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Arthur Housman (1889–1942)

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Slim, aristocratic actor who, after the advent of talking pictures, specialized in playing a comical drunk. See more trivia »

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in New York City, New York, USA

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(age 52) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1941 Public Enemies
Drunk
 
1941 Billy the Kid
Saloon Janitor (uncredited)
 
1941 Escort Girl
Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)
 
1940 Go West
Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)
 
1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her
Mr. McGillicuddy, Drunk (uncredited)
 
1940 City for Conquest
Radio Listener (uncredited)
 
1940 No Time for Comedy
Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)
 
1940 Prairie Law
Smith - Drunken Voter (uncredited)
 
1940 Honeymoon Deferred
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1939 Blondie Brings Up Baby
Drunk (scenes deleted)
 
1939 The Flying Deuces
Drunk Legionnaire (uncredited)
 
1939 Blondie Takes a Vacation
Drunk on Train (uncredited)
 
1939 Stronger Than Desire
Reporter (uncredited)
 
1939 Ex-Champ
Drunk In Barroom (uncredited)
 
1939 Broadway Serenade
Jonathan (uncredited)
 
1939 Sergeant Madden
Fan (scenes deleted)
 
1939 The Spirit of Culver
The Drunk (uncredited)
 
1939 Navy Secrets
Pickpocket - Posing as a Singing Drunk
 
1939 They Made Me a Criminal
Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)
 
1938 Hard to Get
Drunk on Subway (uncredited)
 
1938 Youth Takes a Fling
First Communist
 
1938 Secrets of an Actress
Drunk Who Keeps Turning Off Lamp (uncredited)
 
1938 Island in the Sky
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1938 Where the West Begins
Beano, Jack's Cellmate
 
1938 Man-Proof
Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)
 
1937 Love on Toast
The Drunk
 
1937 Merry Go Round of 1938
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1937 That's My Story!
Drunk
 
1937 Double or Nothing
Drunk
 
1937 Step Lively, Jeeves!
Max
 
1937 When Love Is Young
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1937 A Family Affair
Drunk Driver (uncredited)
 
1936 After the Thin Man
Man Rehearsing Welcome Speech (uncredited)
 
1936 Mind Your Own Business
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1936 With Love and Kisses
Gilbert Holbrook (as Arthur Houseman)
 
1936 Racing Blood
Legs
 
1936 Our Relations
Drunk
 
1936 Am I Having Fun! (short)
Mr. McGoggle
 
1936 Wives Never Know
Snorter (uncredited)
 
1936 Little Miss Nobody
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1936 Show Boat
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1936 Tough Guy
Percy Waring (uncredited)
 
1936 Riffraff
'Ratsy'
 
1935 The Fire-Trap
Neil - Drunk (uncredited)
 
1935 It Always Happens (short)
 
1935 Here Comes Cookie
Drunk #1 (uncredited)
 
1935 Diamond Jim
Souse (uncredited)
 
1935 Two for Tonight
Warburton (uncredited)
 
1935 The Call of the Wild
Pete, the Drunk (uncredited)
 
1935 Woman Wanted
Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)
 
1935 The Captain Hits the Ceiling (short)
Cliff
 
1935 Spring Tonic
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1935 Paris in Spring
Interviewer
 
1935 Public Hero #1
Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)
 
1935 Hold 'Em Yale (uncredited)
 
1935 Sing, Sister, Sing (short)
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1935 The Fixer Uppers (short)
The Drunk
 
1935 Treasure Blues (short)
Sailor
 
1935 La veuve joyeuse
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1934 Here Is My Heart
Drunken Waiter
 
1934 The Chases of Pimple Street (short)
Mr. Housman (uncredited)
 
1934 365 Nights in Hollywood
Drunk Motorist (uncredited)
 
1934 The Live Ghost (short)
Drunken Sailor
 
1934 Done in Oil (short)
Arthur
 
1934 Gridiron Flash
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1934 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Dick Harris
 
1934 Kansas City Princess
Man Getting Manicure (uncredited)
 
1934 The Merry Widow
Drunken Man (uncredited)
 
1934 Something Simple (short)
Drunk Conventionaire
 
1934 I Give My Love
Second Drunk (uncredited)
 
1934 Punch Drunks (short)
Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)
 
1934 Benny, from Panama (short)
Drunken, Irate Husband
 
1934 I Believed in You
Jerry Hartman, a Drunk (uncredited)
 
1934 Success at Any Price
Cocktail Shaker (uncredited)
 
1934 Elmer Steps Out (short)
 
1934 Babes in the Goods (short)
The Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)
 
1934 Bridal Bail (short)
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1933 The Way to Love
Drunk Being Photographed
 
1933 Sing, Sinner, Sing
Jerry
 
1933 No Marriage Ties
Chili, a Bartender (uncredited)
 
1933 Her Bodyguard
Drunk
 
1933 Don't Bet on Love
One of Shelton's Hoods (uncredited)
 
1933 Daddy Knows Best (short)
Sidney Brooks
 
1933 Good Housewrecking (short)
The Home-Owner (as Arthur Houseman)
 
1933 Roadhouse Queen (short)
Arthur Young - Attorney
 
1933 The Constant Woman
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1933 The Intruder
Reggie Wayne
 
1933 Wreckety Wrecks (short)
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1933 Men Must Fight
Drunk on Ship (uncredited)
 
1933 She Done Him Wrong
Hungry Barfly (uncredited)
 
1932 No More Orchids
Serge
 
1932 Merry-Go-Round
Archie (drunk)
 
1932 Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath (short)
 
1932 False Faces
Harold (uncredited)
 
1932 Hat Check Girl
A party guest
 
1932 Scram! (short)
Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)
 
1932 Movie Crazy
Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit
 
1932 While Paris Sleeps (uncredited)
 
1932 The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1932 Stepping Sisters
Max
 
1931 Night Life in Reno
Roy Carlton
 
1931 Anybody's Blonde
Mulligan
 
1931 Caught Plastered
1st Drunk Customer (uncredited)
 
1931 Five and Ten
Piggy (scenes deleted)
 
1931 Bachelor Apartment
Tippler (uncredited)
 
1931 Twisted Tales (short)
 
1931 Next Door Neighbors (short)
Herman Andrews - Broker
 
1931 Help Wanted, Female (short)
Soupy, Accomplice
 
1931 Wedding Belles (short)
 
1930 Part Time Wife
Golf Spectator (uncredited)
 
1930 Feet First
Drunken Clubman
 
1930 The Girl of the Golden West
Sidney Dick
 
1930 Rolling Along (short)
 
1930 The Squealer
Mitter Davis
 
1930 Alias French Gertie
Bert aka Denver Red (uncredited)
 
1930 The Dear Slayer (short)
 
1930 Officer O'Brien
Tony Zurick
 
1929 Song of Love
Joe Sweeney, Acrobat
 
1929 Times Square
Lon Roberts
 
1929 Fast Company
Barney Barlow
 
1929 Side Street
Henchman Silk Ruffo
 
1929 Broadway
Dolph
 
1929 Howling Hollywood (short)
 
1929 Queen of the Night Clubs
Andy Quinland
 
1928 Sins of the Fathers
The Count
 
1928 The Singing Fool
Blackie Joe
 
1928 Happiness Ahead
'Sandy' Coles
 
1928 Fools for Luck
Charles Grogan
 
1928 Partners in Crime
Barton
 
1928 Hold Your Hat (short)
The Neighbor Husband
 
1927 The Spotlight
Ebbetts
 
1927 Publicity Madness
 
1927 Sunrise
The Obtrusive Gentleman
 
1927 Her Silent Wow (short)
 
1927 Rumors for Rent (short)
Warren
 
1927 Rough House Rosie
Kid Farrell
 
1927 Just a Husband (short)
Warren
 
1927 Love Makes 'Em Wild
Charlie Austin
 
1926 Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl
Salesman
 
1926 Whispering Wires
Casey
 
1926 The Midnight Kiss
Hector Spencer
 
1926 The Non-Stop Bride (short)
Barney
 
1926 Easy Payments (short)
 
1926 A Lickpenny Lover (short)
 
1926 The Family Picnic (short)
 
1926 Early to Wed
Art Nevers
 
1926 Moving Day (short)
Warren's Brother
 
1926 Two Lips in Holland (short)
 
1926 The Bat
Richard Fleming (as Arthur Houseman)
 
1926 Elsie in New York (short)
Max - the Manager
 
1925 Braveheart
Frank Nelson
 
1925 The Desert's Price
Tom Martin (as Arthur Houseman)
 
1925 Thunder Mountain
Joe Givens
 
1925 The Coast of Folly
Reporter
 
1925 Night Life of New York
Jerry
 
1925 The Necessary Evil
Pug
 
1925 A Man Must Live
Tod Cragge
 
1924 Manhandled
Chip Thorndyke
 
1924 Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
Gangster
 
1923 Under the Red Robe
Captain La Rolle
 
1923 Wife in Name Only
Victor Harwood
 
1923 Male Wanted (short)
 
1922 Man Wanted
 
1922 The Snitching Hour
Bunny (as Arthur Houseman)
 
1922 Destiny's Isle
Arthur Randall
 
1922 Love's Masquerade
Newspaper Reporter (as Arthur Houseman)
 
1922 The Prophet's Paradise
Kadir
 
1922 Why Announce Your Marriage?
Teddy Filbert
 
1922 Shadows of the Sea
Ralph Dean
 
1921 The Way of a Maid
Jimmy Van Trent
 
1921 Clay Dollars
Ben Willetts
 
1921 Room and Board
Desmond Roach
 
1921 The Fighter
Blacardo
 
1921 Is Life Worth Living?
Jimmy Colton
 
1921 In at the Finish (short)
 
1921 Nearly Spliced (short)
 
1921 Worlds Apart
Harley Marshall
 
1920 The Misleading Lady
Reporter (as Arthur Hausman)
 
1920 The Road of Ambition
Monty Newcomb
 
1920 The County Fair
Bruce Hammerhead
 
1920 The Point of View
Dallas Henley (as Arthur Houseman)
 
1920 The Flapper
Tom Morran aka The Eel
 
1920 A Fool and His Money
Count Tarnowsky
 
1920 The Blooming Angel
Ramon
 
1919 The Gay Lord Quex
Valma
 
1919 Toby's Bow
Bagby
 
1919 The Con in Economy (short)
 
1919 Back to the Woods (short)
 
1919 The End of the Road
 
1919 The Bondage of Barbara
Jack Newton
 
1918 Brown of Harvard
Happy (as Arthur Hausman)
 
1918 Back to the Woods
Bill Andrews
 
1918 All Woman
Dick Wellman
 
1918 With Neatness and Dispatch
Burns
 
1918 Under Suspicion
Red Hogan
 
1917 Persuasive Peggy
Percy Pipp (as Arthur Houseman)
 
1917 Red, White and Blue Blood
 
1917 A Mother's Ordeal
Joseph Clark
 
1917 The Cloud
Edward Burton
 
1917 Her Good Name
Bert Tyler
 
1916 The Lash of Destiny
Al Wayne
 
1916 The Gods of Fate
Kent
 
1915 Pennington's Choice
Messenger (uncredited)
 
1915 The Apaches of Paris
Tom Austin
 
1915 The Simp and the Sophomores (short)
Tom Haze
 
1915 The Secret of the Cellar (short)
Tom Merriwell - the Policeman
 
1915 It May Be You (short)
Jack Kenwood
 
1915 A Sport of Circumstances (short)
 
1915 The Corporal's Daughter (short)
Tom - a Government Scout
 
1915 Up in the Air (short)
Artie
 
1915 All Cooked Up (short)
Artie - Second Cook
 
1915 Chinks and Chickens (short)
Artie - Second Farm Hand
 
1915 Nearly a Scandal (short)
Otto
 
1915/II The Idle Rich (short)
Artie - a Tramp
 
1915 Martha's Romeo (short)
Artie
 
1915 His Sad Awakening (short)
Nowerk
 
1915 A Clean Sweep (short)
Artie
 
1915 Music in Flats (short)
Artie
 
1915 Hans and His Boss (short)
 
1915 Seen Through the Make-Up (short)
 
1915 Her Country Cousin (short)
 
1915 Rooney the Bride (short)
Artie Boone
 
1915 Hypno and Trance Subjects (short)
Trance
 
1915 One Way to Advertise (short)
 
1915 A Spiritual Elopement (short)
 
1915 The Tailor's Bill (short)
 
1915 Suspicious Characters (short)
Bill, Jim's Hungry Pal
 
1915 Seen from the Gallery (short)
 
1915 Found, a Flesh Reducer (short)
 
1915 Lodgings for Two (short)
 
1915 A Weighty Matter for a Detective (short)
 
1915 A Superfluous Baby (short)
Darby Jones
 
1915 Expensive Economy (short)
Walter Jones
 
1915 The Champion Process Server (short)
Champion - the Process Server
 
1914 The Courtship of the Cooks (short)
 
1914 A Matter of High Explosives (short)
 
1914 It's a Bear (short)
Buskins
 
1914 Wood B. Wedd Goes Snipe Hunting (short)
Darby Jones
 
1914 Getting to the Ball Game (short)
Mr. Meekley
 
1914 Wood B. Wedd and the Microbes (short)
Darby Jenks
 
1914 Seth's Sweetheart (short)
Harry - 1st City Chap
 
1914 Love by the Pound (short)
Darby Jenks
 
1914 Post No Bills (short)
Will Stark - the Handsome Billposter
 
1914 The Blue Coyote Cherry Crop (short)
Bob
 
1914/I A Village Scandal (short)
 
1914 The Buxom Country Lass (short)
Darby Jenks
 
1914 The Gilded Kidd (short)
Harry Kidd aka The Gilded Kidd
 
1914 Something to Adore (short)
Jim Ferris
 
1914 A Canine Rival (short)
Darby Jenks
 
1914 Qualifying for Lena (short)
The Detective
 
1914 The Revengeful Servant Girl (short)
Darby Jones
 
1914 The Basket Habit (short)
 
1914 The Voice of Silence (short)
 
1914 When the Men Left Town (short)
Tom Carson
 
1914 A Lady of Spirits (short)
Darby Jones
 
1914 In High Life (short)
Darby Jones
 
1914 The Vision in the Window (short)
Darby Jenks
 
1914 The Sultan and the Roller Skates (short)
Sam Spaulding
 
1914 The Beautiful Leading Lady (short)
Darby Jenks
 
1914 A Story of Crime (short)
Mr. Dorner
 
1914 On the Lazy Line (short)
Arty the Engineer
 
1913 Her Face Was Her Fortune (short)
Darby Jones
 
1913 Falling in Love with Inez (short)
Inez's 2nd Suitor
 
1913 The Thrifty Janitor (short)
Mr. Blythe
 
1913 Porgy's Bouquet (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 A Hornet's Nest (short)
 
1913 Tired Bill's Career as a Butler (short)
Mr. Melville - Newlywed Husband
 
1913 Twice Rescued (short)
Easton
 
1913 The Widow's Suitors (short)
 
1913 Mr. Toots' Tooth (short)
Mr. Toots
 
1913 The Stolen Models (short)
The Electric Light Man
 
1913 For the Honor of the Force (short)
 
1913 Saved by the Enemy (short)
 
1913 Slander's Tongue (short)
Harry Pearsall
 
1913 The Younger Generation (short)
John Boyd
 
1913 The Substitute Stenographer (short)
The Innocent Clerk
 
1913 The Red Old Hills of Georgia (short)
Fred Bonsell
 
1913 The Abbeville Court House (short)
Capt. Ransom (unconfirmed)
 
1913 Scenes of Other Days (short)
 
1913 Circumstances Make Heroes (short)
2nd Suitor
 
1913 He Would Fix Things (short)
 
1913 Beau Crummel and His Bride (short)
Beau Crummel
 
1913 Two Little Kittens (short)
Arnold Graves
 
1913 By Mutual Agreement (short)
 
1913 The Two Merchants (short)
Jeremiah Briggs - the 2nd Merchant
 
1913 A Reluctant Cinderella (short)
Dick Evans
 
1913 When the Right Man Comes Along (short)
Arthur Royden
 
1913 The New Pupil (short)
Jack
 
1913 Rule Thyself (short)
Smilax's Brother-in-Law
 
1913 A Shower of Slippers (short)
The Peddler
 
1913 The Long and Short of It (short)
Scrappy Joe
 
1913 Superstitious Joe (short)
 
1913 It Wasn't Poison After All (short)
The Sick Man
 
1913 The Will of the People (short)
 
1913 After the Welsh Rabbit (short)
 
1913 The Power of Sleep (short)
The Village Constable
 
1913 The Office Boy's Birthday (short)
Giccomo - a Fruit Seller
 
1913 How They Got the Vote (short)
The Magician's Assistant
 
1912 How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family (short)
Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target
 
1912 An Old Fashioned Elopement (short)
 
1912 When Joey Was on Time (short)
Joey - the Office Boy
 
1912 Saving the Game (short)
Ed Hobart
 
1912 A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun (short)
 
1912 A Queen for a Day (short)
The Zulu Chief
 
1912 Uncle Mun and the Minister (short)
 
1912 Mary in Stage Land (short)
The Principal Comedian
 
1912 Marjorie's Diamond Ring (short)
3rd Plumber
 
1912/II What Happened to Mary (short)
Principal Comedian
 
1912 Apple Pies (short)
 
1912 Jim's Wife (short)
Tom Taylor
 
1912 Two Knights in a Barroom (short)
The Cobbler
 
1912 The Jam Closet (short)
The Ice-Man
 
1912 Everything Comes to Him Who Waits (short)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1934 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (performer: "In the Good Old Summertime" 1902 - uncredited)
 
1932 Scram! (short) (performer: "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" - uncredited)
 
1931 Caught Plastered (performer: "Sweet Adeline" 1903 - uncredited, "London Bridge Is Falling Down" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1944 Beautiful But Broke (story / as Arthur Houseman)
 
1913 Mr. Toots' Tooth (short) (story)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1934 The Hollywood Gad-About (documentary short)
The Drunk (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
1989 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1953 Double Trouble (short)
The Drunk
 
1945 A Hit with a Miss (short)
Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)
 
1932 Winner Take All
Patron at Guinan's - clip from 'Queen of the Night Clubs' (uncredited)
 

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