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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 14, 1903
Place of Birth:
Squaw Valley, California, USA
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Stuart Erwin
Biography
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Stuart Erwin (14 February 1903, Squaw Valley, California — 21 December 1967, Beverly Hills, California) was an American actor. Erwin began acting in college in the 1920s, first appearing on the stage, then breaking into films in 1928 in Mother Knows Best. He was cast as amiable oafs in several films such as The Sophomore, The Big Broadcast, Hollywood Cavalcade, Our Town, International House and Viva Villa!. In 1934 he was cast as Joe Palooka in the film Palooka, and in 1935 he had a supporting role in After Office Hours (starring Clark Gable). He co-starred in the Paramount Pictures all-star revue Paramount on Parade (1930).
In 1936, he was cast in Pigskin Parade, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In Walt Disney's Bambi, he did the voice of a tree squirrel.
In 1950, Erwin made the transition to television, where he starred in Trouble with Father, which was eventually retitled The Stu Erwin Show. He co-starred with his wife, actress June Collyer. He later appeared in the Disney films Son of Flubber and The Misadventures of Merlin Jones. He also appeared with Jack Palance in the ABC series The Greatest Show on Earth during the 1963-1964 television season.
Erwin has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6240 Hollywood Blvd. He is buried in Chapel of the Pines Crematory.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Bing Crosby: Rediscovered | Self (archive footage) |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Shadow Over Elveron | Merle |
| 1964 | The Misadventures of Merlin Jones | Police Captain Loomis |
| 1963 | Son of Flubber | Coach Wilson |
| 1960 | For the Love of Mike | Dr. Mills |
| 1959 | Moochie of the Little League | Lou Rosson |
| 1953 | Main Street to Broadway | Self (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Father Is a Bachelor | Constable Pudge Barnham |
| 1948 | Strike It Rich | Delbart Lane |
| 1947 | Heaven Only Knows | Sheriff Matt Bodine |
| 1947 | Heading for Heaven | Henry Elkins |
| 1947 | Killer Dill | Johnny 'Killer' Dill |
| 1947 | Doctor Jim | Doctor James Gateros |
| 1945 | Pillow to Post | Captain Jack Ross |
| 1944 | The Great Mike | Jay Spencer |
| 1943 | He Hired the Boss | Hubert Theodore Wilkins |
| 1942 | Blondie for Victory | Pvt. Herschel Smith |
| 1942 | Drums of the Congo | Congo Jack |
| 1942 | The Adventures of Martin Eden | Joe Dawson |
| 1941 | The Bride Came C.O.D. | Tommy Keenan |
| 1941 | Cracked Nuts | Lawrence Trent |
| 1940 | Our Town | Howie Newsome |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode | Ben Dalton |
| 1940 | A Little Bit of Heaven | Cotton |
| 1940 | Sandy Gets Her Man | Bill Kerry |
| 1939 | Back Door to Heaven | Jud Mason |
| 1939 | Hollywood Cavalcade | Pete Tinney |
| 1939 | It Could Happen to You | Mackinley Winslow |
| 1938 | Hollywood Handicap | Himself |
| 1938 | Mr. Boggs Steps Out | Oliver Boggs |
| 1938 | Three Blind Mice | Mike Brophy |
| 1938 | Passport Husband | Henry Cabot |
| 1937 | I'll Take Romance | 'Pancho' Brown |
| 1937 | Dance Charlie Dance | Andy Tucker |
| 1937 | Second Honeymoon | Leo MacTavish |
| 1937 | Slim | Aaron "Stumpy" Stump |
| 1937 | Small Town Boy | Henry Armstrong |
| 1937 | Checkers | Edgar Connell |
| 1937 | Sunday Night at the Trocadero | Stuart Erwin |
| 1936 | Pigskin Parade | Amos Dodd |
| 1936 | Ceiling Zero | Texas Clarke |
| 1936 | Exclusive Story | Timothy Aloysius Higgins |
| 1936 | Absolute Quiet | Oscar "Chubby" Rudd |
| 1936 | Women Are Trouble | Matt Casey |
| 1936 | All American Chump | Elmer Lamb |
| 1935 | After Office Hours | Hank Parr |
| 1934 | Palooka | Joe Palooka |
| 1934 | Viva Villa! | Jonny Sykes |
| 1934 | Chained | John L. 'Johnnie' Smith |
| 1934 | Bachelor Bait | William Watts |
| 1934 | Have a Heart | Gus Anderson |
| 1934 | The Band Plays On | Stuffy Wilson |
| 1934 | The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Party's Over | Bruce Blakely |
| 1933 | International House | Tommy Nash |
| 1933 | Going Hollywood | Ernest Pratt Baker, Picture Producer |
| 1933 | Hold Your Man | Al Simpson |
| 1933 | The Crime of the Century | Dan McKee |
| 1933 | The Stranger's Return | Simon Bates |
| 1933 | Before Dawn | Dwight Wilson |
| 1933 | Day of Reckoning | Jerry |
| 1933 | Face in the Sky | Lucky |
| 1933 | Under the Tonto Rim | Tonto |
| 1933 | He Learned About Women | Peter Potter Kendall II |
| 1932 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 | Self - Host |
| 1932 | Make Me a Star | Merton Gill |
| 1932 | Strangers in Love | Stan Kenney |
| 1932 | The Misleading Lady | Boney |
| 1932 | The Big Broadcast | Leslie McWhinney |
| 1932 | Two Kinds of Women | Hauser |
| 1932 | Hollywood on Parade | Self |
| 1932 | 70,000 Witnesses | Man Talking to Connors (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Magnificent Lie | Elmer Graham |
| 1931 | No Limit | Ole Olson |
| 1931 | Working Girls | Pat Kelly |
| 1931 | Up Pops the Devil | Stranger |
| 1931 | Dude Ranch | Chester Carr |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Reporter |
| 1930 | Dangerous Nan McGrew | Eustace Macy |
| 1930 | Love Among the Millionaires | Clicker Watson |
| 1930 | Only Saps Work | Oscar |
| 1930 | Playboy of Paris | Paul Michel |
| 1930 | Men Without Women | Jenkins |
| 1930 | Young Eagles | Pudge Higgins |
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Marine (The Montmartre Girl) |
| 1930 | Along Came Youth | Ambrose |
| 1929 | New Year's Eve | Landlady's Son |
| 1929 | This Thing Called Love | Fred |
| 1929 | Happy Days | Jig |
| 1929 | A Pair of Tights | Marion's Boyfriend |
| 1929 | The Sophomore | Radio Broadcast Technician (uncredited) |
| 1929 | The Cock-Eyed World | Buckley |
| 1929 | Sweetie | Axel Bronstrup |
| 1929 | Dangerous Curves | Rotarian |
| 1929 | The Trespasser | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Speakeasy | Cy Williams |
| 1929 | The Exalted Flapper | Bimbo Mehaffey |
| 1928 | Mother Knows Best | Ben |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Green Acres | Mr. Johnson |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Charlie Carter |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Williams |
| 1961 | Straightaway | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dave Lesser |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Joseph Green |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Tom Silby |
| 1960 | Thriller | Uncle Florian |
| 1960 | Peter Loves Mary | |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Clem P. 'Sandy' Sandover |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Austin Durrant |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Everett Stanton |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Henry Simmons |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Doc Brown |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | George Parsons |
| 1950 | The Stu Erwin Show | Stu Erwin |