Arthur Housman
Known for: Acting
Born: October 8, 1889
Died: April 8, 1942
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
157 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
8.0
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
6.7
A Hit with a Miss
1945
6.0
Beautiful But Broke
1944
3.3
Escort Girl
1941
5.3
Billy the Kid
1941
6.6
Go West
1940
5.2
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
6.9
City for Conquest
1940
5.3
No Time for Comedy
1940
6.4
The Flying Deuces
1939
6.3
Blondie Takes a Vacation
1939
5.5
Stronger Than Desire
1939
7.3
Ex-Champ
1939
6.6
Broadway Serenade
1939
6.2
Navy Secrets
1939
6.3
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
6.3
Hard to Get
1938
5.5
Youth Takes a Fling
1938
6.0
Where the West Begins
1938
5.2
Man-Proof
1938
8.0
That’s My Story
1937
6.7
Double or Nothing
1937
6.0
Step Lively, Jeeves!
19375.3
With Love and Kisses
1936
7.0
Racing Blood
1936
9.0
Wives Never Know
19367.0
Am I Having Fun!
1936
7.0
Our Relations
1936
7.5
Little Miss Nobody
1936
6.7
Show Boat
1936
5.4
Riffraff
193610.0
It Always Happens
1935
7.7
Two for Tonight
1935
6.5
Diamond Jim
1935
7.2
Here Comes Cookie
1935
6.8
Woman Wanted
19357.0
The Captain Hits the Ceiling
1935
7.0
Paris in Spring
1935
6.3
Public Hero Number 1
1935
7.3
Sing Sister Sing
1935
6.9
The Fixer Uppers
1935
9.0
Treasure Blues
1935
7.3
Here Is My Heart
1934
7.2
The Live Ghost
1934
9.0
Done in Oil
1934
6.7
The Merry Widow
1934
6.0
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934
4.8
Gridiron Flash
1934
6.0
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
6.0
Something Simple
1934
7.0
Punch Drunks
1934NR
Wedding Belles
19348.0
Benny, from Panama
1934
7.0
I Believed in You
1934
8.0
Elmer Steps Out
1934
8.0
Babes in the Goods
1934
3.0
Bridal Bail
1934
8.0
The Way to Love
1933
6.7
Her Bodyguard
1933
3.7
Roadhouse Queen
1933
4.6
The Intruder
193310.0
Wreckety Wrecks
1933
6.2
Men Must Fight
1933
5.9
She Done Him Wrong
1933
6.7
No More Orchids
1932
6.5
Afraid to Talk
1932
6.4
Movie Crazy
1932
7.0
Scram!
1932
6.7
While Paris Sleeps
1932
5.6
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
4.5
Night Life in Reno
1931
9.0
Anybody's Blonde
1931
6.1
Five and Ten
1931
10.0
Next Door Neighbors
19317.0
Help Wanted, Female
1931
8.0
Part Time Wife
1930
6.7
Feet First
1930
10.0
The Girl of the Golden West
193010.0
Rolling Along
1930
8.0
The Squealer
1930
6.3
Alias French Gertie
1930
5.3
Officer O'Brien
1930
4.7
Song of Love
19298.0
Fast Company
1929
5.9
Side Street
1929
7.0
Times Square
1929
5.7
Broadway
19299.0
Howling Hollywood
1929
8.0
Queen of the Night Clubs
1929
8.0
Sins of the Fathers
1928
5.0
The Singing Fool
1928
7.0
Fools for Luck
1928
6.0
Partners in Crime
1928
9.0
The Spotlight
1927
7.8
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
9.0
Publicity Madness
1927
10.0
Rumors for Rent
1927
8.0
Rough House Rosie
19278.0
Just a Husband
1927
9.0
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
1926
10.0
Whispering Wires
1926
8.0
The Midnight Kiss
19264.0
The Non-Stop Bride
1926
10.0
Early to Wed
1926
6.4
The Bat
1926
7.0
Braveheart
19259.0
The Desert's Price
1925
7.0
Thunder Mountain
1925
8.0
The Coast of Folly
1925
9.0
Night Life of New York
1925
8.0
The Necessary Evil
1925
8.0
A Man Must Live
1925
6.9
Manhandled
1924
4.5
The Masked Dancer
1924
6.0
Under the Red Robe
1923
8.0
Wife in Name Only
1923
9.0
Man Wanted
1922
7.0
Love's Masquerade
1922
10.0
The Prophet's Paradise
1922
9.0
Why Announce Your Marriage?
1922
5.0
Shadows of the Sea
1922
8.0
The Way of a Maid
1921
10.0
Clay Dollars
1921
9.0
Is Life Worth Living?
1921
10.0
The Fighter
19216.0
Nearly Spliced
1921
7.0
Worlds Apart
1921
9.0
The Misleading Lady
1920
9.0
The Road of Ambition
1920
5.3
The County Fair
1920
6.2
The Flapper
1920
9.0
A Fool and His Money
1920
7.0
The Blooming Angel
1920
9.0
The Gay Lord Quex
1919
8.0
Toby's Bow
1919
4.1
Back to the Woods
1919
8.0
The End of the Road
1919
NR
The Bondage of Barbara
1919
NR
Back to the Woods
1918
NR
All Woman
1918
NR
With Neatness and Dispatch
1918
NR
Under Suspicion
1918
NR
Brown of Harvard
1918
NR
Red, White and Blue Blood
1917
NR
Persuasive Peggy
19179.0
Ignorance
19166.5
It May Be You
191510.0
Getting to the Ball Game
1914
NR
Mr. Toots' Tooth
19139.0
A Reluctant Cinderella
1913
2.0
The Edison Minstrels
1913
5.0
Jack's Joke
1913
6.0
At Bear Track Gulch
1913NR
How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family
19128.0
An Old Fashioned Elopement
191210.0
A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun
19125.5
Everything Comes to Him Who Waits
1912