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Stuart Erwin

Stuart Erwin

Birthday: 1903-02-14 | Place of Birth: Squaw Valley, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stuart Erwin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1950
Father Is a Bachelor

as    Constable Pudge Barnham

1947
Killer Dill

as    Johnny 'Killer' Dill

1942
Drums of the Congo

as    Congo Jack

1942
The Adventures of Martin Eden

as    Joe Dawson

1941
The Bride Came C.O.D.

as    Tommy Keenan

1940
Our Town

as    Howie Newsome

1939
Back Door to Heaven

as    Jud Mason

1939
It Could Happen to You

as    Mackinley Winslow

1939
Hollywood Cavalcade

as    Pete Tinney

1938
Mr. Boggs Steps Out

as    Oliver Boggs

1937
I'll Take Romance

as    'Pancho' Brown

1937
Second Honeymoon

as    Leo MacTavish

1937
Slim

as    Stumpy

1936
Pigskin Parade

as    Amos Dodd

1936
Women Are Trouble

as    Matt Casey

1936
Ceiling Zero

as    Texas Clarke

1936
Exclusive Story

as    Timothy Aloysius Higgins

1934
Have a Heart

as    Gus Anderson

1934
Palooka

as    Joe Palooka

1934
Chained

as    John L. 'Johnnie' Smith

1934
Viva Villa!

as    Jonny Sykes

1933
Hold Your Man

as    Al Simpson

1933
The Crime of the Century

as    Dan McKee

1933
Going Hollywood

as    Ernest Pratt Baker, Picture Producer

1933
Day of Reckoning

as    Jerry

1933
Face in the Sky

as    Lucky

1933
The Stranger's Return

as    Simon Bates

1932
Make Me a Star

as    Merton Gill

1930
Men Without Women

as    Jenkins