Arthur Housman — Motography’s Gallery of Picture Players (1914) 🇺🇸

Arthur Housman, one of the foremost comedians of the screen to-day, has been a member of the Edison stock company for the past three and a half years.

He was born in New York City, several years ago, he admits, but refuses to divulge the exact date, asserting that he is still very young.

During his stage career he positively states that he has not been engaged solely in support of famous stars, but that at intervals he has appeared in popular successes which owe nothing in their construction to William Shakespeare.

Mr. Housman does not owe his first appearance in the pictures to any demand on the part of the producers but, in his own words, “it just happened,” and having no ambition to become a romantic leading man he has confined his efforts to comedy with such success that his appearance on the screen is always greeted with laughter. “The Gilded Kidd” is his latest.

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Collection: Motography Magazine, September 1914