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