Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1889-10-08
Deathday
1942-04-08
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Arthur Housman
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.
Known For
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Obtrusive Gentleman
The Flying Deuces
as Drunk Legionnaire
She Done Him Wrong
as Hungry Barfly (uncredited)
Our Relations
as Drunk
Go West
as Drunk in Saloon
The Merry Widow
as Drunken Man (uncredited)
Show Boat
Scram!
as Drunk
The Fixer Uppers
as The Drunk
The Live Ghost
as Drunken sailor