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 Hollywoods 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