Stuart Erwin
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
Pvt. Herschel Smith
Blondie for Victory
Tommy Nash
International House
Howie Newsome
Our Town
Joe Palooka
Palooka
Self (uncredited)
Main Street to Broadway
Ernest Pratt Baker, Picture Producer
Going Hollywood
Tommy Keenan
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Jonny Sykes
Viva Villa!
Jud Mason
Back Door to Heaven
Landlady's Son
New Year's Eve
Police Captain Loomis
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
John L. 'Johnnie' Smith
Chained
Hank Parr
After Office Hours
Himself
Hollywood Handicap
Pete Tinney
Hollywood Cavalcade
Self - Host
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
Al Simpson
Hold Your Man
Amos Dodd
Pigskin Parade
Texas Clarke
Ceiling Zero
William Watts
Bachelor Bait
Sheriff Matt Bodine
Heaven Only Knows
Dan McKee
The Crime of the Century
Captain Jack Ross
Pillow to Post
Simon Bates
The Stranger's Return
Fred
This Thing Called Love
Ben Dalton
When the Daltons Rode
Dwight Wilson
Before Dawn
Mackinley Winslow
It Could Happen to You
Merton Gill
Make Me a Star
Stan Kenney
Strangers in Love
Congo Jack
Drums of the Congo
Timothy Aloysius Higgins
Exclusive Story
'Pancho' Brown
I'll Take Romance
Andy Tucker
Dance Charlie Dance
Eustace Macy
Dangerous Nan McGrew
Clicker Watson
Love Among the Millionaires
Jerry
Day of Reckoning
Oscar
Only Saps Work
Jig
Happy Days
Boney
The Misleading Lady
Leo MacTavish
Second Honeymoon
Constable Pudge Barnham
Father Is a Bachelor
Aaron "Stumpy" Stump
Slim
Oscar "Chubby" Rudd
Absolute Quiet
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Henry Elkins
Heading for Heaven
Oliver Boggs
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Leslie McWhinney
The Big Broadcast
Henry Armstrong
Small Town Boy
Gus Anderson
Have a Heart
Elmer Graham
The Magnificent Lie
Mike Brophy
Three Blind Mice
Lucky
Face in the Sky
Ole Olson
No Limit
Pat Kelly
Working Girls
Paul Michel
Playboy of Paris
Hauser
Two Kinds of Women
Matt Casey
Women Are Trouble
Marion's Boyfriend
A Pair of Tights
Stuffy Wilson
The Band Plays On
Jenkins
Men Without Women
Henry Cabot
Passport Husband
Pudge Higgins
Young Eagles
Cotton
A Little Bit of Heaven
Lawrence Trent
Cracked Nuts
Radio Broadcast Technician (uncredited)
The Sophomore
Self
Hollywood on Parade
Stranger
Up Pops the Devil
Chester Carr
Dude Ranch
Buckley
The Cock-Eyed World
Joe Dawson
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Axel Bronstrup
Sweetie
Tonto
Under the Tonto Rim
Elmer Lamb
All American Chump
Johnny 'Killer' Dill
Killer Dill
Ben
Mother Knows Best
Hubert Theodore Wilkins
He Hired the Boss
Delbart Lane
Strike It Rich
Peter Potter Kendall II
He Learned About Women
Reporter
The Stolen Jools
Rotarian
Dangerous Curves
Marine (The Montmartre Girl)
Paramount on Parade
Coach Wilson
Son of Flubber
Dr. Mills
For the Love of Mike
Reporter (uncredited)
The Trespasser
Self (uncredited)
The Hollywood Gad-About
Jay Spencer
The Great Mike
Merle
Shadow Over Elveron
Edgar Connell
Checkers
Bill Kerry
Sandy Gets Her Man
Bruce Blakely
The Party's Over
Doctor James Gateros
Doctor Jim
Cy Williams
Speakeasy
Man Talking to Connors (uncredited)
70,000 Witnesses
Ambrose
Along Came Youth
Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Lou Rosson
Moochie of the Little League
Bimbo Mehaffey
The Exalted Flapper
Stuart Erwin
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
99
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-02-14
Place of Birth
Squaw Valley, California, USA
Also Known As
Stuart Phillip Erwin