Arthur Housman
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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday8 October 1889
Died8 April 1942 (age 52)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits157
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…
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968 · Second Drunk (archive footage)
A Hit with a Miss
1945 · Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Beautiful But Broke
1944 · Story
Escort Girl
1941 · Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)
Billy the Kid
1941 · Saloon Janitor (uncredited)
Go West
1940 · Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940 · Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)
City for Conquest
1940 · Radio Listener (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
1940 · Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)
The Flying Deuces
1939 · Drunk Legionnaire
Blondie Takes a Vacation
1939 · Drunk on Train (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire
1939 · Reporter (uncredited)
Ex-Champ
1939 · Drunk in Barroom
Broadway Serenade
1939 · Jonathan (uncredited)
Navy Secrets
1939 · Phoney Drunk
They Made Me a Criminal
1939 · Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)
Hard to Get
1938 · Drunk on Subway (uncredited)
Youth Takes a Fling
1938 · First Communist
Where the West Begins
1938 · Beano, Jack's Cellmate
Man-Proof
1938 · Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)
That’s My Story
1937 · Drunk
Double or Nothing
1937 · Drunk
Step Lively, Jeeves!
1937 · Max
With Love and Kisses
1936 · Gilbert Holbrook
Racing Blood
1936 · Legs
Wives Never Know
1936 · Snorter
Am I Having Fun!
1936 · 'Scoop' McGoogle
Our Relations
1936 · Drunk
Little Miss Nobody
1936 · Drunk
Show Boat
1936
Riffraff
1936 · 'Ratsy'
It Always Happens
1935 · Drunk
Two for Tonight
1935 · Warburton
Diamond Jim
1935 · Souse
Here Comes Cookie
1935 · Drunk (uncredited)
Woman Wanted
1935 · Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)
The Captain Hits the Ceiling
1935 · Cliff
Paris in Spring
1935 · Interviewer
Public Hero Number 1
1935 · Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)
Sing Sister Sing
1935 · Drunk (uncredited)
The Fixer Uppers
1935 · The Drunk
Treasure Blues
1935 · Sailor
Here Is My Heart
1934 · Waiter
The Live Ghost
1934 · Drunken sailor
Done in Oil
1934 · Arthur
The Merry Widow
1934 · Drunken Man (uncredited)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934 · Dick Harris
Gridiron Flash
1934 · Drunk
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