Acting

Arthur Housman

Born 1889-10-08

New York City, New York, USA

Department: 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.

1935

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (157 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
The Best of Laurel and Hardy	Second Drunk (archive footage)	Movie	1968
A Hit with a Miss	Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)	Movie	1945
Beautiful But Broke	Story	Movie	1944
Escort Girl	Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)	Movie	1941
Billy the Kid	Saloon Janitor (uncredited)	Movie	1941
Go West	Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)	Movie	1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her	Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)	Movie	1940
City for Conquest	Radio Listener (uncredited)	Movie	1940
No Time for Comedy	Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)	Movie	1940
The Flying Deuces	Drunk Legionnaire	Movie	1939
Blondie Takes a Vacation	Drunk on Train (uncredited)	Movie	1939
Stronger Than Desire	Reporter (uncredited)	Movie	1939
Ex-Champ	Drunk in Barroom	Movie	1939
Broadway Serenade	Jonathan (uncredited)	Movie	1939
Navy Secrets	Phoney Drunk	Movie	1939
They Made Me a Criminal	Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)	Movie	1939
Hard to Get	Drunk on Subway (uncredited)	Movie	1938
Youth Takes a Fling	First Communist	Movie	1938
Where the West Begins	Beano, Jack's Cellmate	Movie	1938
Man-Proof	Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)	Movie	1938
That’s My Story	Drunk	Movie	1937
Double or Nothing	Drunk	Movie	1937
Step Lively, Jeeves!	Max	Movie	1937
With Love and Kisses	Gilbert Holbrook	Movie	1936
Racing Blood	Legs	Movie	1936
Wives Never Know	Snorter	Movie	1936
Am I Having Fun!	'Scoop' McGoogle	Movie	1936
Our Relations	Drunk	Movie	1936
Little Miss Nobody	Drunk	Movie	1936
Show Boat	Self / Appearance	Movie	1936
Riffraff	'Ratsy'	Movie	1936
It Always Happens	Drunk	Movie	1935
Two for Tonight	Warburton	Movie	1935
Diamond Jim	Souse	Movie	1935
Here Comes Cookie	Drunk (uncredited)	Movie	1935
Woman Wanted	Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)	Movie	1935
The Captain Hits the Ceiling	Cliff	Movie	1935
Paris in Spring	Interviewer	Movie	1935
Public Hero Number 1	Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)	Movie	1935
Sing Sister Sing	Drunk (uncredited)	Movie	1935
The Fixer Uppers	The Drunk	Movie	1935
Treasure Blues	Sailor	Movie	1935
Here Is My Heart	Waiter	Movie	1934
The Live Ghost	Drunken sailor	Movie	1934
Done in Oil	Arthur	Movie	1934
The Merry Widow	Drunken Man (uncredited)	Movie	1934
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch	Dick Harris	Movie	1934
Gridiron Flash	Drunk	Movie	1934
The Hollywood Gad-About	Self (uncredited)	Movie	1934
Something Simple	Drunk	Movie	1934
Punch Drunks	Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)	Movie	1934
Wedding Belles	Self / Appearance	Movie	1934
Benny, from Panama	Drunken, Irate Husband	Movie	1934
I Believed in You	Jerry Hartman, a Drunk	Movie	1934
Elmer Steps Out	Self / Appearance	Movie	1934
Babes in the Goods	The Drunk	Movie	1934
Bridal Bail	Drunk	Movie	1934
The Way to Love	Drunk Being Photographed	Movie	1933
Her Bodyguard	Drunk	Movie	1933
Roadhouse Queen	Arthur Young - Attorney	Movie	1933
The Intruder	Reggie Wayne	Movie	1933
Wreckety Wrecks	Drunk (uncredited)	Movie	1933
Men Must Fight	Drunk on Ship	Movie	1933
She Done Him Wrong	Hungry Barfly (uncredited)	Movie	1933
No More Orchids	Serge	Movie	1932
Afraid to Talk	Archie (drunk)	Movie	1932
Movie Crazy	Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit	Movie	1932
Scram!	Drunk	Movie	1932
While Paris Sleeps	Self / Appearance	Movie	1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them	Drunk	Movie	1932
Night Life in Reno	Roy Carlton	Movie	1931
Anybody's Blonde	Mulligan	Movie	1931
Five and Ten	Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)	Movie	1931
Next Door Neighbors	Herman Andrews	Movie	1931
Help Wanted, Female	Self / Appearance	Movie	1931
Part Time Wife	Golf Spectator (uncredited)	Movie	1930
Feet First	Drunken clubman	Movie	1930
The Girl of the Golden West	Sidney Dick	Movie	1930
Rolling Along	Self / Appearance	Movie	1930
The Squealer	Mitter Davis	Movie	1930
Alias French Gertie	Bert	Movie	1930
Officer O'Brien	Tony Zurick	Movie	1930
Song of Love	Joe Sweeney, Acrobat	Movie	1929
Fast Company	Self / Appearance	Movie	1929
Side Street	Silk Ruffo	Movie	1929
Times Square	Self / Appearance	Movie	1929
Broadway	Dolph	Movie	1929
Howling Hollywood	Self / Appearance	Movie	1929
Queen of the Night Clubs	Andy Quinland	Movie	1929
Sins of the Fathers	The Count	Movie	1928
The Singing Fool	Blackie Joe	Movie	1928
Fools for Luck	Charles Grogan	Movie	1928
Partners in Crime	Barton	Movie	1928
The Spotlight	Ebbetts	Movie	1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans	The Obtrusive Gentleman	Movie	1927
Publicity Madness	Oscar Hawks	Movie	1927
Rumors for Rent	Warren	Movie	1927
Rough House Rosie	Kid Farrell	Movie	1927
Just a Husband	Warren	Movie	1927
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl	Salesman	Movie	1926
Whispering Wires	Casey	Movie	1926
The Midnight Kiss	Hector Spencer	Movie	1926
The Non-Stop Bride	Barney	Movie	1926
Early to Wed	Art Nevers	Movie	1926
The Bat	Richard Fleming	Movie	1926
Braveheart	Frank Nelson	Movie	1925
The Desert's Price	Tom Martin	Movie	1925
Thunder Mountain	Joe Givens	Movie	1925
The Coast of Folly	Newspaper Reporter	Movie	1925
Night Life of New York	Jerry	Movie	1925
The Necessary Evil	Pug	Movie	1925
A Man Must Live	Tod Cragge	Movie	1925
Manhandled	Chip Thorndyke	Movie	1924
The Masked Dancer	Manager at Club Royal	Movie	1924
Under the Red Robe	Captain La Rolle	Movie	1923
Wife in Name Only	Victor Harwood	Movie	1923
Man Wanted	Edgar Little	Movie	1922
Love's Masquerade	Newspaper Reporter	Movie	1922
The Prophet's Paradise	Kadir	Movie	1922
Why Announce Your Marriage?	Self / Appearance	Movie	1922
Shadows of the Sea	Ralph Dean	Movie	1922
The Way of a Maid	Jimmy Van Trent	Movie	1921
Clay Dollars	Ben Willetts	Movie	1921
Is Life Worth Living?	Jimmy Colton	Movie	1921
The Fighter	Blacardo	Movie	1921
Nearly Spliced	Self / Appearance	Movie	1921
Worlds Apart	Harley Marshall	Movie	1921
The Misleading Lady	Reporter	Movie	1920
The Road of Ambition	Monty Newcomb	Movie	1920
The County Fair	Bruce Hammerhead	Movie	1920
The Flapper	Tom Morran	Movie	1920
A Fool and His Money	Count Tarnowsky	Movie	1920
The Blooming Angel	Ramon	Movie	1920
The Gay Lord Quex	Valma	Movie	1919
Toby's Bow	Bagby	Movie	1919
Back to the Woods	Self / Appearance	Movie	1919
The End of the Road	Self / Appearance	Movie	1919
The Bondage of Barbara	Jack Newton	Movie	1919
Back to the Woods	Bill Andrews	Movie	1918
All Woman	Dick Wellman	Movie	1918
With Neatness and Dispatch	Burns	Movie	1918
Under Suspicion	Red Hogan	Movie	1918
Brown of Harvard	Happy	Movie	1918
Red, White and Blue Blood	Self / Appearance	Movie	1917
Persuasive Peggy	Percy Pipp	Movie	1917
Ignorance	The Dancer	Movie	1916
It May Be You	Jack Kenwood	Movie	1915
Getting to the Ball Game	Self / Appearance	Movie	1914
Mr. Toots' Tooth	Mr. Toots	Movie	1913
A Reluctant Cinderella	Dick Evans	Movie	1913
The Edison Minstrels	Interlocutor	Movie	1913
Jack's Joke	Ned Brown	Movie	1913
At Bear Track Gulch	Townsman	Movie	1913
How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family	Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target	Movie	1912
An Old Fashioned Elopement	Self / Appearance	Movie	1912
A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun	Self / Appearance	Movie	1912
Everything Comes to Him Who Waits	Waiter	Movie	1912