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

The Obtrusive Gentleman

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Fast Company

Joe Givens

Thunder Mountain

Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)

Man-Proof

Richard Fleming

The Bat

Mitter Davis

The Squealer

Hungry Barfly (uncredited)

She Done Him Wrong

Pug

The Necessary Evil

Charles Grogan

Fools for Luck

Drunken clubman

Feet First

Warren

Rumors for Rent

Newspaper Reporter

The Coast of Folly

Max

Step Lively, Jeeves!

Drunk

Our Relations

Hector Spencer

The Midnight Kiss

Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)

Punch Drunks

Show Boat

Drunk

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

The Drunk

The Fixer Uppers

Drunken sailor

The Live Ghost

Tom Martin

The Desert's Price

Jack Kenwood

It May Be You

Salesman

Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl

Dick Harris

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Five and Ten

Reporter

The Misleading Lady

Townsman

At Bear Track Gulch

Jimmy Van Trent

The Way of a Maid

Frank Nelson

Braveheart

Happy

Brown of Harvard

Valma

The Gay Lord Quex

Kid Farrell

Rough House Rosie

Waiter

Here Is My Heart

'Scoop' McGoogle

Am I Having Fun!

Phoney Drunk

Navy Secrets

Blackie Joe

The Singing Fool

Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)

Escort Girl

Legs

Racing Blood

Gilbert Holbrook

With Love and Kisses

Arthur Young - Attorney

Roadhouse Queen

Wedding Belles

Beano, Jack's Cellmate

Where the West Begins

Tony Zurick

Officer O'Brien

Serge

No More Orchids

Cliff

The Captain Hits the Ceiling

Drunk

It Always Happens

Bert

Alias French Gertie

Drunken, Irate Husband

Benny, from Panama

Drunk on Ship

Men Must Fight

Drunk (uncredited)

Sing Sister Sing

Barton

Partners in Crime

Dick Wellman

All Woman

Back to the Woods

Bruce Hammerhead

The County Fair

Silk Ruffo

Side Street

While Paris Sleeps

Reggie Wayne

The Intruder

Golf Spectator (uncredited)

Part Time Wife

Chip Thorndyke

Manhandled

Jerry

Night Life of New York

Sailor

Treasure Blues

Arthur

Done in Oil

The Drunk

Babes in the Goods

First Communist

Youth Takes a Fling

Interviewer

Paris in Spring

Mr. Toots

Mr. Toots' Tooth

Drunk

Gridiron Flash

Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Woman Wanted

Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)

The Villain Still Pursued Her

Reporter (uncredited)

Stronger Than Desire

Drunk

Scram!

Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)

They Made Me a Criminal

Jonathan (uncredited)

Broadway Serenade

Drunk Legionnaire

The Flying Deuces

Getting to the Ball Game

Nearly Spliced

Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Hit with a Miss

Drunk on Train (uncredited)

Blondie Takes a Vacation

Drunk

Little Miss Nobody

Ben Willetts

Clay Dollars

Roy Carlton

Night Life in Reno

Mulligan

Anybody's Blonde

Drunk in Saloon

Go West

Drunk (uncredited)

Wreckety Wrecks

Radio Listener (uncredited)

City for Conquest

Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy

Second Drunk (archive footage)

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

Herman Andrews

Next Door Neighbors

Waiter

Everything Comes to Him Who Waits

Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target

How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family

Drunken Man (uncredited)

The Merry Widow

Souse

Diamond Jim

Archie (drunk)

Afraid to Talk

Ebbetts

The Spotlight

Andy Quinland

Queen of the Night Clubs

Saloon Janitor (uncredited)

Billy the Kid

Ned Brown

Jack's Joke

Rolling Along

Warren

Just a Husband

Self (uncredited)

The Hollywood Gad-About

The End of the Road

Drunk

Bridal Bail

Sidney Dick

The Girl of the Golden West

Dolph

Broadway

Drunk

Her Bodyguard

Interlocutor

The Edison Minstrels

Help Wanted, Female

Howling Hollywood

Barney

The Non-Stop Bride

Elmer Steps Out

Drunk in Barroom

Ex-Champ

Casey

Whispering Wires

Bill Andrews

Back to the Woods

Edgar Little

Man Wanted

Why Announce Your Marriage?

Times Square

Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)

Public Hero Number 1

Drunk on Subway (uncredited)

Hard to Get

Red, White and Blue Blood

Tod Cragge

A Man Must Live

Drunk Being Photographed

The Way to Love

Captain La Rolle

Under the Red Robe

Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit

Movie Crazy

Tom Morran

The Flapper

Victor Harwood

Wife in Name Only

The Count

Sins of the Fathers

Ramon

The Blooming Angel

'Ratsy'

Riffraff

An Old Fashioned Elopement

A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun

Drunk

Double or Nothing

Drunk

Something Simple

Percy Pipp

Persuasive Peggy

Warburton

Two for Tonight

Manager at Club Royal

The Masked Dancer

Art Nevers

Early to Wed

Harley Marshall

Worlds Apart

Count Tarnowsky

A Fool and His Money

Snorter

Wives Never Know

Red Hogan

Under Suspicion

The Dancer

Ignorance

Ralph Dean

Shadows of the Sea

Drunk (uncredited)

Here Comes Cookie

Jerry Hartman, a Drunk

I Believed in You

Newspaper Reporter

Love's Masquerade

Blacardo

The Fighter

Jimmy Colton

Is Life Worth Living?

Dick Evans

A Reluctant Cinderella

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

148

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-10-08

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Arthur Hausman