Arthur Housman

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1889-10-08

Died: 1942-04-08

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1912	Everything Comes to Him Who Waits	Waiter	40
2	1912	A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun		0
3	1912	An Old Fashioned Elopement		0
4	1912	How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family	Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target	0
5	1913	At Bear Track Gulch	Townsman	50
6	1913	Jack's Joke	Ned Brown	50
7	1913	The Edison Minstrels	Interlocutor	20
8	1913	Mr. Toots' Tooth	Mr. Toots	0
9	1914	Getting to the Ball Game		0
10	1915	It May Be You	Jack Kenwood	60
11	1916	Ignorance	The Dancer	0
12	1917	Persuasive Peggy	Percy Pipp	0
13	1917	Red, White and Blue Blood		0
14	1918	Brown of Harvard	Happy	0
15	1918	Under Suspicion	Red Hogan	0
16	1918	All Woman	Dick Wellman	0
17	1918	Back to the Woods	Bill Andrews	0
18	1919	The End of the Road		0
19	1919	Back to the Woods		41
20	1919	The Gay Lord Quex	Valma	0
21	1920	The Blooming Angel	Ramon	0
22	1920	A Fool and His Money	Count Tarnowsky	0
23	1920	The Flapper	Tom Morran	60
24	1920	The County Fair	Bruce Hammerhead	47
25	1920	The Misleading Lady	Reporter	0
26	1921	Worlds Apart	Harley Marshall	0
27	1921	Nearly Spliced		60
28	1921	Clay Dollars	Ben Willetts	0
29	1921	The Way of a Maid	Jimmy Van Trent	0
30	1922	Shadows of the Sea	Ralph Dean	0
31	1922	Why Announce Your Marriage?		0
32	1922	Man Wanted	Edgar Little	0
33	1923	Wife in Name Only	Victor Harwood	0
34	1923	Under the Red Robe	Captain La Rolle	50
35	1924	The Masked Dancer	Manager at Club Royal	0
36	1924	Manhandled	Chip Thorndyke	65
37	1925	A Man Must Live	Tod Cragge	0
38	1925	The Necessary Evil	Pug	0
39	1925	Night Life of New York	Jerry	0
40	1925	The Coast of Folly	Newspaper Reporter	0
41	1925	Thunder Mountain	Joe Givens	0
42	1925	The Desert's Price	Tom Martin	0
43	1925	Braveheart	Frank Nelson	0
44	1926	The Bat	Richard Fleming	64
45	1926	Early to Wed	Art Nevers	0
46	1926	The Non-Stop Bride	Barney	40
47	1926	The Midnight Kiss	Hector Spencer	0
48	1926	Whispering Wires	Casey	0
49	1926	Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl	Salesman	0
50	1927	Just a Husband	Warren	0
51	1927	Rough House Rosie	Kid Farrell	0
52	1927	Rumors for Rent	Warren	0
53	1927	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans	The Obtrusive Gentleman	78
54	1927	The Spotlight	Ebbetts	0
55	1928	Partners in Crime	Barton	20
56	1928	Fools for Luck	Charles Grogan	0
57	1928	The Singing Fool	Blackie Joe	50
58	1928	Sins of the Fathers	The Count	60
59	1929	Queen of the Night Clubs	Andy Quinland	0
60	1929	Howling Hollywood		0
61	1929	Broadway	Dolph	56
62	1929	Times Square		0
63	1929	Side Street	Silk Ruffo	50
64	1929	Fast Company		0
65	1930	Officer O'Brien	Tony Zurick	37
66	1930	Alias French Gertie	Bert	50
67	1930	The Squealer	Mitter Davis	60
68	1930	Rolling Along		0
69	1930	The Girl of the Golden West	Sidney Dick	0
70	1930	Feet First	Drunken clubman	66
71	1930	Part Time Wife	Golf Spectator (uncredited)	0
72	1931	Help Wanted, Female		0
73	1931	Next Door Neighbors	Herman Andrews	0
74	1931	Five and Ten	Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)	63
75	1931	Night Life in Reno	Roy Carlton	41
76	1931	Anybody's Blonde	Mulligan	0
77	1932	The Greeks Had a Word for Them	Drunk	48
78	1932	While Paris Sleeps		58
79	1932	Scram!	Drunk	72
80	1932	Movie Crazy	Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit	62
81	1932	Afraid to Talk	Archie (drunk)	60
82	1932	No More Orchids	Serge	68
83	1933	She Done Him Wrong	Hungry Barfly (uncredited)	58
84	1933	Men Must Fight	Drunk on Ship	57
85	1933	Wreckety Wrecks	Drunk (uncredited)	0
86	1933	The Intruder	Reggie Wayne	42
87	1933	Roadhouse Queen	Arthur Young - Attorney	0
88	1933	Her Bodyguard	Drunk	0
89	1933	The Way to Love	Drunk Being Photographed	0
90	1934	Bridal Bail	Drunk	30
91	1934	Babes in the Goods	The Drunk	90
92	1934	Elmer Steps Out		0
93	1934	Benny, from Panama	Drunken, Irate Husband	60
94	1934	Wedding Belles		0
95	1934	Punch Drunks	Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)	68
96	1934	Something Simple	Drunk	40
97	1934	The Hollywood Gad-About	Self (uncredited)	50
98	1934	Gridiron Flash	Drunk	33
99	1934	Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch	Dick Harris	60
100	1934	The Merry Widow	Drunken Man (uncredited)	67
101	1934	Done in Oil	Arthur	0
102	1934	The Live Ghost	Drunken sailor	71
103	1934	Here Is My Heart	Waiter	68
104	1935	Treasure Blues	Sailor	0
105	1935	The Fixer Uppers	The Drunk	67
106	1935	Sing Sister Sing	Drunk (uncredited)	60
107	1935	Paris in Spring	Interviewer	50
108	1935	Public Hero Number 1	Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)	62
109	1935	The Captain Hits the Ceiling	Cliff	0
110	1935	Woman Wanted	Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)	63
111	1935	Diamond Jim	Souse	60
112	1935	Two for Tonight	Warburton	65
113	1935	It Always Happens	Drunk	0
114	1936	Riffraff	'Ratsy'	50
115	1936	Show Boat		67
116	1936	Little Miss Nobody	Drunk	60
117	1936	Our Relations	Drunk	69
118	1936	Am I Having Fun!	'Scoop' McGoogle	0
119	1936	Wives Never Know	Snorter	0
120	1936	Racing Blood	Legs	40
121	1936	With Love and Kisses	Gilbert Holbrook	40
122	1937	Step Lively, Jeeves!	Max	47
123	1937	Double or Nothing	Drunk	66
124	1938	Man-Proof	Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)	48
125	1938	Where the West Begins	Beano, Jack's Cellmate	50
126	1938	Youth Takes a Fling	First Communist	10
127	1938	Hard to Get	Drunk on Subway (uncredited)	60
128	1939	They Made Me a Criminal	Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)	63
129	1939	Navy Secrets	Phoney Drunk	52
130	1939	Broadway Serenade	Jonathan (uncredited)	62
131	1939	Ex-Champ	Drunk in Barroom	60
132	1939	Stronger Than Desire	Reporter (uncredited)	58
133	1939	Blondie Takes a Vacation	Drunk on Train (uncredited)	62
134	1939	The Flying Deuces	Drunk Legionnaire	64
135	1940	No Time for Comedy	Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)	54
136	1940	City for Conquest	Radio Listener (uncredited)	68
137	1940	The Villain Still Pursued Her	Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)	51
138	1940	Go West	Drunk in Saloon	65
139	1941	Billy the Kid	Saloon Janitor (uncredited)	47
140	1941	Escort Girl	Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)	32
141	1945	A Hit with a Miss	Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)	0
142	1968	The Best of Laurel and Hardy	Second Drunk (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
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