Arthur Housman
Birthday: 1889-10-08
Deathday: 1942-04-08
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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
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1941-11-04 | Escort Girl | Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman) |
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1941-05-30 | Billy the Kid | Saloon Janitor (uncredited) |
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1940-12-06 | Go West | Drunk in Saloon |
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1940-10-11 | The Villain Still Pursued Her | Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited) |
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1940-09-21 | City for Conquest | Radio Listener (uncredited) |
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1940-09-14 | No Time for Comedy | Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited) |
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1939-11-03 | The Flying Deuces | Drunk Legionnaire |
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1939-07-20 | Blondie Takes a Vacation | Drunk on Train (uncredited) |
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1939-06-30 | Stronger Than Desire | Reporter (uncredited) |
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1939-05-11 | Ex-Champ | Drunk in Barroom |
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1939-04-07 | Broadway Serenade | Jonathan (uncredited) |
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1939-02-08 | Navy Secrets | Phoney Drunk |
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1939-01-21 | They Made Me a Criminal | Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited) |
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1938-11-05 | Hard to Get | Drunk on Subway (uncredited) |
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1938-09-22 | Youth Takes a Fling | First Communist |
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1938-02-02 | Where the West Begins | Beano, Jack's Cellmate |
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1938-01-07 | Man-Proof | Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited) |
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1937-09-17 | Double or Nothing | Drunk |
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1937-06-30 | Step Lively, Jeeves! | Max |
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1936-12-06 | With Love and Kisses | Gilbert Holbrook |
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1936-11-14 | Racing Blood | Legs |
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1936-09-17 | Am I Having Fun! | 'Scoop' McGoogle |
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1936-09-15 | Our Relations | Drunk |
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1936-06-05 | Little Miss Nobody | Drunk |
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1936-05-17 | Show Boat | |
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1936-01-03 | Riffraff | 'Ratsy' |
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1935-09-14 | It Always Happens | Drunk |
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1935-09-12 | Two for Tonight | Warburton |
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1935-09-01 | Diamond Jim | Souse |
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1935-08-02 | Woman Wanted | Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited) |
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1935-07-09 | The Captain Hits the Ceiling | Cliff |
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1935-05-31 | Public Hero Number 1 | Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited) |
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1935-05-27 | Paris in Spring | Interviewer |
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1935-03-02 | Sing Sister Sing | Drunk (uncredited) |
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1935-02-09 | The Fixer Uppers | The Drunk |
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1935-01-26 | Treasure Blues | Sailor |
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1934-12-28 | Here Is My Heart | Waiter |
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1934-12-08 | The Live Ghost | Drunken sailor |
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1934-11-10 | Done in Oil | Arthur |
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1934-11-02 | The Merry Widow | Drunken Man (uncredited) |
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1934-10-28 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Dick Harris |
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1934-10-06 | Gridiron Flash | Drunk |
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1934-09-08 | Something Simple | Drunk |
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1934-07-13 | Punch Drunks | Fight Timekeeper (uncredited) |
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1934-06-24 | Wedding Belles | |
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1934-05-26 | Benny, from Panama | Drunken, Irate Husband |
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1934-02-28 | Elmer Steps Out | |
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1934-02-10 | Babes in the Goods | The Drunk |
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1934-02-09 | Bridal Bail | Drunk |
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1933-10-20 | The Way to Love | Drunk Being Photographed |
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1933-07-21 | Her Bodyguard | Drunk |
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1933-06-29 | Roadhouse Queen | Arthur Young - Attorney |
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1933-03-13 | The Intruder | Reggie Wayne |
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1933-02-18 | Wreckety Wrecks | Drunk (uncredited) |
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1933-02-17 | Men Must Fight | Drunk on Ship |
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1933-02-09 | She Done Him Wrong | Hungry Barfly (uncredited) |
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1932-11-25 | No More Orchids | Serge |
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1932-11-17 | Afraid to Talk | Archie (drunk) |
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1932-09-23 | Movie Crazy | Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit |
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1932-09-10 | Scram! | Drunk |
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1932-05-08 | While Paris Sleeps | |
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1932-02-03 | The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Drunk |
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1931-11-01 | Night Life in Reno | Roy Carlton |
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1931-11-01 | Anybody's Blonde | Mulligan |
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1931-06-13 | Five and Ten | Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
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1931-01-28 | Next Door Neighbors | Herman Andrews |
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1931-01-11 | Help Wanted, Female | |
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1930-11-30 | Part Time Wife | Golf Spectator (uncredited) |
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1930-10-30 | Feet First | Drunken clubman |
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1930-10-12 | The Girl of the Golden West | Sidney Dick |
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1930-09-30 | Rolling Along | |
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1930-08-20 | The Squealer | Mitter Davis |
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1930-04-20 | Alias French Gertie | Bert |
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1930-02-15 | Officer O'Brien | Tony Zurick |
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1929-09-20 | Fast Company | |
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1929-09-14 | Side Street | Silk Ruffo |
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1929-09-01 | Times Square | |
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1929-05-27 | Broadway | Dolph |
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1929-04-21 | Howling Hollywood | |
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1929-03-23 | Queen of the Night Clubs | Andy Quinland |
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1928-12-28 | Sins of the Fathers | The Count |
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1928-09-29 | The Singing Fool | Blackie Joe |
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1928-06-11 | Fools for Luck | Charles Grogan |
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1928-03-01 | Partners in Crime | Barton |
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1927-11-19 | The Spotlight | Ebbetts |
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1927-11-04 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | The Obtrusive Gentleman |
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1927-06-05 | Rumors for Rent | Warren |
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1927-05-14 | Rough House Rosie | Kid Farrell |
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1927-05-01 | Just a Husband | Warren |
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1926-12-19 | Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl | Salesman |
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1926-10-24 | Whispering Wires | |
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1926-10-10 | The Midnight Kiss | Hector Spencer |
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1926-09-19 | The Non-Stop Bride | Barney |
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1926-04-25 | Early to Wed | Art Nevers |
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1926-03-14 | The Bat | Richard Fleming |
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1925-12-27 | Braveheart | Frank Nelson |
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1925-12-13 | The Desert's Price | Tom Martin |
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1925-10-11 | Thunder Mountain | Joe Givens |
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1925-09-21 | The Coast of Folly | Newspaper Reporter |
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1925-08-02 | Night Life of New York | Jerry |
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1925-05-17 | The Necessary Evil | Pug |
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1925-01-19 | A Man Must Live | Tod Cragge |
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1924-07-21 | Manhandled | Chip Thorndyke |
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1924-02-15 | The Masked Dancer | Manager at Club Royal |
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1923-11-12 | Under the Red Robe | Captain La Rolle |
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1923-08-25 | Wife in Name Only | Victor Harwood |
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1922-10-13 | Man Wanted | Edgar Little |
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1922-01-20 | Why Announce Your Marriage? | |
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1921-11-30 | The Way of a Maid | Jimmy Van Trent |
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1921-10-19 | Clay Dollars | |
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1921-06-11 | Nearly Spliced | |
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1920-12-20 | The Misleading Lady | Reporter |
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1920-09-05 | The County Fair | Bruce Hammerhead |
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1920-05-10 | The Flapper | Tom Morran |
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1920-02-08 | The Blooming Angel | Ramon |
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1919-12-21 | The Gay Lord Quex | Valma |
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1919-05-31 | Back to the Woods | |
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1919-02-16 | The End of the Road | |
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1918-07-28 | Back to the Woods | Bill Andrews |
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1918-06-09 | All Woman | Dick Wellman |
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1918-01-10 | Brown of Harvard | Happy |
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1917-11-24 | Red, White and Blue Blood | |
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1917-11-01 | Persuasive Peggy | Percy Pipp |
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1915-07-07 | It May Be You | Jack Kenwood |
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1914-11-07 | Getting to the Ball Game | |
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1913-09-30 | Mr. Toots' Tooth | Mr. Toots |
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1913-02-17 | The Edison Minstrels | Interlocutor |
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1913-02-07 | Jack's Joke | Ned Brown |
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1913-01-14 | At Bear Track Gulch | Townsman |
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1912-12-28 | How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family | Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target |
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1912-12-23 | An Old Fashioned Elopement | |
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1912-11-13 | A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun | |
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1912-02-21 | Everything Comes to Him Who Waits | Waiter |