Arthur Housman
Acting
Born October 8, 1889 · New York City, New York, USA
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Flying Deuces
Go West
The Merry Widow
Wreckety Wrecks
She Done Him Wrong
Her Bodyguard
Braveheart
City for Conquest
The Villain Still Pursued Her
No Time for Comedy
Double or Nothing
They Made Me a Criminal
Ex-Champ
Ignorance
Five and Ten
That’s My Story
Song of Love
Hard to Get
Show Boat
Billy the Kid
The Misleading Lady
Where the West Begins
Nearly Spliced
Little Miss Nobody
Broadway Serenade
It May Be You
Mr. Toots' Tooth
Public Hero Number 1
With Neatness and Dispatch
Broadway
Back to the Woods
Here Comes Cookie
The Prophet's Paradise
The Road of Ambition
Wife in Name Only
The Live Ghost
Feet First
Rumors for Rent
The Greeks Had a Word for Them