Arthur Housman
Born: 1889-10-08 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1942-04-08
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1968
- The Best of Laurel and Hardy as Second Drunk (archive footage)
1945
- A Hit with a Miss as Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
- Beautiful But Broke ... (Story)
1941
- Billy the Kid as Saloon Janitor (uncredited)
- Escort Girl as Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)
1940
- City for Conquest as Radio Listener (uncredited)
- Go West as Drunk in Saloon
- No Time for Comedy as Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)
- The Villain Still Pursued Her as Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)
1939
- The Flying Deuces as Drunk Legionnaire
- Broadway Serenade as Jonathan (uncredited)
- They Made Me a Criminal as Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)
- Ex-Champ as Drunk in Barroom
- Blondie Takes a Vacation as Drunk on Train (uncredited)
- Stronger Than Desire as Reporter (uncredited)
- Navy Secrets as Phoney Drunk
1938
- Man-Proof as Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)
- Youth Takes a Fling as First Communist
- Hard to Get as Drunk on Subway (uncredited)
- Where the West Begins as Beano, Jack's Cellmate
1937
- Double or Nothing as Drunk
- Step Lively, Jeeves! as Max
- That’s My Story as Drunk
1936
- Show Boat
- Riffraff as 'Ratsy'
- Our Relations as Drunk
- Wives Never Know as Snorter
- Racing Blood as Legs
- Little Miss Nobody as Drunk
- With Love and Kisses as Gilbert Holbrook
- Am I Having Fun! as 'Scoop' McGoogle
1935
- Diamond Jim as Souse
- Woman Wanted as Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)
- The Captain Hits the Ceiling as Cliff
- Here Comes Cookie as Drunk (uncredited)
- Two for Tonight as Warburton
- Public Hero Number 1 as Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)
- Paris in Spring as Interviewer
- Sing Sister Sing as Drunk (uncredited)
- The Fixer Uppers as The Drunk
- It Always Happens as Drunk
- Treasure Blues as Sailor
1934
- The Merry Widow as Drunken Man (uncredited)
- I Believed in You as Jerry Hartman, a Drunk
- Here Is My Heart as Waiter
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch as Dick Harris
- The Live Ghost as Drunken sailor
- Babes in the Goods as The Drunk
- Bridal Bail as Drunk
- The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
- Punch Drunks as Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)
- Gridiron Flash as Drunk
- Elmer Steps Out
- Something Simple as Drunk
- Benny, from Panama as Drunken, Irate Husband
- Wedding Belles
- Done in Oil as Arthur
1933
- She Done Him Wrong as Hungry Barfly (uncredited)
- Her Bodyguard as Drunk
- The Intruder as Reggie Wayne
- Men Must Fight as Drunk on Ship
- The Way to Love as Drunk Being Photographed
- Roadhouse Queen as Arthur Young - Attorney
- Wreckety Wrecks as Drunk (uncredited)
1932
- Scram! as Drunk
- Movie Crazy as Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit
- The Greeks Had a Word for Them as Drunk
- While Paris Sleeps
- No More Orchids as Serge
- Afraid to Talk as Archie (drunk)
1931
- Anybody's Blonde as Mulligan
- Five and Ten as Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- Night Life in Reno as Roy Carlton
- Next Door Neighbors as Herman Andrews
- Help Wanted, Female
1930
- Officer O'Brien as Tony Zurick
- Alias French Gertie as Bert
- The Squealer as Mitter Davis
- Feet First as Drunken clubman
- The Girl of the Golden West as Sidney Dick
- Part Time Wife as Golf Spectator (uncredited)
- Rolling Along
1929
- Broadway as Dolph
- Queen of the Night Clubs as Andy Quinland
- Times Square
- Song of Love as Joe Sweeney, Acrobat
- Fast Company
- Side Street as Silk Ruffo
- Howling Hollywood
1928
- The Singing Fool as Blackie Joe
- Partners in Crime as Barton
- Fools for Luck as Charles Grogan
- Sins of the Fathers as The Count
1927
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans as The Obtrusive Gentleman
- The Spotlight as Ebbetts
- Rough House Rosie as Kid Farrell
- Publicity Madness as Oscar Hawks
- Just a Husband as Warren
- Rumors for Rent as Warren
1926
- The Bat as Richard Fleming
- Whispering Wires as Casey
- Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl as Salesman
- The Midnight Kiss as Hector Spencer
- The Non-Stop Bride as Barney
- Early to Wed as Art Nevers
1925
- The Coast of Folly as Newspaper Reporter
- The Necessary Evil as Pug
- Thunder Mountain as Joe Givens
- Braveheart as Frank Nelson
- The Desert's Price as Tom Martin
- A Man Must Live as Tod Cragge
- Night Life of New York as Jerry
1924
- Manhandled as Chip Thorndyke
- The Masked Dancer as Manager at Club Royal
1923
- Under the Red Robe as Captain La Rolle
- Wife in Name Only as Victor Harwood
1922
- Shadows of the Sea as Ralph Dean
- Love's Masquerade as Newspaper Reporter
- Man Wanted as Edgar Little
- Why Announce Your Marriage?
- The Prophet's Paradise as Kadir
1921
- The Fighter as Blacardo
- Clay Dollars as Ben Willetts
- Nearly Spliced
- The Way of a Maid as Jimmy Van Trent
- Worlds Apart as Harley Marshall
- Is Life Worth Living? as Jimmy Colton
1920
- The Blooming Angel as Ramon
- The Flapper as Tom Morran
- The Road of Ambition as Monty Newcomb
- A Fool and His Money as Count Tarnowsky
- The County Fair as Bruce Hammerhead
- The Misleading Lady as Reporter
1919
- The Gay Lord Quex as Valma
- Back to the Woods
- The End of the Road
- Toby's Bow as Bagby
- The Bondage of Barbara as Jack Newton
1918
- All Woman as Dick Wellman
- Brown of Harvard as Happy
- Back to the Woods as Bill Andrews
- Under Suspicion as Red Hogan
- With Neatness and Dispatch as Burns
1917
- Persuasive Peggy as Percy Pipp
- Red, White and Blue Blood
1916
- Ignorance as The Dancer
1915
- It May Be You as Jack Kenwood
1913
- Mr. Toots' Tooth as Mr. Toots
- At Bear Track Gulch as Townsman
- The Edison Minstrels as Interlocutor
- Jack's Joke as Ned Brown
- A Reluctant Cinderella as Dick Evans
1912
- An Old Fashioned Elopement
- How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family as Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target
- Everything Comes to Him Who Waits as Waiter
- A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun