Arthur Housman
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.
The Flying Deuces
as Drunk LegionnaireOllie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully...
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She Done Him Wrong
as Hungry Barfly (uncredited)New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of...
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Our Relations
as DrunkTwo sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and...
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The Way to Love
as Drunk Being PhotographedFrancois, a cheerful Parisian bohemian, wants more than anything to be a tour guide in his...
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Obtrusive GentlemanA married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to...
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The Merry Widow
as Drunken Man (uncredited)A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
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Five and Ten
as Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to...
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Go West
as Drunk in SaloonEmbezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his...
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Little Miss Nobody
as DrunkA runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.
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The Flapper
as Tom MorranA Southern teen at a ritzy boarding school gets into mischief while acting the sophisticated...
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Billy the Kid
as Saloon Janitor (uncredited)Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended...
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Under the Red Robe
as Captain La RolleA young man is tasked by the powerful Cardinal Richelieu to capture one of the cardinal's...
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The Live Ghost
as Drunken sailorFish market workers Stan and Ollie are persuaded by a sea captain to shanghai a crew for him at...
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The Girl of the Golden West
as Sidney DickA hard-bitten saloon girl falls for a dashing outlaw, and tries to keep the local sheriff from...
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Show Boat
as uncreditedDespite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into...
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They Made Me a Criminal
as Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
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Public Hero Number 1
as Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums...
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Youth Takes a Fling
as First CommunistMcCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves...
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The Fixer Uppers
as The DrunkStan and Ollie are greeting card salesmen who agree to help a woman put a spark in her loveless...
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The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen...
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Paris in Spring
as InterviewerAfraid of marriage, Simone (Mary Ellis) breaks off her long term engagement with her fiancé Paul...
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The Intruder
as Reggie WayneA murder is committed aboard a cruise ship just before it sinks in a storm. The survivors,...
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Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
as SalesmanBertha Sloan loses her job as a sewing-machine girl and subsequently is employed as telephone...
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Hard to Get
as Drunk on Subway (uncredited)When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by...
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City for Conquest
as Radio Listener (uncredited)The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and...
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Brown of Harvard
as HappyTom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew,...
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No Time for Comedy
as Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
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The Bat
as Richard FlemingA masked criminal who dresses like a giant bat terrorizes the guests at an old house rented by a...
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Anybody's Blonde
as MulliganWhen a boxer is murdered a newspaper reporter tries to frame the boxer's sister, a nightclub...
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Sins of the Fathers
as The CountA married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When...
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Double or Nothing
as DrunkA philanthropist's will dictates that four people receive $5,000 apiece, with the stipulation...
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The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as DrunkA trio of money-hungry women rent a luxurious penthouse, spending their dough on drink and...
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Queen of the Night Clubs
as Andy QuinlandIrked by the success of a brassy nightclub owner. her rivals set out to drive her out of...
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Afraid to Talk
as Archie (drunk)Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them...
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The Misleading Lady
as ReporterJack Craigen, an engineer who has just finished a construction job in South Africa, returns to...
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Where the West Begins
as Beano, Jack's CellmateLynne Reed, Jack Manning's fiancée, is stagestruck and wants to go to New York for a career. She...
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Movie Crazy
as Customer Who Didn't Order RabbitAfter a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test...
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Here Is My Heart
as WaiterA rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a...
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The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as...
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Dick HarrisThe Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew,...
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The Blooming Angel
as RamonFloss Brannon, expelled from college for mischievous conduct, marries Chester Framm, a...
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Blondie Takes a Vacation
as Drunk on Train (uncredited)Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the...
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Riffraff
as 'Ratsy'Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired...
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Side Street
as Silk RuffoThree New York Irish brothers cross paths as policeman, doctor and bootlegger.
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No More Orchids
as SergeDespite loving another man, a young woman is talked into marrying a wealthy and boorish prince...
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Feet First
as Drunken clubmanAn ambitious shoe salesman, Harold, unknowingly meets the boss' daughter and tells her he is a...
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Woman Wanted
as Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into...
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Punch Drunks
as Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)Moe discovers Curley's unknown boxing talent when he knocks out the Champ at a restaurant when...
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Navy Secrets
as Phoney DrunkAfter a stamp-collecting Navy chief petty officer is jailed following FBI and Naval Justice...
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Manhandled
as Chip ThorndykeComedy which concerns the struggles of an ambitious department store sales clerk who is caught...
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Officer O'Brien
as Tony ZurickBill O'Brien is promoted to lieutenant in the police department for his arrest of Mike Patello,...
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Partners in Crime
as BartonAfter being dismissed for imitating his boss's voice on radio, former Assistant District...
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Ex-Champ
as Drunk in BarroomA former prizefighter tries to help his son pay off his gambling debts.
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Broadway Serenade
as Jonathan (uncredited)A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they...
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The Singing Fool
as Blackie JoeAfter years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way....
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Part Time Wife
as Golf Spectator (uncredited)The story concentrates of neglectful husband Jim Murdock (Edmund Lowe) and his frustrated wife...
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Broadway
as DolphA naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and...
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Braveheart
as Frank NelsonChief Standing Rock's tribe has a treaty protecting their fishing grounds, but a canning...
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While Paris Sleeps
as uncreditedTo save his daughter Manon from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict...
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Gridiron Flash
as DrunkA college football team recruits a tough convict.
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Red, White and Blue Blood
as uncreditedA hard-core socialite turns over a new leaf after spending time with a less fortunate family.
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Scram!
as DrunkOrdered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk...
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Diamond Jim
as SouseA loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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Step Lively, Jeeves!
as MaxA British butler goes to America duped by mobsters into believing he is the heir to a fortune.
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The Midnight Kiss
as Hector SpencerWhile vain Lenore Hastings busies herself with her romantic pursuits, Lenore's kid sister...
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The End of the Road
as uncreditedChildhood friends Mary Lee and Vera receive two different versions of the 'birds and the bees'...
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Elmer Steps Out
as uncreditedTo avoid getting a speeding ticket Walter poses as an expectant father rushing to see his wife;...
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A Man Must Live
as Tod CraggeJeff Farnell, forced by circumstances to take a job on a New York scandal sheet while he awaits...
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Sing Sister Sing
as Drunk (uncredited)At a residence hotel, Patsy is moving in with Thelma. Thelma has prepared some rules, including...
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All Woman
as Dick WellmanSusan Sweeney inherits a country hotel. When she arrives to take possession, she discovers it to...
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Racing Blood
as LegsFrankie Reynolds (Frankie Darro' ), youngest member of a family of jockeys, borrows $4.85 (yes,...
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Next Door Neighbors
as Herman AndrewsSong composer Howard Green is frustrated by disturbances his wife, in-laws, and landlord while...
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Treasure Blues
as SailorThelma and Patsy follow a map looking for treasure.
Movie pageMr. Toots' Tooth
as Mr. TootsA short silent film in which Mr. Toots miraculously loses his tooth. Mister Toots tries...
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Her Bodyguard
as DrunkThe "sugar daddy" of a Broadway star hires a bodyguard to protect her from thieves out to steal...
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The Gay Lord Quex
as ValmaHaving followed the road of romance through many countries, Lord Quex finally falls in love with...
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Something Simple
as DrunkTaken to a hospital, after suffering a dizzy spell, Charley is told by a 'nut', posing as a...
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Men Must Fight
as Drunk on ShipProphetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.
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Escort Girl
as Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)A pair of nightclub owners run a string of escort bureaus where men pay for the "companionship"...
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Back to the Woods
as uncreditedHarold and Snub are self-proclaimed big-game hunters who stop at a remote outpost. They hire two...
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Stronger Than Desire
as Reporter (uncredited)An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
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Alias French Gertie
as BertA safecracker poses as a French maid in order to gain access to wealthy homes. In the midst of a...
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Bridal Bail
as DrunkWhen a theater offers a free wedding to a couple, confusion reigns.
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The County Fair
as Bruce Hammerhead"The County Fair" begins with a nasty rich guy threatening to turn an old lady onto the...
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Man-Proof
as Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even...
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Whispering Wires
as uncreditedA woman hears of a murder plot through a whispered voice on the telephone.
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Babes in the Goods
as The DrunkThelma and Patsy get jobs demonstrating washing machines in a department store window. However,...
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Fools for Luck
as Charles GroganWealthy Sam Hunter is approached by scheming Richard Whitehead about investing in oil. There...
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A Hit with a Miss
as Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)Shemp Howard is a prizefighter in this Columbia All-Star Comedy who has a complex that leaves...
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Rough House Rosie
as Kid FarrellA poor but ambitious young girl is determined to crash high society, but isn't prepared for the...
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At Bear Track Gulch
as TownsmanThis western, with its simple story set in a gold mining camp, recycles many of the elements...
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Back to the Woods
as Bill AndrewsDaughter of an Eastern lumber king, Stephanie Trent travels in the guise of a schoolteacher to...
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Night Life in Reno
as Roy CarltonA story of love, humor and drama against the background of America's "Biggest Little City." An...
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Night Life of New York
as JerryJohn Bentley hates New York City, because of an unhappy romance as a young man, but his son,...
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The Squealer
as Mitter DavisA gangster's wife, fearful that he is about to be murdered by his rivals, tips off the police to...
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Thunder Mountain
as Joe GivensSam Martin grows up in the Kentucky hills with a preacher as his closest friend and father...
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The Necessary Evil
as PugBen Lyon and Viola Dana co-star in this heavy society drama
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Jack's Joke
as Ned BrownA comic sketch that features two players who think each one is deaf, causing them to shout. Part...
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Everything Comes to Him Who Waits
as WaiterCud McGiven applies for employment in a Bowery restaurant. The restaurant is conducted by a...
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The Edison Minstrels
as InterlocutorA group of actors in various costumes including powdered-wigged 18th century interlocutor, and...
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