Arthur Housman

ActorWriter 1912–1968 (56 year career)

5.3 avg rating

Highest Rated

Babes in the Goods

1934 · as The Drunk

9.0

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927 · as The Obtrusive Gentleman

7.8

Here Comes Cookie

1935 · as Drunk (uncredited)

7.3

Known For

Film

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

The Obtrusive Gentleman

Film

Our Relations

Drunk

Film

The Flying Deuces

Drunk Legionnaire

Film

Go West

Drunk in Saloon

Film

The Merry Widow

Drunken Man (uncredited)

Film

She Done Him Wrong

Hungry Barfly (uncredited)

Film

Scram!

Drunk

Film

Show Boat

6.8 1936

Filmography

Acting (155)

Movies (155)

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968

as Second Drunk (archive footage)

A Hit with a Miss

1945

as Fight Timekeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0

Billy the Kid

1941

as Saloon Janitor (uncredited)

5.2

Escort Girl

1941

as Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)

Go West

as Drunk in Saloon

City for Conquest

as Radio Listener (uncredited)

6.7

The Villain Still Pursued Her

1940

as Mr. McGillicuddy - Drunk (uncredited)

4.8

No Time for Comedy

1940

as Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)

5.0

Stronger Than Desire

1939

as Reporter (uncredited)

5.1

The Flying Deuces

1939

as Drunk Legionnaire

6.4

They Made Me a Criminal

1939

as Drunk Next to Grandma (uncredited)

6.2

Broadway Serenade

1939

as Jonathan (uncredited)

6.2

Blondie Takes a Vacation

1939

as Drunk on Train (uncredited)

Navy Secrets

as Phoney Drunk

Ex-Champ

as Drunk in Barroom

Man-Proof

as Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)

4.3

Hard to Get

1938

as Drunk on Subway (uncredited)

6.0

Youth Takes a Fling

1938

as First Communist

1.0

Where the West Begins

1938

as Beano, Jack's Cellmate

Step Lively, Jeeves!

as Max

Double or Nothing

as Drunk

With Love and Kisses

as Gilbert Holbrook

Wives Never Know

as Snorter

Riffraff

as 'Ratsy'

Show Boat

Our Relations

as Drunk

Little Miss Nobody

as Drunk

Am I Having Fun!

as 'Scoop' McGoogle

Racing Blood

as Legs

Two for Tonight

as Warburton

Paris in Spring

as Interviewer

Diamond Jim

as Souse

It Always Happens

as Drunk

Woman Wanted

1935

as Art - Waiter at Party (uncredited)

The Fixer Uppers

as The Drunk

Here Comes Cookie

as Drunk (uncredited)

7.3

Public Hero Number 1

1935

as Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited)

6.1

Treasure Blues

1935

as Sailor

The Captain Hits the Ceiling

1935

as Cliff

Sing Sister Sing

1935

as Drunk (uncredited)

6.0

Elmer Steps Out

1934

Benny, from Panama

1934

as Drunken, Irate Husband

6.0

Done in Oil

1934

as Arthur

Bridal Bail

1934

as Drunk

3.0

The Merry Widow

1934

as Drunken Man (uncredited)

6.8

Wedding Belles

1934

The Hollywood Gad-About

as Self (uncredited)

Here Is My Heart

as Waiter

I Believed in You

as Jerry Hartman, a Drunk

Punch Drunks

1934

as Fight Timekeeper (uncredited)

Something Simple

as Drunk

The Live Ghost

as Drunken sailor

Gridiron Flash

as Drunk

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

as Dick Harris

Babes in the Goods

as The Drunk

Her Bodyguard

as Drunk

Roadhouse Queen

as Arthur Young - Attorney

1.0

She Done Him Wrong

1933

as Hungry Barfly (uncredited)

5.8

Wreckety Wrecks

1933

as Drunk (uncredited)

The Intruder

1933

as Reggie Wayne

4.0

The Way to Love

1933

as Drunk Being Photographed

Men Must Fight

as Drunk on Ship

Afraid to Talk

as Archie (drunk)

Scram!

as Drunk

Movie Crazy

as Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit

6.4

No More Orchids

1932

as Serge

6.8

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

as Drunk

While Paris Sleeps

Help Wanted, Female

Next Door Neighbors

as Herman Andrews

Five and Ten

1931

as Piggy - Wedding Guest (uncredited)

5.8

Anybody's Blonde

1931

as Mulligan

Night Life in Reno

1931

as Roy Carlton

3.9

The Girl of the Golden West

1930

as Sidney Dick

Alias French Gertie

as Bert

Feet First

as Drunken clubman

The Squealer

as Mitter Davis

Officer O'Brien

as Tony Zurick

Rolling Along

Part Time Wife

as Golf Spectator (uncredited)

Broadway

as Dolph

Fast Company

Howling Hollywood

Song of Love

as Joe Sweeney, Acrobat

3.0

Times Square

1929

Queen of the Night Clubs

1929

as Andy Quinland

Side Street

as Silk Ruffo

The Singing Fool

as Blackie Joe

Partners in Crime

as Barton

Sins of the Fathers

as The Count

Fools for Luck

as Charles Grogan

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927

as The Obtrusive Gentleman

7.8

Rumors for Rent

1927

as Warren

Rough House Rosie

1927

as Kid Farrell

Just a Husband

1927

as Warren

The Spotlight

1927

as Ebbetts

Publicity Madness

1927

as Oscar Hawks

The Non-Stop Bride

1926

as Barney

4.0

Whispering Wires

1926

as Casey

Early to Wed

1926

as Art Nevers

The Bat

1926

as Richard Fleming

6.4

The Midnight Kiss

1926

as Hector Spencer

Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl

1926

as Salesman

A Man Must Live

1925

as Tod Cragge

Braveheart

1925

as Frank Nelson

Thunder Mountain

1925

as Joe Givens

The Coast of Folly

1925

as Newspaper Reporter

The Necessary Evil

1925

as Pug

The Desert's Price

1925

as Tom Martin

Night Life of New York

1925

as Jerry

Manhandled

1924

as Chip Thorndyke

6.5

The Masked Dancer

1924

as Manager at Club Royal

1.0

Wife in Name Only

1923

as Victor Harwood

Under the Red Robe

as Captain La Rolle

Shadows of the Sea

as Ralph Dean

Man Wanted

as Edgar Little

The Prophet's Paradise

1922

as Kadir

Why Announce Your Marriage?

1922

Love's Masquerade

1922

as Newspaper Reporter

Clay Dollars

1921

as Ben Willetts

Nearly Spliced

1921

6.0

The Way of a Maid

1921

as Jimmy Van Trent

The Fighter

1921

as Blacardo

Worlds Apart

1921

as Harley Marshall

Is Life Worth Living?

1921

as Jimmy Colton

The County Fair

1920

as Bruce Hammerhead

4.7

The Blooming Angel

1920

as Ramon

The Misleading Lady

1920

as Reporter

The Road of Ambition

1920

as Monty Newcomb

The Flapper

1920

as Tom Morran

6.0

A Fool and His Money

1920

as Count Tarnowsky

Back to the Woods

1919

4.1

The Bondage of Barbara

1919

as Jack Newton

Toby's Bow

1919

as Bagby

The End of the Road

1919

The Gay Lord Quex

1919

as Valma

With Neatness and Dispatch

1918

as Burns

Brown of Harvard

1918

as Happy

Under Suspicion

1918

as Red Hogan

Back to the Woods

1918

as Bill Andrews

All Woman

1918

as Dick Wellman

Red, White and Blue Blood

1917

Persuasive Peggy

1917

as Percy Pipp

Ignorance

1916

as The Dancer

It May Be You

1915

as Jack Kenwood

6.0

Getting to the Ball Game

1914

Jack's Joke

1913

as Ned Brown

5.0

A Reluctant Cinderella

1913

as Dick Evans

Mr. Toots' Tooth

1913

as Mr. Toots

At Bear Track Gulch

as Townsman

The Edison Minstrels

as Interlocutor

How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family

1912

as Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target

A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun

1912

Everything Comes to Him Who Waits

1912

as Waiter

4.0

An Old Fashioned Elopement

1912

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Beautiful But Broke

1944

Story

5.0