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name: "Arthur Housman"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 October 1889"
died: "8 April 1942"
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updated: "2026-09-16T11:26:50.302471+00:00"
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# Arthur Housman

Actor. Born 8 October 1889 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 8 April 1942.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 October 1889, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 8 April 1942
- **Also known as:** Arthur Hausman, Arthur Houseman

## Biography

Arthur Housman was an American actor who appeared in films from the silent era through the early 1940s. He began his career on stage and in vaudeville before working with the Edison studio in New York, where he appeared in comedies and experimental sound films.

Housman became known in the 1930s for his portrayals of comic drunks, often in cameo roles in feature films and with more substantial parts in shorts. His best-remembered performances include appearances in several Laurel and Hardy films such as *Scram!* (1932), *Our Relations* (1936) and *The Live Ghost* (1934), as well as a role in the Three Stooges short *Punch Drunks* (1934). He also had an early credited part as The Obtrusive Gentleman in *Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans* (1927).

Housman died in Los Angeles in 1942.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans* (1927), Fi1m 88, as The Obtrusive Gentleman — [page](https://film.one/film/sunrise-a-song-of-two-humans.md)

## Also known for

- *The Flying Deuces* (1939), Drunk Legionnaire
- *She Done Him Wrong* (1933), Hungry Barfly (uncredited)
- *Our Relations* (1936), Drunk
- *Go West* (1940), Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)
- *The Merry Widow* (1934), Drunken Man (uncredited)
- *Scram!* (1932), Drunk
- *Show Boat* (1936)
- *The Live Ghost* (1934), Drunken sailor

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