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.
Acted in 131
1940s
- 1945
A Hit with a Miss
Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941
Escort Girl
Al, the Drunk
- 1940
No Time for Comedy
Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)
1930s
- 1939
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Drunk on Train (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire
Reporter (uncredited)
Ex-Champ
Drunk in Barroom
Broadway Serenade
Jonathan (uncredited)
Navy Secrets
Phoney Drunk
- 1938
Hard to Get
Drunk on Subway (uncredited)
Youth Takes a Fling
First Communist
Man-Proof
Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)
- 1937
That’s My Story
Drunk
Double or Nothing
Drunk
Step Lively, Jeeves!
Max
- 1936
Racing Blood
Legs
Wives Never Know
Snorter
Our Relations
Drunk
Little Miss Nobody
Drunk
Show Boat
Movie
Riffraff
'Ratsy'
- 1935
Two for Tonight
Warburton
Diamond Jim
Souse
Here Comes Cookie
Drunk (uncredited)
Woman Wanted
Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Paris in Spring
Interviewer
Public Hero Number 1
Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)
Sing Sister Sing
Drunk (uncredited)
The Fixer Uppers
The Drunk
Treasure Blues
Sailor
- 1934
Here Is My Heart
Waiter
The Live Ghost
Drunken sailor
Done in Oil
Arthur
The Merry Widow
Drunken Man (uncredited)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Dick Harris
Gridiron Flash
Drunk
Something Simple
Drunk
Punch Drunks
Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)
I Believed in You
Jerry Hartman, a Drunk
Elmer Steps Out
Movie
Babes in the Goods
The Drunk
Bridal Bail
Drunk
- 1933
The Way to Love
Drunk Being Photographed
Her Bodyguard
Drunk
Roadhouse Queen
Arthur Young - Attorney
Men Must Fight
Drunk on Ship
She Done Him Wrong
Hungry Barfly (uncredited)
- 1932
No More Orchids
Serge
Afraid to Talk
Archie (drunk)
Movie Crazy
Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit
Scram!
Drunk
While Paris Sleeps
Movie
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Drunk
- 1931
Night Life in Reno
Roy Carlton
Anybody's Blonde
Mulligan
Five and Ten
Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Next Door Neighbors
Herman Andrews
- 1930
Part Time Wife
Golf Spectator (uncredited)
Feet First
Drunken clubman
The Girl of the Golden West
Sidney Dick
The Squealer
Mitter Davis
Alias French Gertie
Bert
Officer O'Brien
Tony Zurick
1920s
- 1929
Song of Love
Joe Sweeney, Acrobat
Side Street
Silk Ruffo
Times Square
Movie
Broadway
Dolph
Queen of the Night Clubs
Andy Quinland
- 1928
Sins of the Fathers
The Count
The Singing Fool
Blackie Joe
Fools for Luck
Charles Grogan
Partners in Crime
Barton
- 1927
The Spotlight
Ebbetts
Publicity Madness
Oscar Hawks
Rumors for Rent
Warren
Rough House Rosie
Kid Farrell
- 1926
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
Salesman
Whispering Wires
Casey
The Midnight Kiss
Hector Spencer
Early to Wed
Art Nevers
The Bat
Richard Fleming
- 1925
Braveheart
Frank Nelson
Thunder Mountain
Joe Givens
The Coast of Folly
Newspaper Reporter
Night Life of New York
Jerry
The Necessary Evil
Pug
A Man Must Live
Tod Cragge
- 1924
Manhandled
Chip Thorndyke
The Masked Dancer
Manager at Club Royal
- 1923
Under the Red Robe
Captain La Rolle
Wife in Name Only
Victor Harwood
- 1922
Man Wanted
Edgar Little
Love's Masquerade
Newspaper Reporter
The Prophet's Paradise
Kadir
Why Announce Your Marriage?
Movie
Shadows of the Sea
Ralph Dean
- 1921
The Way of a Maid
Jimmy Van Trent
Clay Dollars
Ben Willetts
Is Life Worth Living?
Jimmy Colton
The Fighter
Blacardo
Worlds Apart
Harley Marshall
- 1920
The Misleading Lady
Reporter
The Road of Ambition
Monty Newcomb
The County Fair
Bruce Hammerhead
The Flapper
Tom Morran
A Fool and His Money
Count Tarnowsky
The Blooming Angel
Ramon
1910s
- 1919
The Gay Lord Quex
Valma
Toby's Bow
Bagby
Back to the Woods
Movie
The End of the Road
Movie
The Bondage of Barbara
Jack Newton
- 1918
Back to the Woods
Bill Andrews
All Woman
Dick Wellman
With Neatness and Dispatch
Burns
Under Suspicion
Red Hogan
Brown of Harvard
Happy
- 1917
Red, White and Blue Blood
Movie
Persuasive Peggy
Percy Pipp
- 1913
Mr. Toots' Tooth
Mr. Toots
The Edison Minstrels
Interlocutor
Jack's Joke
Ned Brown
At Bear Track Gulch
Townsman
Wrote 1
1940s
- 1944
Beautiful But Broke
Story
Appearances1
1930s
- 1934
The Hollywood Gad-About
Self (uncredited)