Stuart Erwin
- Acting
- February 14, 1903 · Squaw Valley, California, USA
- December 21, 1967
Biography
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
Filmography
- Bing Crosby: Rediscovered · Self
- The Great Man: W.C. Fields · Self
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · Self
- Shadow Over Elveron · Merle
- Green Acres · Mr. Johnson
- The Big Valley · Charlie Carter
- The Misadventures of Merlin Jones · Police Captain Loomis
- Son of Flubber · Coach Wilson
- The Virginian · Williams
- Straightaway
- Dr. Kildare · Dave Lesser
- The Defenders · Joseph Green
- Peter Loves Mary
- The Andy Griffith Show · Tom Silby
- Thriller · Uncle Florian
- For the Love of Mike · Dr. Mills
- Moochie of the Little League · Lou Rosson
- The Donna Reed Show
- Perry Mason · Clem P. 'Sandy' Sandover, Austin Durrant
- Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses · Sentimental Mousie
- Gunsmoke · Doc Brown
- Main Street to Broadway · Self
- General Electric Theater · George Parsons
- The Stu Erwin Show · Stu Erwin
- Father Is a Bachelor · Constable Pudge Barnham
- Strike It Rich · Delbart Lane
- Heading for Heaven · Henry Elkins
- Heaven Only Knows · Sheriff Matt Bodine
- Killer Dill · Johnny 'Killer' Dill
- Doctor Jim · Doctor James Gateros
- Pillow to Post · Captain Jack Ross
- The Great Mike · Jay Spencer
- He Hired the Boss · Hubert Theodore Wilkins
- Blondie for Victory · Pvt. Herschel Smith
- Drums of the Congo · Congo Jack
- The Adventures of Martin Eden · Joe Dawson
- The Bride Came C.O.D. · Tommy Keenan
- Cracked Nuts · Lawrence Trent
- Sandy Gets Her Man · Bill Kerry
- A Little Bit of Heaven · Cotton
- When the Daltons Rode · Ben Dalton
- Our Town · Howie Newsome
- The Honeymoon's Over · Donald Todd
- Hollywood Cavalcade · Pete Tinney
- It Could Happen to You · Mackinley Winslow
- Back Door to Heaven · Jud Mason
- Passport Husband · Henry Cabot
- Three Blind Mice · Mike Brophy
- Hollywood Handicap · Self
- Mr. Boggs Steps Out · Oliver Boggs
- Checkers · Edgar Connell
- I'll Take Romance · 'Pancho' Brown
- Second Honeymoon · Leo MacTavish
- Sunday Night at the Trocadero · Stuart Erwin
- Small Town Boy · Henry Armstrong
- Dance Charlie Dance · Andy Tucker
- Slim · Aaron "Stumpy" Stump
- Pigskin Parade · Amos Dodd
- All American Chump · Elmer Lamb
- Women Are Trouble · Matt Casey
- Absolute Quiet · Oscar "Chubby" Rudd
- Exclusive Story · Timothy Aloysius Higgins
- Ceiling Zero · Texas Clarke
- After Office Hours · Hank Parr
- The Band Plays On · Stuffy Wilson
- The Hollywood Gad-About · Self
- Have a Heart · Gus Anderson
- Chained · John L. 'Johnnie' Smith
- The Party's Over · Bruce Blakely
- Bachelor Bait · William Watts
- Viva Villa! · Jonny Sykes
- Palooka · Joe Palooka
- Going Hollywood · Ernest Pratt Baker, Picture Producer
- Day of Reckoning · Jerry
- Before Dawn · Dwight Wilson
- The Stranger's Return · Simon Bates
- Hold Your Man · Al Simpson
- International House · Tommy Nash
- Under the Tonto Rim · Tonto
- He Learned About Women · Peter Potter Kendall II