Arthur Housman

Birthday: October 10th, 1889 Date of Death: April 8th, 1942 Place of Birth: New York City - New York - USA

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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's 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.