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Arthur Housman was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Housman's earliest roles were in film, including "Manhandled" (1924), "Braveheart" (1925) and "The Coast of Folly" (1925). He also appeared in "The Necessary Evil" (1925), the Andre DeBeranger adaptation "The Bat" (1926) and "Sunrise" (1927). He continued to act in productions like the adaptation "The Singing Fool" ...

Filmography

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Public Enemies (1941)

Billy the Kid (1941)

Escort Girl (1941)

Honeymoon Deferred (1940)

Drunk in saloon

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

Biography

Arthur Housman was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Housman's earliest roles were in film, including "Manhandled" (1924), "Braveheart" (1925) and "The Coast of Folly" (1925). He also appeared in "The Necessary Evil" (1925), the Andre DeBeranger adaptation "The Bat" (1926) and "Sunrise" (1927). He continued to act in productions like the adaptation "The Singing Fool" (1928) with Al Jolson, the Glenn Tryon dramatic adaptation "Broadway" (1929) and the drama "Five and Ten" (1931) with Marion Davies. He also appeared in "Anybody's Blonde" (1931). Nearing the end of his career, he continued to act in the Bing Crosby adaptation "Here Is My Heart" (1934), the dramatic adaptation "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" (1934) with Pauline Lord and the Edward Arnold drama "Diamond Jim" (1935). He also appeared in "The Fire Trap" (1935) and the comedy "Hold 'Em Yale" (1935) with Patricia Ellis. Housman was most recently credited in the Joan Davis comedy "Beautiful But Broke" (1944). Housman passed away in April 1942 at the age of 53.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Public Enemies (1941)

Billy the Kid (1941)

Escort Girl (1941)

Honeymoon Deferred (1940)

Drunk in saloon

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

Sergeant Madden (1939)

Navy Secrets (1939)

Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)

Broadway Serenade (1939)

Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)

Ex-Champ (1939)

Spirit of Culver (1939)

Stronger Than Desire (1939)

Man-Proof (1938)

Island in the Sky (1938)

Where the West Begins (1938)

Youth Takes a Fling (1938)

First Communist

Love on Toast (1937)

Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937)

The Fire Trap (1937)

That's My Story (1937)

Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937)

When Love Is Young (1937)

A Family Affair (1937)

Show Boat (1936)

Little Miss Nobody (1936)

After the Thin Man (1936)

Man rehearsing welcome speech

Wives Never Know (1936)

Our Relations (1936)

Racing Blood (1936)

Riffraff (1936)

Tough Guy (1936)

With Love and Kisses (1936)

Gilbert Holbrook

Diamond Jim (1935)

Woman Wanted (1935)

Spring Tonic (1935)

The Call of the Wild (1935)

Here Comes Cookie (1935)

Paris in Spring (1935)

Two for Tonight (1935)

Hold 'Em Yale (1935)

Public Hero No. 1 (1935)

365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)

Here Is My Heart (1934)

I Give My Love (1934)

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)

I Believed in You (1934)

The Merry Widow (1934)

Mr. Broadway (1933)

In the flashback scene

She Done Him Wrong (1933)

The Way to Love (1933)

Sing Sinner Sing (1933)

Her Bodyguard (1933)

The Intruder (1932)

Movie Crazy (1932)

Stepping Sisters (1932)

No More Orchids (1932)

Five and Ten (1931)

Anybody's Blonde (1931)

Night Life in Reno (1931)

Bachelor Apartment (1931)

The Squealer (1930)

Feet First (1930)

Officer O'Brien (1930)

The Girl of the Golden West (1930)

Broadway (1929)

Side Street (1929)

Times Square (1929)

Fast Company (1929)

The Song of Love (1929)

Queen of the Night Clubs (1929)

Sins of the Fathers (1928)

Partners in Crime (1928)

The Singing Fool (1928)

Fools for Luck (1928)

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

The Obtrusive gentleman

The Spotlight (1927)

Publicity Madness (1927)

Rough House Rosie (1927)

Love Makes 'Em Wild (1927)

The Midnight Kiss (1926)

Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926)

Whispering Wires (1926)

Early To Wed (1926)

Richard Fleming

The Necessary Evil (1925)

The Coast of Folly (1925)

Night Life of New York (1925)

Braveheart (1925)

A Man Must Live (1925)

The Desert's Price (1925)

Thunder Mountain (1925)

Manhandled (1924)

Nellie, The Beautiful Cloak Model (1924)

Male Wanted (1923)

Wife in Name Only (1923)

Under the Red Robe (1923)

Captain La Rolle

Man Wanted (1922)

Why Announce Your Marriage? (1922)

The Prophet's Paradise (1922)

Destiny's Isle (1922)

The Snitching Hour (1922)

Shadows of the Sea (1922)

Love's Masquerade (1922)

Newspaper reporter

The Way of a Maid (1921)

Jimmy Van Trent

Worlds Apart (1921)

Harley Marshall

Is Life Worth Living? (1921)

The Fighter (1921)

Room and Board (1921)

Clay Dollars (1921)

A Fool and His Money (1920)

Count Tarnowsky

The County Fair (1920)

Bruce Hammerhead

The Road of Ambition (1920)

The Blooming Angel (1920)

The Point of View (1920)

The Flapper (1920)

The Gay Lord Quex (1919)

"Valma", also known as, Frank Pollitt

The End of the Road (1919)

The Bondage of Barbara (1919)

Toby's Bow (1919)

With Neatness and Dispatch (1918)

Under Suspicion (1918)

All Woman (1918)

Back to the Woods (1918)

Her Good Name (1917)

The Cloud (1917)

A Mother's Ordeal (1917)

Red, White and Blue Blood (1917)

Persuasive Peggy (1917)

The Gods of Fate (1916)

The Lash of Destiny (1916)

The Apaches of Paris (1915)

Writer (Feature Film)

Beautiful But Broke (1944)

Based on a Story by

Cast (Short)

Sing Sister Sing (1935)

Treasure Blues (1935)

The Fixer Uppers (1935)

The Live Ghost (1934)

Something Simple (1934)

Babes in the Goods (1934)

Benny, from Panama (1934)

CHASES OF PIMPLE STREET (1934)

Done in Oil (1934)

Wreckety Wrecks (1933)

Help Wanted, Female (1931)

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