires | Casey | 1926 |
Back to the Woods | Bill Andrews | 1918 |
Man Wanted | Edgar Little | 1922 |
Why Announce Your Marriage? | 1922 | |
Times Square | 1929 | |
Public Hero Number 1 | Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited) | 1935 |
Hard to Get | Drunk on Subway (uncredited) | 1938 |
Red, White and Blue Blood | 1917 | |
A Man Must Live | Tod Cragge | 1925 |
The Way to Love | Drunk Being Photographed | 1933 |
Under the Red Robe | Captain La Rolle | 1923 |
Movie Crazy | Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit | 1932 |
The Flapper | Tom Morran | 1920 |
Wife in Name Only | Victor Harwood | 1923 |
Sins of the Fathers | The Count | 1928 |
The Blooming Angel | Ramon | 1920 |
Riffraff | 'Ratsy' | 1936 |
An Old Fashioned Elopement | 1912 | |
A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun | 1912 | |
Double or Nothing | Drunk | 1937 |
Something Simple | Drunk | 1934 |
Persuasive Peggy | Percy Pipp | 1917 |
Two for Tonight | Warburton | 1935 |
The Masked Dancer | Manager at Club Royal | 1924 |
Early to Wed | Art Nevers | 1926 |
Worlds Apart | Harley Marshall | 1921 |
A Fool and His Money | Count Tarnowsky | 1920 | Series | Cast | Year |