Arthur Housman1889 - 1942

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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.

Credits

The Best of Laurel and Hardy
The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968

Documentary • TV Movie

as Second Drunk (archive footage)

0
0.3
A Hit with a Miss
A Hit with a Miss

1945

Comedy

as Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)

0
0.1
Escort Girl
Escort Girl

1941

Crime • Drama

as Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)

3.2
0.6
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid

1941

Drama • Western

as Saloon Janitor (uncredited)

4.8
0.4
Go West
Go West

1940

Comedy • Western

as Drunk in Saloon

6.5
0.6
The Villain Still Pursued Her
The Villain Still Pursued Her

1940

Comedy • Romance

as Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)

5.1
0.2
City for Conquest
City for Conquest

1940

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Radio Listener (uncredited)

6.8
0.4
No Time for Comedy
No Time for Comedy

1940

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)

5.4
0.2
The Flying Deuces
The Flying Deuces

1939

Comedy • War

as Drunk Legionnaire

6.4
1
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Blondie Takes a Vacation

1939

Adventure • Comedy

as Drunk on Train (uncredited)

6.2
0.3
Stronger Than Desire
Stronger Than Desire

1939

Drama

as Reporter (uncredited)

5.8
0.2
Ex-Champ
Ex-Champ

1939

Drama

as Drunk in Barroom

6
0.3
Broadway Serenade
Broadway Serenade

1939

Drama • Music • Romance

as Jonathan (uncredited)

6.2
0.3
Navy Secrets
Navy Secrets

1939

Adventure • Crime • Drama

as Phoney Drunk

5.2
0.2
They Made Me a Criminal
They Made Me a Criminal

1939

Crime • Drama

as Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)

6.3
0.3
Hard to Get
Hard to Get

1938

Comedy • Romance

as Drunk on Subway (uncredited)

6
0.3
Youth Takes a Fling
Youth Takes a Fling

1938

Comedy • Romance

as First Communist

1
0.2
Where the West Begins
Where the West Begins

1938

Western

as Beano, Jack's Cellmate

5
0.1
Man-Proof
Man-Proof

1938

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)

4.8
0.2
Double or Nothing
Double or Nothing

1937

Comedy • Romance

as Drunk

6.6
0.1
Step Lively, Jeeves!
Step Lively, Jeeves!

1937

Comedy • Crime

as Max

4.7
0.2
With Love and Kisses
With Love and Kisses

1936

Comedy

as Gilbert Holbrook

4
0.1
Racing Blood
Racing Blood

1936

Crime • Drama

as Legs

4
0.3
Wives Never Know
Wives Never Know

1936

Comedy

as Snorter

0
0.1
Am I Having Fun!
Am I Having Fun!

1936

as 'Scoop' McGoogle

0
0.1
Our Relations
Our Relations

1936

Comedy

as Drunk

6.9
0.5
Little Miss Nobody
Little Miss Nobody

1936

Drama

as Drunk

6
0.1
Show Boat
Show Boat

1936

Comedy • Drama • Music • Romance

6.7
0.4
Riffraff
Riffraff

1936

Crime • Drama

as 'Ratsy'

5
0.4
It Always Happens
It Always Happens

1935

Comedy

as Drunk

0
0.1
Two for Tonight
Two for Tonight

1935

Comedy • Music

as Warburton

6.5
0.2
Diamond Jim
Diamond Jim

1935

Drama

as Souse

6
0.3
Here Comes Cookie
Here Comes Cookie

1935

Comedy

as Drunk (uncredited)

7.3
0.4
Woman Wanted
Woman Wanted

1935

Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)

6.3
0.3
The Captain Hits the Ceiling
0
0.2
Public Hero Number 1
Public Hero Number 1

1935

Crime • Drama

as Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)

6.2
0.2
Paris in Spring
Paris in Spring

1935

Comedy

as Interviewer

5
0.2
Sing Sister Sing
Sing Sister Sing

1935

Comedy

as Drunk (uncredited)

6
0.1
The Fixer Uppers
The Fixer Uppers

1935

Comedy

as The Drunk

6.7
0.3
Treasure Blues
Treasure Blues

1935

Comedy

as Sailor

0
0.1
Here Is My Heart
Here Is My Heart

1934

Comedy

as Waiter

6.8
0.2
The Live Ghost
The Live Ghost

1934

Comedy

as Drunken sailor

7.1
0.2
Done in Oil
Done in Oil

1934

Comedy

as Arthur

0
0.1
The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow

1934

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Drunken Man (uncredited)

6.8
0.7
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1934

Comedy

as Dick Harris

6
0.2
Gridiron Flash
Gridiron Flash

1934

Comedy • Drama

as Drunk

3.3
0.2
The Hollywood Gad-About
The Hollywood Gad-About

1934

Documentary

as Self (uncredited)

5
0.1
Something Simple
Something Simple

1934

Comedy

as Drunk

4
0.2
Punch Drunks
Punch Drunks

1934

Comedy

as Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)

6.8
0.3
Wedding Belles
Wedding Belles

1934

Comedy

0
0.1
Benny, from Panama
Benny, from Panama

1934

Comedy

as Drunken, Irate Husband

6
0
I Believed in You
I Believed in You

1934

Drama

as Jerry Hartman, a Drunk

0
0.3
Elmer Steps Out
Elmer Steps Out

1934

Comedy

0
0.1
Babes in the Goods
Babes in the Goods

1934

Comedy

as The Drunk

9
0.1
Bridal Bail
Bridal Bail

1934

Comedy

as Drunk

3
0.2
The Way to Love
The Way to Love

1933

Comedy • Romance

as Drunk Being Photographed

0
0.2
Her Bodyguard
Her Bodyguard

1933

Comedy

as Drunk

0
0.2
Roadhouse Queen
Roadhouse Queen

1933

Comedy

as Arthur Young - Attorney

0
0.1
The Intruder
The Intruder

1933

Horror • Mystery

as Reggie Wayne

4.2
0.9
Wreckety Wrecks
Wreckety Wrecks

1933

as Drunk (uncredited)

0
0.1
Men Must Fight
Men Must Fight

1933

Drama • Science Fiction • War

as Drunk on Ship

5.7
0.1
She Done Him Wrong
She Done Him Wrong

1933

Comedy • Crime

as Hungry Barfly (uncredited)

5.8
0.5
No More Orchids
No More Orchids

1932

Drama • Romance

as Serge

6.8
0.2
Afraid to Talk
Afraid to Talk

1932

Crime • Drama

as Archie (drunk)

6
0.2
Movie Crazy
Movie Crazy

1932

Comedy • Family • Romance

as Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit

6.2
0.5
Scram!
Scram!

1932

Comedy

as Drunk

7.1
0.2
While Paris Sleeps
5.8
0.3
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
5
0.7
Night Life in Reno
Night Life in Reno

1931

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Roy Carlton

4.1
0.1
Anybody's Blonde
Anybody's Blonde

1931

Drama

as Mulligan

0
0.1
Five and Ten
Five and Ten

1931

Drama • Romance

as Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)

6.2
0.2
Next Door Neighbors
Next Door Neighbors

1931

as Herman Andrews

0
0.1
Part Time Wife
Part Time Wife

1930

Comedy

as Golf Spectator (uncredited)

0
0.2
Feet First
Feet First

1930

Comedy

as Drunken clubman

6.6
0.5
The Girl of the Golden West
The Girl of the Golden West

1930

Western

as Sidney Dick

0
0.1
Rolling Along
Rolling Along

1930

Comedy

0
0.1
The Squealer
The Squealer

1930

Action • Crime • Drama

as Mitter Davis

6
0.1
Alias French Gertie
Alias French Gertie

1930

Crime

as Bert

5
0.1
Officer O'Brien
Officer O'Brien

1930

Crime • Drama

as Tony Zurick

3.7
0.1
Fast Company
Fast Company

1929

Comedy

0
0.1
Side Street
Side Street

1929

Crime • Drama

as Silk Ruffo

5
0.3
Times Square
Times Square

1929

Drama • Music • Romance

0
0.1
Broadway
Broadway

1929

Crime • Music

as Dolph

5.6
0.2
Howling Hollywood
0
0
Queen of the Night Clubs
Queen of the Night Clubs

1929

Drama

as Andy Quinland

0
0.1
Sins of the Fathers
Sins of the Fathers

1928

Drama

as The Count

6
0.1
The Singing Fool
The Singing Fool

1928

Drama • Music

as Blackie Joe

5
0.1
Fools for Luck
Fools for Luck

1928

Comedy

as Charles Grogan

0
0.2
Partners in Crime
Partners in Crime

1928

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Crime • Romance

as Barton

2
0.2
The Spotlight
The Spotlight

1927

Comedy

as Ebbetts

0
0.1
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927

Drama • Romance

as The Obtrusive Gentleman

7.8
1.8
Rumors for Rent
Rumors for Rent

1927

Comedy

as Warren

0
0.1
Rough House Rosie
Rough House Rosie

1927

Comedy

as Kid Farrell

0
0.3
Just a Husband
Just a Husband

1927

Comedy

as Warren

0
0.1
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl

1926

Adventure • Drama • Romance

as Salesman

0
0.2
Whispering Wires
Whispering Wires

1926

Drama • Mystery

as Casey

0
0.1
The Midnight Kiss
The Midnight Kiss

1926

Comedy

as Hector Spencer

0
0.1
The Non-Stop Bride
The Non-Stop Bride

1926

Comedy

as Barney

4
0
Early to Wed
Early to Wed

1926

Comedy • Drama

as Art Nevers

0
0.2
The Bat
The Bat

1926

Comedy • Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Richard Fleming

6.4
0.8
Braveheart
Braveheart

1925

Western

as Frank Nelson

0
0.1
The Desert's Price
The Desert's Price

1925

Western

as Tom Martin

0
0.1
Thunder Mountain
Thunder Mountain

1925

Drama

as Joe Givens

0
0.2
The Coast of Folly
The Coast of Folly

1925

Drama

as Newspaper Reporter

0
0.2
Night Life of New York
Night Life of New York

1925

Comedy • Romance

as Jerry

0
0.1
The Necessary Evil
The Necessary Evil

1925

Drama • Romance

as Pug

0
0.2
A Man Must Live
A Man Must Live

1925

Adventure

as Tod Cragge

0
0.1
Manhandled
Manhandled

1924

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Chip Thorndyke

6.5
0.4
The Masked Dancer
The Masked Dancer

1924

Romance

as Manager at Club Royal

0
0.1
Under the Red Robe
Under the Red Robe

1923

Drama • History

as Captain La Rolle

5
0.2
Wife in Name Only
Wife in Name Only

1923

Drama

as Victor Harwood

0
0
Man Wanted
Man Wanted

1922

Comedy • Drama

as Edgar Little

0
0.1
Why Announce Your Marriage?
Why Announce Your Marriage?

1922

Comedy • Drama

0
0.1
Shadows of the Sea
Shadows of the Sea

1922

Action • Crime • Drama • Romance

as Ralph Dean

0
0.1
The Way of a Maid
The Way of a Maid

1921

Comedy • Drama

as Jimmy Van Trent

0
0.1
Clay Dollars
Clay Dollars

1921

Drama

as Ben Willetts

0
0.2
Nearly Spliced
Nearly Spliced

1921

Comedy

6
0.1
Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart

1921

Mystery

as Harley Marshall

0
0.1
The Misleading Lady
The Misleading Lady

1920

Comedy

as Reporter

0
0.2
The County Fair
The County Fair

1920

Drama

as Bruce Hammerhead

4.7
0.3
The Flapper
The Flapper

1920

Comedy

as Tom Morran

6
0.9
A Fool and His Money
A Fool and His Money

1920

Drama

as Count Tarnowsky

0
0.1
The Blooming Angel
The Blooming Angel

1920

Comedy

as Ramon

0
0.1
The Gay Lord Quex
The Gay Lord Quex

1919

Drama

as Valma

0
0
Back to the Woods
4.1
0.2
The End of the Road
0
0.1
Back to the Woods
Back to the Woods

1918

Comedy • Drama

as Bill Andrews

0
0.1
All Woman
All Woman

1918

Drama

as Dick Wellman

0
0.1
Under Suspicion
Under Suspicion

1918

Comedy • Mystery

as Red Hogan

0
0.1
Brown of Harvard
Brown of Harvard

1918

Drama

as Happy

0
0.1
Red, White and Blue Blood
0
0.1
Persuasive Peggy
Persuasive Peggy

1917

Comedy • Drama

as Percy Pipp

0
0.1
Ignorance
Ignorance

1916

Action • Crime • Drama • Romance

as The Dancer

0
0.1
It May Be You
It May Be You

1915

Comedy

as Jack Kenwood

6
0.1
Mr. Toots' Tooth
Mr. Toots' Tooth

1913

Comedy

as Mr. Toots

0
0
The Edison Minstrels
The Edison Minstrels

1913

as Interlocutor

2
0
Jack's Joke
Jack's Joke

1913

Comedy

as Ned Brown

5
0.1
At Bear Track Gulch
At Bear Track Gulch

1913

Comedy • Western

as Townsman

5
0.1
How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family
How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family

1912

as Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target

0
0.1
Everything Comes to Him Who Waits
4
0

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