- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 8, 1889
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- April 8, 1942
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.
Filmography
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
movieThe Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968 · Second Drunk (archive footage)
movieA Hit with a Miss
1945 · Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBeautiful But Broke
1944 · Story
movieEscort Girl
1941 · Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)
movieBilly the Kid
1941 · Saloon Janitor (uncredited)
movieGo West
1940 · Drunk in Saloon
movieThe Villain Still Pursued Her
1940 · Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)
movieCity for Conquest
1940 · Radio Listener (uncredited)
movieNo Time for Comedy
1940 · Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)
movieThe Flying Deuces
1939 · Drunk Legionnaire
movieBlondie Takes a Vacation
1939 · Drunk on Train (uncredited)
movieStronger Than Desire
1939 · Reporter (uncredited)
movieEx-Champ
1939 · Drunk in Barroom
movieBroadway Serenade
1939 · Jonathan (uncredited)
movieNavy Secrets
1939 · Phoney Drunk
movieThey Made Me a Criminal
1939 · Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)
movieHard to Get
1938 · Drunk on Subway (uncredited)
movieYouth Takes a Fling
1938 · First Communist
movieWhere the West Begins
1938 · Beano, Jack's Cellmate
movieMan-Proof
1938 · Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)
movieThat’s My Story
1937 · Drunk
movieDouble or Nothing
1937 · Drunk
movieStep Lively, Jeeves!
1937 · Max
With Love and Kisses
movieWith Love and Kisses
1936 · Gilbert Holbrook
movieRacing Blood
1936 · Legs
movieWives Never Know
1936 · Snorter
Am I Having Fun!
movieAm I Having Fun!
1936 · 'Scoop' McGoogle
movieOur Relations
1936 · Drunk
movieLittle Miss Nobody
1936 · Drunk
movieShow Boat
1936
movieRiffraff
1936 · 'Ratsy'
It Always Happens
movieIt Always Happens
1935 · Drunk
movieTwo for Tonight
1935 · Warburton
movieDiamond Jim
1935 · Souse
movieHere Comes Cookie
1935 · Drunk (uncredited)
movieWoman Wanted
1935 · Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)
The Captain Hits the Ceiling
movieThe Captain Hits the Ceiling
1935 · Cliff
movieParis in Spring
1935 · Interviewer
moviePublic Hero Number 1
1935 · Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)
movieSing Sister Sing
1935 · Drunk (uncredited)
movieThe Fixer Uppers
1935 · The Drunk
movieTreasure Blues
1935 · Sailor
movieHere Is My Heart
1934 · Waiter
movieThe Live Ghost
1934 · Drunken sailor
movieDone in Oil
1934 · Arthur
movieThe Merry Widow
1934 · Drunken Man (uncredited)
movieMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934 · Dick Harris
movieGridiron Flash
1934 · Drunk
movieThe Hollywood Gad-About
1934 · Self (uncredited)
movieSomething Simple
1934 · Drunk
moviePunch Drunks
1934 · Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)
Wedding Belles
movieWedding Belles
1934
Benny, from Panama
movieBenny, from Panama
1934 · Drunken, Irate Husband
movieI Believed in You
1934 · Jerry Hartman, a Drunk
movieElmer Steps Out
1934
movieBabes in the Goods
1934 · The Drunk
movieBridal Bail
1934 · Drunk
movieThe Way to Love
1933 · Drunk Being Photographed
movieHer Bodyguard
1933 · Drunk
movieRoadhouse Queen
1933 · Arthur Young - Attorney
movieThe Intruder
1933 · Reggie Wayne
Wreckety Wrecks
movieWreckety Wrecks
1933 · Drunk (uncredited)
movieMen Must Fight
1933 · Drunk on Ship
movieShe Done Him Wrong
1933 · Hungry Barfly (uncredited)
movieNo More Orchids
1932 · Serge
movieAfraid to Talk
1932 · Archie (drunk)
movieMovie Crazy
1932 · Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit
movieScram!
1932 · Drunk
movieWhile Paris Sleeps
1932
movieThe Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932 · Drunk
movieNight Life in Reno
1931 · Roy Carlton
movieAnybody's Blonde
1931 · Mulligan
movieFive and Ten
1931 · Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
movieNext Door Neighbors
1931 · Herman Andrews
Help Wanted, Female
movieHelp Wanted, Female
1931
moviePart Time Wife
1930 · Golf Spectator (uncredited)
movieFeet First
1930 · Drunken clubman
movieThe Girl of the Golden West
1930 · Sidney Dick
Rolling Along
movieRolling Along
1930
movieThe Squealer
1930 · Mitter Davis
movieAlias French Gertie
1930 · Bert
movieOfficer O'Brien
1930 · Tony Zurick
movieSong of Love
1929 · Joe Sweeney, Acrobat
Fast Company
movieFast Company
1929
movieSide Street
1929 · Silk Ruffo
movieTimes Square
1929
movieBroadway
1929 · Dolph
Howling Hollywood
movieHowling Hollywood
1929
movieQueen of the Night Clubs
1929 · Andy Quinland
movieSins of the Fathers
1928 · The Count
movieThe Singing Fool
1928 · Blackie Joe
movieFools for Luck
1928 · Charles Grogan
moviePartners in Crime
1928 · Barton
movieThe Spotlight
1927 · Ebbetts
movieSunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · The Obtrusive Gentleman
moviePublicity Madness
1927 · Oscar Hawks
movieRumors for Rent
1927 · Warren
movieRough House Rosie
1927 · Kid Farrell
Just a Husband
movieJust a Husband
1927 · Warren
movieBertha the Sewing Machine Girl
1926 · Salesman
movieWhispering Wires
1926 · Casey
movieThe Midnight Kiss
1926 · Hector Spencer
The Non-Stop Bride
movieThe Non-Stop Bride
1926 · Barney
movieEarly to Wed
1926 · Art Nevers
movieThe Bat
1926 · Richard Fleming
movieBraveheart
1925 · Frank Nelson
The Desert's Price
movieThe Desert's Price
1925 · Tom Martin
movieThunder Mountain
1925 · Joe Givens
movieThe Coast of Folly
1925 · Newspaper Reporter
movieNight Life of New York
1925 · Jerry
movieThe Necessary Evil
1925 · Pug
movieA Man Must Live
1925 · Tod Cragge
movieManhandled
1924 · Chip Thorndyke
movieThe Masked Dancer
1924 · Manager at Club Royal
movieUnder the Red Robe
1923 · Captain La Rolle
movieWife in Name Only
1923 · Victor Harwood
movieMan Wanted
1922 · Edgar Little
movieLove's Masquerade
1922 · Newspaper Reporter
movieThe Prophet's Paradise
1922 · Kadir
movieWhy Announce Your Marriage?
1922
movieShadows of the Sea
1922 · Ralph Dean
movieThe Way of a Maid
1921 · Jimmy Van Trent
movieClay Dollars
1921 · Ben Willetts
movieIs Life Worth Living?
1921 · Jimmy Colton
movieThe Fighter
1921 · Blacardo
Nearly Spliced
movieNearly Spliced
1921
movieWorlds Apart
1921 · Harley Marshall
movieThe Misleading Lady
1920 · Reporter
movieThe Road of Ambition
1920 · Monty Newcomb
movieThe County Fair
1920 · Bruce Hammerhead
movieThe Flapper
1920 · Tom Morran
movieA Fool and His Money
1920 · Count Tarnowsky
movieThe Blooming Angel
1920 · Ramon
movieThe Gay Lord Quex
1919 · Valma
movieToby's Bow
1919 · Bagby
movieBack to the Woods
1919
movieThe End of the Road
1919
movieThe Bondage of Barbara
1919 · Jack Newton
movieBack to the Woods
1918 · Bill Andrews
movieAll Woman
1918 · Dick Wellman
movieWith Neatness and Dispatch
1918 · Burns
movieUnder Suspicion
1918 · Red Hogan
movieBrown of Harvard
1918 · Happy
movieRed, White and Blue Blood
1917
moviePersuasive Peggy
1917 · Percy Pipp
Ignorance
movieIgnorance
1916 · The Dancer
It May Be You
movieIt May Be You
1915 · Jack Kenwood
Getting to the Ball Game
movieGetting to the Ball Game
1914
movieMr. Toots' Tooth
1913 · Mr. Toots
A Reluctant Cinderella
movieA Reluctant Cinderella
1913 · Dick Evans
movieThe Edison Minstrels
1913 · Interlocutor
movieJack's Joke
1913 · Ned Brown
movieAt Bear Track Gulch
1913 · Townsman
How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family
movieHow a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family
1912 · Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target
An Old Fashioned Elopement
movieAn Old Fashioned Elopement
1912
A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun
movieA Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun
1912
Everything Comes to Him Who Waits
movieEverything Comes to Him Who Waits
1912 · Waiter