Arthur Housman
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-10-08 (53 years old)
Deathday
1942-04-08
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Arthur Hausman
Arthur Houseman
Arthur Housman
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 G...
Acting
1927
as The Obtrusive Gentleman
1929
1925
as Joe Givens
1938
as Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)
1926
as Richard Fleming
1930
as Mitter Davis
1933
as Hungry Barfly (uncredited)
1925
as Pug
1928
as Charles Grogan
1930
as Drunken clubman
1927
as Warren
1925
as Newspaper Reporter
1937
as Max
1936
as Drunk
1926
as Hector Spencer
1934
as Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)
1936
1932
as Drunk
1935
as The Drunk
1934
as Drunken sailor
1925
as Tom Martin
1915
as Jack Kenwood
1926
as Salesman
1934
as Dick Harris
1931
as Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1920
as Reporter
1913
as Townsman
1921
as Jimmy Van Trent
1925
as Frank Nelson
1918
as Happy
1919
as Valma
1927
as Kid Farrell
1934
as Waiter
1936
as 'Scoop' McGoogle
1939
as Phoney Drunk
1928
as Blackie Joe
1941
as Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)
1936
as Legs
1936
as Gilbert Holbrook
1933
as Arthur Young - Attorney
1934
1938
as Beano, Jack's Cellmate
1930
as Tony Zurick
1932
as Serge
1935
as Drunk
1935
as Cliff
1930
as Bert
1934
as Drunken, Irate Husband
1933
as Drunk on Ship
1935
as Drunk (uncredited)
1928
as Barton
1918
as Dick Wellman
1920
as Bruce Hammerhead
1929
as Silk Ruffo
1933
as Reggie Wayne
1930
as Golf Spectator (uncredited)
1924
as Chip Thorndyke
1925
as Jerry
1935
as Sailor
1934
as Arthur
1934
as The Drunk
1938
as First Communist
1935
as Interviewer
1913
as Mr. Toots
1934
as Drunk
1935
as Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1940
as Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)
1939
as Reporter (uncredited)
1932
as Drunk
1939
as Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)
1939
as Jonathan (uncredited)
1939
as Drunk Legionnaire
1921
1945
as Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1939
as Drunk on Train (uncredited)
1936
as Drunk
1921
as Ben Willetts
1931
as Roy Carlton
1931
as Mulligan
1940
as Drunk in Saloon
1933
as Drunk (uncredited)
1940
as Radio Listener (uncredited)
1940
as Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)
1968
as Second Drunk (archive footage)
1931
as Herman Andrews
1912
as Waiter
1912
as Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target
1934
as Drunken Man (uncredited)
1935
as Souse
1932
as Archie (drunk)
1927
as Ebbetts
1929
as Andy Quinland
1941
as Saloon Janitor (uncredited)
1913
as Ned Brown
1930
1927
as Warren
1934
as Self (uncredited)
1934
as Drunk
1930
as Sidney Dick
1929
as Dolph
1933
as Drunk
1913
as Interlocutor
1926
as Barney
1934
1939
as Drunk in Barroom
1926
as Casey
1918
as Bill Andrews
1922
as Edgar Little
1929
1935
as Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)
1938
as Drunk on Subway (uncredited)
1925
as Tod Cragge
1933
as Drunk Being Photographed
1923
as Captain La Rolle
1932
as Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit
1920
as Tom Morran
1923
as Victor Harwood
1928
as The Count
1920
as Ramon
1936
as 'Ratsy'
1937
as Drunk
1934
as Drunk
1917
as Percy Pipp
1935
as Warburton
1924
as Manager at Club Royal
1926
as Art Nevers
1921
as Harley Marshall
1920
as Count Tarnowsky
1936
as Snorter
1918
as Red Hogan
1916
as The Dancer
1922
as Ralph Dean
1935
as Drunk (uncredited)
1934
as Jerry Hartman, a Drunk
1922
as Newspaper Reporter
1921
as Blacardo
1921
as Jimmy Colton
Production
1944
as Story
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