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Stuart Erwin

Stuart Erwin

Known for: Acting

Born 14/02/1903
Died 1967-12-21
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.

Filmography

Perry Mason Series ★ 7,7

Perry Mason

Clem P. 'Sandy' Sandover

1957

Perry Mason Series ★ 7,7

Perry Mason

Austin Durrant

1957

Perry Mason Series ★ 7,7

Perry Mason

Everett Stanton

1957

Perry Mason Series ★ 7,7

Perry Mason

Henry Simmons

1957

The Andy Griffith Show Series ★ 7,6

The Andy Griffith Show

Tom Silby

1960

The Virginian Series ★ 6,5

The Virginian

Williams

1962

Dr. Kildare Series ★ 5,7

Dr. Kildare

Dave Lesser

1961

Green Acres Series ★ 7,2

Green Acres

Mr. Johnson

1965

The Donna Reed Show Series ★ 6,5

The Donna Reed Show

1958

The Big Valley Series ★ 6,2

The Big Valley

Charlie Carter

1965

The Defenders Series ★ 6,3

The Defenders

Joseph Green

1961

Gunsmoke Series ★ 6,7

Gunsmoke

Doc Brown

1955

Thriller Series ★ 6,7

Thriller

Uncle Florian

1960

Series ★ 6,5

Peter Loves Mary

1960

The Stu Erwin Show Series ★ 7,7

The Stu Erwin Show

Stu Erwin

1950

General Electric Theater Series ★ 6,8

General Electric Theater

George Parsons

1953

Straightaway Series ★ 9,0

Straightaway

1961

The Sophomore Film ★ 5,3

The Sophomore

Radio Broadcast Technician (uncredited)

1929

The Trespasser Film ★ 6,9

The Trespasser

Reporter (uncredited)

1929

Slim Film ★ 6,5

Slim

Aaron "Stumpy" Stump

1937

Bachelor Bait Film ★ 6,5

Bachelor Bait

William Watts

1934

Passport Husband Film ★ 7,0

Passport Husband

Henry Cabot

1938

Absolute Quiet Film ★ 5,6

Absolute Quiet

Oscar "Chubby" Rudd

1936

Sweetie Film ★ 6,6

Sweetie

Axel Bronstrup

1929

Cracked Nuts Film ★ 7,0

Cracked Nuts

Lawrence Trent

1941

Checkers Film ★ 10,0

Checkers

Edgar Connell

1937

Under the Tonto Rim Film ★ 10,0

Under the Tonto Rim

Tonto

1933

Chained Film ★ 7,1

Chained

John L. 'Johnnie' Smith

1934

Son of Flubber Film ★ 6,1

Son of Flubber

Coach Wilson

1963

Our Town Film ★ 5,9

Our Town

Howie Newsome

1940

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Film ★ 7,0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983

Going Hollywood Film ★ 5,5

Going Hollywood

Ernest Pratt Baker, Picture Producer

1933

Young Eagles Film ★ 7,0

Young Eagles

Pudge Higgins

1930

Pigskin Parade Film ★ 6,2

Pigskin Parade

Amos Dodd

1936

Hollywood Cavalcade Film ★ 6,2

Hollywood Cavalcade

Pete Tinney

1939

Ceiling Zero Film ★ 5,9

Ceiling Zero

Texas Clarke

1936

Viva Villa! Film ★ 6,3

Viva Villa!

Jonny Sykes

1934

Exclusive Story Film ★ 7,2

Exclusive Story

Timothy Aloysius Higgins

1936

He Learned About Women Film ★ 10,0

He Learned About Women

Peter Potter Kendall II

1933

Only Saps Work Film ★ 6,0

Only Saps Work

Oscar

1930

Main Street to Broadway Film ★ 7,3

Main Street to Broadway

Self (uncredited)

1953

Happy Days Film ★ 6,3

Happy Days

Jig

1929

The Bride Came C.O.D. Film ★ 7,0

The Bride Came C.O.D.

Tommy Keenan

1941

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered Film ★ 7,0

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

Self (archive footage)

2014

Blondie for Victory Film ★ 8,0

Blondie for Victory

Pvt. Herschel Smith

1942

70,000 Witnesses Film ★ 5,7

70,000 Witnesses

Man Talking to Connors (uncredited)

1932

Film ★ 9,0

Mother Knows Best

Ben

1928

International House Film ★ 5,5

International House

Tommy Nash

1933

The Stranger's Return Film ★ 6,2

The Stranger's Return

Simon Bates

1933

Working Girls Film ★ 7,3

Working Girls

Pat Kelly

1931

Second Honeymoon Film ★ 6,4

Second Honeymoon

Leo MacTavish

1937

Father Is a Bachelor Film ★ 7,4

Father Is a Bachelor

Constable Pudge Barnham

1950

The Stolen Jools Film ★ 5,6

The Stolen Jools

Reporter

1931

Shadow Over Elveron Film ★ 6,6

Shadow Over Elveron

Merle

1968

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones Film ★ 6,6

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones

Police Captain Loomis

1964

Before Dawn Film ★ 5,7

Before Dawn

Dwight Wilson

1933

The Crime of the Century Film ★ 6,7

The Crime of the Century

Dan McKee

1933

Sunday Night at the Trocadero Film ★ 4,4

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Stuart Erwin

1937

Face in the Sky Film ★ 5,8

Face in the Sky

Lucky

1933

For the Love of Mike Film ★ 6,0

For the Love of Mike

Dr. Mills

1960

The Band Plays On Film ★ 8,3

The Band Plays On

Stuffy Wilson

1934

Back Door to Heaven Film ★ 4,8

Back Door to Heaven

Jud Mason

1939

When the Daltons Rode Film ★ 6,2

When the Daltons Rode

Ben Dalton

1940

Dance Charlie Dance Film ★ 8,0

Dance Charlie Dance

Andy Tucker

1937

Strangers in Love Film ★ 5,5

Strangers in Love

Stan Kenney

1932

Along Came Youth Film ★ 7,3

Along Came Youth

Ambrose

1930

Three Blind Mice Film ★ 6,1

Three Blind Mice

Mike Brophy

1938

The Party's Over Film ★ 5,0

The Party's Over

Bruce Blakely

1934

Hold Your Man Film ★ 6,3

Hold Your Man

Al Simpson

1933

Palooka Film ★ 3,6

Palooka

Joe Palooka

1934

Pillow to Post Film ★ 5,5

Pillow to Post

Captain Jack Ross

1945

Moochie of the Little League Film ★ 8,0

Moochie of the Little League

Lou Rosson

1959

Speakeasy Film ★ 6,0

Speakeasy

Cy Williams

1929

Heaven Only Knows Film ★ 6,5

Heaven Only Knows

Sheriff Matt Bodine

1947

Dangerous Curves Film ★ 6,6

Dangerous Curves

Rotarian

1929

Hollywood Handicap Film ★ 4,9

Hollywood Handicap

Himself

1938

The Adventures of Martin Eden Film ★ 8,0

The Adventures of Martin Eden

Joe Dawson

1942

This Thing Called Love Film ★ 9,0

This Thing Called Love

Fred

1929

A Little Bit of Heaven Film ★ 4,5

A Little Bit of Heaven

Cotton

1940

Heading for Heaven Film ★ 5,6

Heading for Heaven

Henry Elkins

1947

The Great Mike Film ★ 9,0

The Great Mike

Jay Spencer

1944

Sandy Gets Her Man Film ★ 6,5

Sandy Gets Her Man

Bill Kerry

1940

The Big Broadcast Film ★ 7,1

The Big Broadcast

Leslie McWhinney

1932

I'll Take Romance Film ★ 6,3

I'll Take Romance

'Pancho' Brown

1937

Paramount on Parade Film ★ 6,1

Paramount on Parade

Marine (The Montmartre Girl)

1930

Men Without Women Film ★ 6,4

Men Without Women

Jenkins

1930

Two Kinds of Women Film ★ 6,3

Two Kinds of Women

Hauser

1932

Day of Reckoning Film ★ 5,1

Day of Reckoning

Jerry

1933

After Office Hours Film ★ 6,5

After Office Hours

Hank Parr

1935

Playboy of Paris Film ★ 7,0

Playboy of Paris

Paul Michel

1930

He Hired the Boss Film ★ 5,3

He Hired the Boss

Hubert Theodore Wilkins

1943

Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 Film ★ 1,0

Hollywood on Parade No. A-2

Self - Host

1932

The Misleading Lady Film ★ 7,0

The Misleading Lady

Boney

1932

Have a Heart Film ★ 7,3

Have a Heart

Gus Anderson

1934

Killer Dill Film ★ 7,3

Killer Dill

Johnny 'Killer' Dill

1947

Make Me a Star Film ★ 6,4

Make Me a Star

Merton Gill

1932

Hollywood on Parade Film ★ 6,5

Hollywood on Parade

Self

1932

The Magnificent Lie Film ★ 7,0

The Magnificent Lie

Elmer Graham

1931

A Pair of Tights Film ★ 7,8

A Pair of Tights

Marion's Boyfriend

1929

Love Among the Millionaires Film ★ 6,3

Love Among the Millionaires

Clicker Watson

1930

The Hollywood Gad-About Film ★ 6,0

The Hollywood Gad-About

Self (uncredited)

1934

No Limit Film ★ 6,0

No Limit

Ole Olson

1931

Dude Ranch Film ★ 5,5

Dude Ranch

Chester Carr

1931

Mr. Boggs Steps Out Film ★ 5,3

Mr. Boggs Steps Out

Oliver Boggs

1938

Thru Different Eyes Film ★ 8,0

Thru Different Eyes

Reporter

1929

New Year's Eve Film ★ 7,0

New Year's Eve

Landlady's Son

1929

Dangerous Nan McGrew Film ★ 4,5

Dangerous Nan McGrew

Eustace Macy

1930

Strike It Rich Film ★ 8,0

Strike It Rich

Delbart Lane

1948

All American Chump Film ★ 6,2

All American Chump

Elmer Lamb

1936

Film ★ 4,8

It Could Happen to You

Mackinley Winslow

1939

Small Town Boy Film ★ 7,0

Small Town Boy

Henry Armstrong

1937

The Honeymoon's Over Film ★ 8,0

The Honeymoon's Over

Donald Todd

1939

The Exalted Flapper Film ★ 8,0

The Exalted Flapper

Bimbo Mehaffey

1929

The Cock-Eyed World Film ★ 4,8

The Cock-Eyed World

Buckley

1929

Up Pops the Devil Film ★ 5,0

Up Pops the Devil

Stranger

1931

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses Film

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

Sentimental Mousie

1957

Drums of the Congo Film ★ 10,0

Drums of the Congo

Congo Jack

1942

Women Are Trouble Film ★ 7,0

Women Are Trouble

Matt Casey

1936

Film ★ 8,0

Doctor Jim

Doctor James Gateros

1947