Arthur Housman
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Oct 08 1889• Died Apr 08 1942
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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 S…
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Ex-Champ
Drunk in Barroom
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Obtrusive Gentleman
City for Conquest
Radio Listener (uncredited)
Men Must Fight
Drunk on Ship
Hard to Get
Drunk on Subway (uncredited)
The Singing Fool
Blackie Joe
The Bat
Richard Fleming
Public Hero Number 1
Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)
The Flapper
Tom Morran
No Time for Comedy
Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)
They Made Me a Criminal
Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)
Billy the Kid
Saloon Janitor (uncredited)
The Merry Widow
Drunken Man (uncredited)
Broadway Serenade
Jonathan (uncredited)
Go West
Drunk in Saloon
Show Boat
Five and Ten
Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Our Relations
Drunk
All Woman
Dick Wellman
The Intruder
Reggie Wayne
The Flying Deuces
Drunk Legionnaire
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)
Man-Proof
Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
Souse
Stronger Than Desire
Reporter (uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong
Hungry Barfly (uncredited)
No More Orchids
Serge
Gridiron Flash
Drunk
The Way to Love
Drunk Being Photographed
Her Bodyguard
Drunk
Double or Nothing
Drunk
Here Is My Heart
Waiter
Afraid to Talk
Archie (drunk)
Riffraff
'Ratsy'
Punch Drunks
Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)
Woman Wanted
Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)
A Hit with a Miss
Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Here Comes Cookie
Drunk (uncredited)
Braveheart
Frank Nelson
Feet First
Drunken clubman
Navy Secrets
Phoney Drunk
Manhandled
Chip Thorndyke
Fools for Luck
Charles Grogan
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Drunk
Two for Tonight
Warburton
Movie Crazy
Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit
Escort Girl
Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)
The Blooming Angel
Ramon
Youth Takes a Fling
First Communist
Back to the Woods
Alias French Gertie
Bert
Beautiful But Broke
Writing
Step Lively, Jeeves!
Max
Side Street
Silk Ruffo
Wives Never Know
Snorter
Where the West Begins
Beano, Jack's Cellmate
Little Miss Nobody
Drunk
The Misleading Lady
Reporter
The Live Ghost
Drunken sailor
The Fixer Uppers
The Drunk
I Believed in You
Jerry Hartman, a Drunk
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Second Drunk (archive footage)
Babes in the Goods
The Drunk
Sins of the Fathers
The Count
Just a Husband
Warren
Queen of the Night Clubs
Andy Quinland
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Drunk on Train (uncredited)
Fast Company
Paris in Spring
Interviewer
Partners in Crime
Barton
Part Time Wife
Golf Spectator (uncredited)
Under the Red Robe
Captain La Rolle
The Captain Hits the Ceiling
Cliff
Toby's Bow
Bagby
Worlds Apart
Harley Marshall
The Spotlight
Ebbetts
Early to Wed
Art Nevers
With Love and Kisses
Gilbert Holbrook
Elmer Steps Out
Treasure Blues
Sailor
Song of Love
Joe Sweeney, Acrobat
The Hollywood Gad-About
Self (uncredited)
The Coast of Folly
Newspaper Reporter
The Desert's Price
Tom Martin
Whispering Wires
Casey
Broadway
Dolph
Clay Dollars
Ben Willetts
Shadows of the Sea
Ralph Dean
Racing Blood
Legs
A Fool and His Money
Count Tarnowsky
It Always Happens
Drunk
Officer O'Brien
Tony Zurick
The End of the Road
With Neatness and Dispatch
Burns
Publicity Madness
Oscar Hawks
Bridal Bail
Drunk
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Dick Harris
The Prophet's Paradise
Kadir
Brown of Harvard
Happy
Rough House Rosie
Kid Farrell
Red, White and Blue Blood
Wife in Name Only
Victor Harwood
A Reluctant Cinderella
Dick Evans
Scram!
Drunk
While Paris Sleeps
Night Life in Reno
Roy Carlton
The Fighter
Blacardo
Back to the Woods
Bill Andrews
The Necessary Evil
Pug
Night Life of New York
Jerry
Wedding Belles
Thunder Mountain
Joe Givens
The Girl of the Golden West
Sidney Dick
Wreckety Wrecks
Drunk (uncredited)
Man Wanted
Edgar Little
The Squealer
Mitter Davis
Howling Hollywood
Something Simple
Drunk
The Midnight Kiss
Hector Spencer
The Masked Dancer
Manager at Club Royal
Ignorance
The Dancer
Mr. Toots' Tooth
Mr. Toots
Getting to the Ball Game
Rolling Along
Nearly Spliced
Done in Oil
Arthur
Anybody's Blonde
Mulligan
Jack's Joke
Ned Brown
It May Be You
Jack Kenwood
The County Fair
Bruce Hammerhead
At Bear Track Gulch
Townsman
Sing Sister Sing
Drunk (uncredited)
Am I Having Fun!
'Scoop' McGoogle
The Gay Lord Quex
Valma
Times Square
Rumors for Rent
Warren
Benny, from Panama
Drunken, Irate Husband
Roadhouse Queen
Arthur Young - Attorney
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
Salesman
The Bondage of Barbara
Jack Newton
Next Door Neighbors
Herman Andrews
The Non-Stop Bride
Barney
Help Wanted, Female
Love's Masquerade
Newspaper Reporter
Is Life Worth Living?
Jimmy Colton
A Man Must Live
Tod Cragge
Under Suspicion
Red Hogan
The Way of a Maid
Jimmy Van Trent
A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun
Why Announce Your Marriage?
The Edison Minstrels
Interlocutor
An Old Fashioned Elopement
Persuasive Peggy
Percy Pipp
The Road of Ambition
Monty Newcomb
Everything Comes to Him Who Waits
Waiter
How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family
Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target
That’s My Story
Drunk