Arthur Housman

Arthur Housman

Known for
Acting
Born
October 8, 1889
Died
April 8, 1942 (aged 52)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

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

Filmography

1968
The Best of Laurel and Hardy

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

Movie · as Second Drunk (archive footage)

1945
A Hit with a Miss poster

A Hit with a Miss

Movie · as Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941
Escort Girl poster

Escort Girl

Movie · as Al, the Drunk

1941
Billy the Kid poster

Billy the Kid

Movie · as Saloon Janitor (uncredited)

1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her poster

The Villain Still Pursued Her

Movie · as Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)

1940
Go West poster

Go West

Movie · as Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)

1940
City for Conquest poster

City for Conquest

Movie · as Radio Listener (uncredited)

1940
No Time for Comedy poster

No Time for Comedy

Movie · as Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)

1939
Navy Secrets poster

Navy Secrets

Movie · as Phoney Drunk

1939
Stronger Than Desire poster

Stronger Than Desire

Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)

1939
They Made Me a Criminal poster

They Made Me a Criminal

Movie · as Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)

1939
Broadway Serenade poster

Broadway Serenade

Movie · as Jonathan (uncredited)

1939
The Flying Deuces poster

The Flying Deuces

Movie · as Drunk Legionnaire

1939
Blondie Takes a Vacation poster

Blondie Takes a Vacation

Movie · as Drunk on Train (uncredited)

1939
Ex-Champ poster

Ex-Champ

Movie · as Drunk in Barroom

1938
Man-Proof poster

Man-Proof

Movie · as Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)

1938
Where the West Begins poster

Where the West Begins

Movie · as Beano, Jack's Cellmate

1938
Youth Takes a Fling poster

Youth Takes a Fling

Movie · as First Communist

1938
Hard to Get poster

Hard to Get

Movie · as Drunk on Subway (uncredited)

1937
Step Lively, Jeeves! poster

Step Lively, Jeeves!

Movie · as Max

1937
Double or Nothing poster

Double or Nothing

Movie · as Drunk

1937
That’s My Story poster

That’s My Story

Movie · as Drunk

1936
Our Relations poster

Our Relations

Movie · as Drunk

1936
Show Boat poster

Show Boat

Movie

1936
Am I Having Fun!

Am I Having Fun!

Movie · as 'Scoop' McGoogle

1936
Racing Blood poster

Racing Blood

Movie · as Legs

1936
With Love and Kisses

With Love and Kisses

Movie · as Gilbert Holbrook

1936
Little Miss Nobody poster

Little Miss Nobody

Movie · as Drunk

1936
Riffraff poster

Riffraff

Movie · as 'Ratsy'

1936
Wives Never Know poster

Wives Never Know

Movie · as Snorter

1935
The Fixer Uppers poster

The Fixer Uppers

Movie · as The Drunk

1935
The Captain Hits the Ceiling

The Captain Hits the Ceiling

Movie · as Cliff

1935
It Always Happens

It Always Happens

Movie · as Drunk

1935
Sing Sister Sing poster

Sing Sister Sing

Movie · as Drunk (uncredited)

1935
Treasure Blues poster

Treasure Blues

Movie · as Sailor

1935
Paris in Spring poster

Paris in Spring

Movie · as Interviewer

1935
Woman Wanted poster

Woman Wanted

Movie · as Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)

1935
Diamond Jim poster

Diamond Jim

Movie · as Souse

1935
Public Hero Number 1 poster

Public Hero Number 1

Movie · as Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)

1935
Two for Tonight poster

Two for Tonight

Movie · as Warburton

1935
Here Comes Cookie poster

Here Comes Cookie

Movie · as Drunk (uncredited)

1934
Punch Drunks poster

Punch Drunks

Movie · as Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)

1934
The Live Ghost poster

The Live Ghost

Movie · as Drunken sailor

1934
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch poster

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Movie · as Dick Harris

1934
Here Is My Heart poster

Here Is My Heart

Movie · as Waiter

1934
Wedding Belles

Wedding Belles

Movie

1934
Benny, from Panama

Benny, from Panama

Movie · as Drunken, Irate Husband

1934
Done in Oil poster

Done in Oil

Movie · as Arthur

1934
Babes in the Goods poster

Babes in the Goods

Movie · as The Drunk

1934
Gridiron Flash poster

Gridiron Flash

Movie · as Drunk

1934
The Hollywood Gad-About poster

The Hollywood Gad-About

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1934
Bridal Bail poster

Bridal Bail

Movie · as Drunk

1934
Elmer Steps Out poster

Elmer Steps Out

Movie

1934
Something Simple poster

Something Simple

Movie · as Drunk

1934
I Believed in You poster

I Believed in You

Movie · as Jerry Hartman, a Drunk

1934
The Merry Widow poster

The Merry Widow

Movie · as Drunken Man (uncredited)

1933
She Done Him Wrong poster

She Done Him Wrong

Movie · as Hungry Barfly (uncredited)

1933
Roadhouse Queen poster

Roadhouse Queen

Movie · as Arthur Young - Attorney

1933
Men Must Fight poster

Men Must Fight

Movie · as Drunk on Ship

1933
The Intruder poster

The Intruder

Movie · as Reggie Wayne

1933
Wreckety Wrecks

Wreckety Wrecks

Movie · as Drunk (uncredited)

1933
Her Bodyguard poster

Her Bodyguard

Movie · as Drunk

1933
The Way to Love poster

The Way to Love

Movie · as Drunk Being Photographed

1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them poster

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

Movie · as Drunk

1932
No More Orchids poster

No More Orchids

Movie · as Serge

1932
While Paris Sleeps poster

While Paris Sleeps

Movie

1932
Scram! poster

Scram!

Movie · as Drunk

1932
Afraid to Talk poster

Afraid to Talk

Movie · as Archie (drunk)

1932
Movie Crazy poster

Movie Crazy

Movie · as Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit

1931
Five and Ten poster

Five and Ten

Movie · as Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)

1931
Night Life in Reno poster

Night Life in Reno

Movie · as Roy Carlton

1931
Anybody's Blonde poster

Anybody's Blonde

Movie · as Mulligan

1931
Next Door Neighbors poster

Next Door Neighbors

Movie · as Herman Andrews

1931
Help Wanted, Female

Help Wanted, Female

Movie

1930
The Squealer poster

The Squealer

Movie · as Mitter Davis

1930
Feet First poster

Feet First

Movie · as Drunken clubman

1930
Officer O'Brien poster

Officer O'Brien

Movie · as Tony Zurick

1930
Alias French Gertie poster

Alias French Gertie

Movie · as Bert

1930
Part Time Wife poster

Part Time Wife

Movie · as Golf Spectator (uncredited)

1930
Rolling Along

Rolling Along

Movie

1930
The Girl of the Golden West poster

The Girl of the Golden West

Movie · as Sidney Dick

1929
Fast Company

Fast Company

Movie · as Barney Barlow

1929
Side Street poster

Side Street

Movie · as Silk Ruffo

1929
Queen of the Night Clubs poster

Queen of the Night Clubs

Movie · as Andy Quinland

1929
Broadway poster

Broadway

Movie · as Dolph

1929
Howling Hollywood

Howling Hollywood

Movie

1929
Times Square poster

Times Square

Movie

1929
Song of Love poster

Song of Love

Movie · as Joe Sweeney, Acrobat

1928
Fools for Luck poster

Fools for Luck

Movie · as Charles Grogan

1928
The Singing Fool poster

The Singing Fool

Movie · as Blackie Joe

1928
Partners in Crime poster

Partners in Crime

Movie · as Barton

1928
Sins of the Fathers poster

Sins of the Fathers

Movie · as The Count

1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans poster

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Movie · as The Obtrusive Gentleman

1927
Rumors for Rent poster

Rumors for Rent

Movie · as Warren

1927
Rough House Rosie poster

Rough House Rosie

Movie · as Kid Farrell

1927
The Spotlight poster

The Spotlight

Movie · as Ebbetts

1927
Just a Husband

Just a Husband

Movie · as Warren

1927
Publicity Madness poster

Publicity Madness

Movie · as Oscar Hawks

1926
The Bat poster

The Bat

Movie · as Richard Fleming

1926
The Midnight Kiss poster

The Midnight Kiss

Movie · as Hector Spencer

1926
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl poster

Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl

Movie · as Salesman

1926
The Non-Stop Bride

The Non-Stop Bride

Movie · as Barney

1926
Whispering Wires poster

Whispering Wires

Movie · as Casey

1926
Early to Wed poster

Early to Wed

Movie · as Art Nevers

1925
Thunder Mountain poster

Thunder Mountain

Movie · as Joe Givens

1925
The Necessary Evil poster

The Necessary Evil

Movie · as Pug

1925
The Coast of Folly poster

The Coast of Folly

Movie · as Newspaper Reporter

1925
The Desert's Price

The Desert's Price

Movie · as Tom Martin

1925
Braveheart poster

Braveheart

Movie · as Frank Nelson

1925
Night Life of New York poster

Night Life of New York

Movie · as Jerry

1925
A Man Must Live poster

A Man Must Live

Movie · as Tod Cragge

1924
Manhandled poster

Manhandled

Movie · as Chip Thorndyke

1924
The Masked Dancer poster

The Masked Dancer

Movie · as Manager at Club Royal

1923
Under the Red Robe poster

Under the Red Robe

Movie · as Captain La Rolle

1923
Wife in Name Only poster

Wife in Name Only

Movie · as Victor Harwood

1922
Man Wanted poster

Man Wanted

Movie · as Edgar Little

1922
Why Announce Your Marriage? poster

Why Announce Your Marriage?

Movie

1922
Shadows of the Sea poster

Shadows of the Sea

Movie · as Ralph Dean

1922
Love's Masquerade poster

Love's Masquerade

Movie · as Newspaper Reporter

1922
The Prophet's Paradise poster

The Prophet's Paradise

Movie · as Kadir

1921
The Way of a Maid poster

The Way of a Maid

Movie · as Jimmy Van Trent

1921
Nearly Spliced

Nearly Spliced

Movie

1921
Clay Dollars poster

Clay Dollars

Movie · as Ben Willetts

1921
Worlds Apart poster

Worlds Apart

Movie · as Harley Marshall

1921
The Fighter poster

The Fighter

Movie · as Blacardo

1921
Is Life Worth Living? poster

Is Life Worth Living?

Movie · as Jimmy Colton

1920
The Misleading Lady poster

The Misleading Lady

Movie · as Reporter

1920
The County Fair poster

The County Fair

Movie · as Bruce Hammerhead

1920
The Flapper poster

The Flapper

Movie · as Tom Morran

1920
The Blooming Angel poster

The Blooming Angel

Movie · as Ramon

1920
A Fool and His Money poster

A Fool and His Money

Movie · as Count Tarnowsky

1920
The Road of Ambition poster

The Road of Ambition

Movie · as Monty Newcomb

1919
The Gay Lord Quex poster

The Gay Lord Quex

Movie · as Valma

1919
Back to the Woods poster

Back to the Woods

Movie

1919
The End of the Road poster

The End of the Road

Movie

1919
The Bondage of Barbara poster

The Bondage of Barbara

Movie · as Jack Newton

1919
Toby's Bow poster

Toby's Bow

Movie · as Bagby

1918
Brown of Harvard poster

Brown of Harvard

Movie · as Happy

1918
All Woman poster

All Woman

Movie · as Dick Wellman

1918
Back to the Woods poster

Back to the Woods

Movie · as Bill Andrews

1918
Under Suspicion poster

Under Suspicion

Movie · as Red Hogan

1918
With Neatness and Dispatch poster

With Neatness and Dispatch

Movie · as Burns

1917
Red, White and Blue Blood poster

Red, White and Blue Blood

Movie

1917
Persuasive Peggy poster

Persuasive Peggy

Movie · as Percy Pipp

1916
Ignorance

Ignorance

Movie · as The Dancer

1915
It May Be You

It May Be You

Movie · as Jack Kenwood

1914
Getting to the Ball Game

Getting to the Ball Game

Movie

1913
At Bear Track Gulch poster

At Bear Track Gulch

Movie · as Townsman

1913
Mr. Toots' Tooth poster

Mr. Toots' Tooth

Movie · as Mr. Toots

1913
Jack's Joke poster

Jack's Joke

Movie · as Ned Brown

1913
The Edison Minstrels poster

The Edison Minstrels

Movie · as Interlocutor

1913
A Reluctant Cinderella

A Reluctant Cinderella

Movie · as Dick Evans

1912
Everything Comes to Him Who Waits

Everything Comes to Him Who Waits

Movie · as Waiter

1912
How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family

How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family

Movie · as Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target

1912
An Old Fashioned Elopement

An Old Fashioned Elopement

Movie

1912
A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun

A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun

Movie