Arthur Housman
Acting
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.
Born: October 8, 1889
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Babes in the Goods
Thelma and Patsy get jobs demonstrating washing machines in a department store window. However, on their first day on the job, they accidentally get locked in the store overnight.
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
Here Comes Cookie
A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to the consternation of her father, her sister and her sister's boyfriend, who is actually after the young girl's money.
Scram!
Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The drunk can't find his key, but the boys find a way in, sending the surprised woman inside into a faint.
The Live Ghost
Fish market workers Stan and Ollie are persuaded by a sea captain to shanghai a crew for him at the local bar for a dollar a head. Successful at first, the boys end up getting themselves shanghaied, and the crew vow revenge.
Our Relations
Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.
Punch Drunks
Moe discovers Curley's unknown boxing talent when he knocks out the Champ at a restaurant when Larry plays "Pop Goes the Weasal" on the violin. Moe becomes Curly's manager, and they win every fight, with the help of Larry. At the championship game, though, Larry's violin breaks. Curly is getting beat down bad when Larry makes his unexpected entrance and helps Curly prevail.
City for Conquest
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
Show Boat
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
Here Is My Heart
A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a European princess.
Filmography
as Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)
as Saloon Janitor (uncredited)
as Drunk in Saloon
as Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)
as Radio Listener (uncredited)
as Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)
as Drunk Legionnaire
as Drunk on Train (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Drunk in Barroom
as Jonathan (uncredited)
as Phoney Drunk
as Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)
as Drunk on Subway (uncredited)
as First Communist
as Beano, Jack's Cellmate
as Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)
as Drunk
as Max
as Legs
as Snorter
as Drunk
as Drunk
as 'Ratsy'
as Warburton
as Souse
as Drunk (uncredited)
as Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)
as Interviewer
as Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)
as Drunk (uncredited)
as The Drunk
as Sailor
as Waiter
as Drunken sailor
as Arthur
as Drunken Man (uncredited)
as Dick Harris
as Drunk
as Self (uncredited)
as Drunk
as Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)
as Jerry Hartman, a Drunk
as The Drunk
as Drunk
as Drunk Being Photographed
as Drunk
as Arthur Young - Attorney
as Reggie Wayne
as Drunk on Ship
as Hungry Barfly (uncredited)
as Serge
as Archie (drunk)
as Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit
as Drunk
as Drunk
as Roy Carlton
as Mulligan
as Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
as Herman Andrews
as Golf Spectator (uncredited)
as Drunken clubman
as Sidney Dick
as Mitter Davis
as Bert
as Tony Zurick
as Silk Ruffo
as Dolph
as Andy Quinland
as The Count
as Blackie Joe
as Charles Grogan
as Barton
as Ebbetts
as The Obtrusive Gentleman
as Oscar Hawks
as Warren
as Kid Farrell
as Salesman
as Casey
as Hector Spencer
as Art Nevers
as Richard Fleming
as Frank Nelson
as Joe Givens
as Newspaper Reporter
as Jerry
as Pug
as Tod Cragge
as Chip Thorndyke
as Manager at Club Royal
as Captain La Rolle
as Victor Harwood
as Edgar Little
as Newspaper Reporter
as Ralph Dean
as Jimmy Van Trent
as Ben Willetts
as Jimmy Colton
as Blacardo
as Harley Marshall
as Reporter
as Monty Newcomb
as Bruce Hammerhead
as Tom Morran
as Count Tarnowsky
as Ramon
as Valma
as Bagby
as Jack Newton
as Bill Andrews
as Dick Wellman
as Burns
as Red Hogan
as Happy
as Percy Pipp
as Mr. Toots
as Interlocutor
as Ned Brown
as Townsman
as Waiter