Stuart Erwin
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
Credits
- 2014 · Bing Crosby: Rediscovered as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 · Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1968 · Shadow Over Elveron as Merle
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Charlie Carter
- 1965 · Green Acres as Mr. Johnson
- 1964 · The Misadventures of Merlin Jones as Police Captain Loomis
- 1963 · Son of Flubber as Coach Wilson
- 1962 · The Virginian as Williams
- 1961 · Straightaway as
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Dave Lesser
- 1961 · The Defenders as Joseph Green
- 1960 · Peter Loves Mary as
- 1960 · The Andy Griffith Show as Tom Silby
- 1960 · Thriller as Uncle Florian
- 1960 · For the Love of Mike as Dr. Mills
- 1959 · Moochie of the Little League as Lou Rosson
- 1958 · The Donna Reed Show as
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Clem P. 'Sandy' Sandover
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Austin Durrant
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Everett Stanton
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Henry Simmons
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Doc Brown
- 1953 · Main Street to Broadway as Self (uncredited)
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as George Parsons
- 1950 · The Stu Erwin Show as Stu Erwin
- 1950 · Father Is a Bachelor as Constable Pudge Barnham
- 1948 · Strike It Rich as Delbart Lane
- 1947 · Heading for Heaven as Henry Elkins
- 1947 · Heaven Only Knows as Sheriff Matt Bodine
- 1947 · Killer Dill as Johnny 'Killer' Dill
- 1947 · Doctor Jim as Doctor James Gateros
- 1945 · Pillow to Post as Captain Jack Ross
- 1944 · The Great Mike as Jay Spencer
- 1943 · He Hired the Boss as Hubert Theodore Wilkins
- 1942 · Blondie for Victory as Pvt. Herschel Smith
- 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
- 1941 · Cracked Nuts as Lawrence Trent
- 1940 · Sandy Gets Her Man as Bill Kerry
- 1940 · A Little Bit of Heaven as Cotton
- 1940 · When the Daltons Rode as Ben Dalton
- 1940 · Our Town as Howie Newsome
- 1939 · Hollywood Cavalcade as Pete Tinney
- 1939 · It Could Happen to You as Mackinley Winslow
- 1939 · Back Door to Heaven as Jud Mason
- 1938 · Passport Husband as Henry Cabot
- 1938 · Three Blind Mice as Mike Brophy
- 1938 · Hollywood Handicap as Himself
- 1938 · Mr. Boggs Steps Out as Oliver Boggs
- 1937 · Checkers as Edgar Connell
- 1937 · I'll Take Romance as 'Pancho' Brown
- 1937 · Second Honeymoon as Leo MacTavish
- 1937 · Small Town Boy as Henry Armstrong
- 1937 · Dance Charlie Dance as Andy Tucker
- 1937 · Slim as Stumpy
- 1936 · Pigskin Parade as Amos Dodd
- 1936 · All American Chump as Elmer Lamb
- 1936 · Women Are Trouble as Matt Casey
- 1936 · Absolute Quiet as Oscar "Chubby" Rudd
- 1936 · Exclusive Story as Timothy Aloysius Higgins
- 1936 · Ceiling Zero as Texas Clarke
- 1935 · After Office Hours as Hank Parr
- 1934 · The Bands Plays On as Stuffy Wilson
- 1934 · The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
- 1934 · Have a Heart as Gus Anderson
- 1934 · Chained as John L. 'Johnnie' Smith
- 1934 · The Party's Over as Bruce Blakely
- 1934 · Bachelor Bait as William Watts
- 1934 · Viva Villa! as Jonny Sykes
- 1934 · Palooka as Joe Palooka
- 1933 · Going Hollywood as Ernest Pratt Baker, Picture Producer
- 1933 · Day of Reckoning as Jerry
- 1933 · Before Dawn as Dwight Wilson
- 1933 · The Stranger's Return as Simon Bates
- 1933 · Hold Your Man as Al Simpson
- 1933 · International House as Tommy Nash
- 1933 · Under the Tonto Rim as Tonto
- 1933 · He Learned About Women as Peter Potter Kendall II
- 1933 · The Crime of the Century as Dan McKee
- 1933 · Face in the Sky as Lucky
- 1932 · The Big Broadcast as Leslie McWhinney
- 1932 · Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 as Self - Host
- 1932 · 70,000 Witnesses as Man Talking to Connors (uncredited)
- 1932 · Make Me a Star as Merton Gill
- 1932 · Hollywood on Parade as Self
- 1932 · The Misleading Lady as Boney
- 1932 · Strangers in Love as Stan Kenney
- 1932 · Two Kinds of Women as Hauser
- 1931 · Working Girls as Pat Kelly
- 1931 · The Magnificent Lie as Elmer Graham
- 1931 · Up Pops the Devil as Stranger
- 1931 · Dude Ranch as Chester Carr
- 1931 · The Stolen Jools as Reporter
- 1931 · No Limit as Ole Olson
- 1930 · Along Came Youth as Ambrose
- 1930 · Only Saps Work as Oscar
- 1930 · Playboy of Paris as Paul Michel
- 1930 · Love Among the Millionaires as Clicker Watson
- 1930 · Dangerous Nan McGrew as Eustace Macy
- 1930 · Paramount on Parade as Marine (The Montmartre Girl)
- 1930 · Young Eagles as Pudge Higgins
- 1930 · Men Without Women as Jenkins
- 1929 · This Thing Called Love as Fred
- 1929 · The Trespasser as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1929 · Sweetie as Axel Bronstrup
- 1929 · The Cock-Eyed World as Buckley
- 1929 · Happy Days as Jig
- 1929 · The Sophomore as Radio Broadcast Technician (uncredited)
- 1929 · Dangerous Curves as Rotarian
- 1929 · Speakeasy as Cy Williams
- 1929 · New Year's Eve as Landlady's Son
- 1929 · A Pair of Tights as Marion's Boyfriend
- 1928 · Mother Knows Best as Ben