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