Birthday
1889/10/08
Day of death
1942/04/08 (52 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Arthur Hausman, Arthur Houseman
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 ...Read more
(1927) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Obtrusive Gentleman
(1929) Fast Company
as ---
(1925) Thunder Mountain
as Joe Givens
(1938) Man-Proof
as Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)
(1926) The Bat
as Richard Fleming
(1930) The Squealer
as Mitter Davis
(1933) She Done Him Wrong
as Hungry Barfly (uncredited)
(1925) The Necessary Evil
as Pug
(1928) Fools for Luck
as Charles Grogan
(1930) Feet First
as Drunken clubman
(1927) Rumors for Rent
as Warren
(1925) The Coast of Folly
as Newspaper Reporter
(1937) Step Lively, Jeeves!
as Max
(1936) Our Relations
as Drunk
(1926) The Midnight Kiss
as Hector Spencer
(1934) Punch Drunks
as Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)
(1936) Show Boat
as ---
(1932) The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Drunk
(1935) The Fixer Uppers
as The Drunk
(1934) The Live Ghost
as Drunken sailor
(1925) The Desert's Price
as Tom Martin
(1915) It May Be You
as Jack Kenwood
(1926) Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
as Salesman
(1934) Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Dick Harris
(1931) Five and Ten
as Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
(1920) The Misleading Lady
as Reporter
(1913) At Bear Track Gulch
as Townsman
(1921) The Way of a Maid
as Jimmy Van Trent
(1925) Braveheart
as Frank Nelson
(1918) Brown of Harvard
as Happy
(1919) The Gay Lord Quex
as Valma
(1927) Rough House Rosie
as Kid Farrell
(1934) Here Is My Heart
as Waiter
(1936) Am I Having Fun!
as 'Scoop' McGoogle
(1939) Navy Secrets
as Phoney Drunk
(1928) The Singing Fool
as Blackie Joe
(1941) Escort Girl
as Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)
(1936) Racing Blood
as Legs
(1936) With Love and Kisses
as Gilbert Holbrook
(1933) Roadhouse Queen
as Arthur Young - Attorney
(1934) Wedding Belles
as ---
(1938) Where the West Begins
as Beano, Jack's Cellmate
(1930) Officer O'Brien
as Tony Zurick
(1932) No More Orchids
as Serge
(1935) It Always Happens
as Drunk
(1935) The Captain Hits the Ceiling
as Cliff
(1930) Alias French Gertie
as Bert
(1934) Benny, from Panama
as Drunken, Irate Husband
(1933) Men Must Fight
as Drunk on Ship
(1935) Sing Sister Sing
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1928) Partners in Crime
as Barton
(1918) All Woman
as Dick Wellman
(1919) Back to the Woods
as ---
(1920) The County Fair
as Bruce Hammerhead
(1929) Side Street
as Silk Ruffo
(1932) While Paris Sleeps
as ---
(1933) The Intruder
as Reggie Wayne
(1930) Part Time Wife
as Golf Spectator (uncredited)
(1924) Manhandled
as Chip Thorndyke
(1925) Night Life of New York
as Jerry
(1935) Treasure Blues
as Sailor
(1934) Done in Oil
as Arthur
(1934) Babes in the Goods
as The Drunk
(1938) Youth Takes a Fling
as First Communist
(1935) Paris in Spring
as Interviewer
(1913) Mr. Toots' Tooth
as Mr. Toots
(1934) Gridiron Flash
as Drunk
(1935) Woman Wanted
as Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)
(1940) The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)
(1939) Stronger Than Desire
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1932) Scram!
as Drunk
(1939) They Made Me a Criminal
as Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)
(1939) Broadway Serenade
as Jonathan (uncredited)
(1939) The Flying Deuces
as Drunk Legionnaire
(1914) Getting to the Ball Game
as ---
(1921) Nearly Spliced
as ---
(1945) A Hit with a Miss
as Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1939) Blondie Takes a Vacation
as Drunk on Train (uncredited)
(1936) Little Miss Nobody
as Drunk
(1921) Clay Dollars
as Ben Willetts
(1931) Night Life in Reno
as Roy Carlton
(1931) Anybody's Blonde
as Mulligan
(1940) Go West
as Drunk in Saloon
(1933) Wreckety Wrecks
as Drunk (uncredited)
(1940) City for Conquest
as Radio Listener (uncredited)
(1940) No Time for Comedy
as Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)
(1968) The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Second Drunk (archive footage)
(1931) Next Door Neighbors
as Herman Andrews
(1912) Everything Comes to Him Who Waits
as Waiter
(1912) How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family
as Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target
(1934) The Merry Widow
as Drunken Man (uncredited)
(1935) Diamond Jim
as Souse
(1932) Afraid to Talk
as Archie (drunk)
(1927) The Spotlight
as Ebbetts
(1929) Queen of the Night Clubs
as Andy Quinland
(1941) Billy the Kid
as Saloon Janitor (uncredited)
(1913) Jack's Joke
as Ned Brown
(1930) Rolling Along
as ---
(1927) Just a Husband
as Warren
(1934) The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
(1919) The End of the Road
as ---
(1934) Bridal Bail
as Drunk
(1930) The Girl of the Golden West
as Sidney Dick
(1929) Broadway
as Dolph
(1933) Her Bodyguard
as Drunk
(1913) The Edison Minstrels
as Interlocutor
(1931) Help Wanted, Female
as ---
(1929) Howling Hollywood
as ---
(1926) The Non-Stop Bride
as Barney
(1934) Elmer Steps Out
as ---
(1939) Ex-Champ
as Drunk in Barroom
(1926) Whispering Wires
as Casey
(1918) Back to the Woods
as Bill Andrews
(1922) Man Wanted
as Edgar Little
(1922) Why Announce Your Marriage?
as ---
(1929) Times Square
as ---
(1935) Public Hero Number 1
as Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)
(1938) Hard to Get
as Drunk on Subway (uncredited)
(1917) Red, White and Blue Blood
as ---
(1925) A Man Must Live
as Tod Cragge
(1933) The Way to Love
as Drunk Being Photographed
(1923) Under the Red Robe
as Captain La Rolle
(1932) Movie Crazy
as Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit
(1920) The Flapper
as Tom Morran
(1923) Wife in Name Only
as Victor Harwood
(1928) Sins of the Fathers
as The Count
(1920) The Blooming Angel
as Ramon
(1936) Riffraff
as 'Ratsy'
(1912) An Old Fashioned Elopement
as ---
(1912) A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun
as ---
(1937) Double or Nothing
as Drunk
(1934) Something Simple
as Drunk
(1917) Persuasive Peggy
as Percy Pipp
(1935) Two for Tonight
as Warburton
(1924) The Masked Dancer
as Manager at Club Royal
(1926) Early to Wed
as Art Nevers
(1921) Worlds Apart
as Harley Marshall
(1920) A Fool and His Money
as Count Tarnowsky
(1936) Wives Never Know
as Snorter
(1918) Under Suspicion
as Red Hogan
(1916) Ignorance
as The Dancer
(1922) Shadows of the Sea
as Ralph Dean