Stuart Erwin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 14 February 1903 · Squaw Valley, California, USA
- Died
- 21 December 1967
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.
Known for
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- 2014Bing Crosby: Rediscovered as Self (archive footage)
- 2005The Great Man: W.C. Fields as Self - Tommy Nash (clip from International House (1933)) (archive footage)
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1968Shadow Over Elveron as Merle
- 1964The Misadventures of Merlin Jones as Police Captain Loomis
- 1963Son of Flubber as Coach Wilson
- 1960For the Love of Mike as Dr. Mills
- 1959Moochie of the Little League as Lou Rosson
- 1957Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses as Sentimental Mousie
- 1953Main Street to Broadway as Self (uncredited)
- 1950Father Is a Bachelor as Constable Pudge Barnham
- 1948Strike It Rich as Delbart Lane
- 1947Heading for Heaven as Henry Elkins
- 1947Heaven Only Knows as Sheriff Matt Bodine
- 1947Killer Dill as Johnny 'Killer' Dill
- 1947Doctor Jim as Doctor James Gateros
- 1945Pillow to Post as Captain Jack Ross
- 1944The Great Mike as Jay Spencer
- 1943He Hired the Boss as Hubert Theodore Wilkins
- 1942Blondie for Victory as Pvt. Herschel Smith
- 1942Drums of the Congo as Congo Jack
- 1942The Adventures of Martin Eden as Joe Dawson
- 1941The Bride Came C.O.D. as Tommy Keenan
- 1941Cracked Nuts as Lawrence Trent
- 1940Sandy Gets Her Man as Bill Kerry
- 1940A Little Bit of Heaven as Cotton
- 1940When the Daltons Rode as Ben Dalton
- 1940Our Town as Howie Newsome
- 1939The Honeymoon's Over as Donald Todd
- 1939Hollywood Cavalcade as Pete Tinney
- 1939It Could Happen to You as Mackinley Winslow
- 1939Back Door to Heaven as Jud Mason
- 1938Passport Husband as Henry Cabot
- 1938Three Blind Mice as Mike Brophy
- 1938Hollywood Handicap as Himself
- 1938Mr. Boggs Steps Out as Oliver Boggs
- 1937Checkers as Edgar Connell
- 1937I'll Take Romance as 'Pancho' Brown
- 1937Second Honeymoon as Leo MacTavish
- 1937Sunday Night at the Trocadero as Stuart Erwin
- 1937Small Town Boy as Henry Armstrong
- 1937Dance Charlie Dance as Andy Tucker
- 1937Slim as Aaron "Stumpy" Stump
- 1936Pigskin Parade as Amos Dodd
- 1936All American Chump as Elmer Lamb
- 1936Women Are Trouble as Matt Casey
- 1936Absolute Quiet as Oscar "Chubby" Rudd
- 1936Exclusive Story as Timothy Aloysius Higgins
- 1936Ceiling Zero as Texas Clarke
- 1935After Office Hours as Hank Parr
- 1934The Band Plays On as Stuffy Wilson
- 1934The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
- 1934Have a Heart as Gus Anderson
- 1934Chained as John L. 'Johnnie' Smith
- 1934The Party's Over as Bruce Blakely
- 1934Bachelor Bait as William Watts
- 1934Viva Villa! as Jonny Sykes
- 1934Palooka as Joe Palooka
- 1933Going Hollywood as Ernest Pratt Baker, Picture Producer
- 1933Day of Reckoning as Jerry
- 1933Before Dawn as Dwight Wilson
- 1933The Stranger's Return as Simon Bates
- 1933Hold Your Man as Al Simpson
- 1933International House as Tommy Nash
- 1933Under the Tonto Rim as Tonto
- 1933He Learned About Women as Peter Potter Kendall II
- 1933The Crime of the Century as Dan McKee
- 1933Face in the Sky as Lucky
- 1932The Big Broadcast as Leslie McWhinney
- 1932Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 as Self - Host
- 193270,000 Witnesses as Man Talking to Connors (uncredited)
- 1932Make Me a Star as Merton Gill
- 1932Hollywood on Parade as Self
- 1932The Misleading Lady as Boney
- 1932Strangers in Love as Stan Kenney
- 1932Two Kinds of Women as Hauser
- 1931Working Girls as Pat Kelly
- 1931The Magnificent Lie as Elmer Graham
- 1931Up Pops the Devil as Stranger
- 1931Dude Ranch as Chester Carr
- 1931The Stolen Jools as Reporter
- 1931No Limit as Ole Olson
- 1930Along Came Youth as Ambrose
- 1930Only Saps Work as Oscar
- 1930Playboy of Paris as Paul Michel
- 1930Love Among the Millionaires as Clicker Watson
- 1930Dangerous Nan McGrew as Eustace Macy
- 1930Paramount on Parade as Marine (The Montmartre Girl)
- 1930Young Eagles as Pudge Higgins
- 1930Men Without Women as Jenkins
- 1929This Thing Called Love as Fred
- 1929The Trespasser as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1929Sweetie as Axel Bronstrup
- 1929The Cock-Eyed World as Buckley
- 1929Happy Days as Jig
- 1929The Sophomore as Radio Broadcast Technician (uncredited)
- 1929Dangerous Curves as Rotarian
- 1929The Exalted Flapper as Bimbo Mehaffey
- 1929Thru Different Eyes as Reporter
- 1929Speakeasy as Cy Williams
- 1929New Year's Eve as Landlady's Son
- 1929A Pair of Tights as Marion's Boyfriend
- 1928Mother Knows Best as Ben