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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 Pig…
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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.
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Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Man: W.C. Fields
as Self - Tommy Nash (clip from International House (1933)) (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shadow Over Elveron
as Merle
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
as Police Captain Loomis
Son of Flubber
as Coach Wilson
For the Love of Mike
as Dr. Mills
Moochie of the Little League
as Lou Rosson
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
as Sentimental Mousie
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
Father Is a Bachelor
as Constable Pudge Barnham
Strike It Rich
as Delbart Lane
Heading for Heaven
as Henry Elkins
Heaven Only Knows
as Sheriff Matt Bodine
Killer Dill
as Johnny 'Killer' Dill
No Poster
Doctor Jim
as Doctor James Gateros
Pillow to Post
as Captain Jack Ross
The Great Mike
as Jay Spencer
He Hired the Boss
as Hubert Theodore Wilkins
Blondie for Victory
as Pvt. Herschel Smith
Drums of the Congo
as Congo Jack
The Adventures of Martin Eden
as Joe Dawson
The Bride Came C.O.D.
as Tommy Keenan
Cracked Nuts
as Lawrence Trent
Sandy Gets Her Man
as Bill Kerry
A Little Bit of Heaven
as Cotton
When the Daltons Rode
as Ben Dalton
Our Town
as Howie Newsome
The Honeymoon's Over
as Donald Todd
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Pete Tinney
It Could Happen to You
as Mackinley Winslow
Back Door to Heaven
as Jud Mason
Passport Husband
as Henry Cabot
Three Blind Mice
as Mike Brophy
Hollywood Handicap
as Himself
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
as Oliver Boggs
Checkers
as Edgar Connell
I'll Take Romance
as 'Pancho' Brown
Second Honeymoon
as Leo MacTavish
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Stuart Erwin
Small Town Boy
as Henry Armstrong
Dance Charlie Dance
as Andy Tucker
Slim
as Aaron "Stumpy" Stump
Pigskin Parade
as Amos Dodd
All American Chump
as Elmer Lamb
Women Are Trouble
as Matt Casey
Absolute Quiet
as Oscar "Chubby" Rudd
Exclusive Story
as Timothy Aloysius Higgins
Ceiling Zero
as Texas Clarke
After Office Hours
as Hank Parr
The Band Plays On
as Stuffy Wilson
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
Have a Heart
as Gus Anderson
Chained
as John L. 'Johnnie' Smith
The Party's Over
as Bruce Blakely
Bachelor Bait
as William Watts
Viva Villa!
as Jonny Sykes
Palooka
as Joe Palooka
Going Hollywood
as Ernest Pratt Baker, Picture Producer
Day of Reckoning
as Jerry
Before Dawn
as Dwight Wilson
The Stranger's Return
as Simon Bates
Hold Your Man
as Al Simpson
International House
as Tommy Nash
Under the Tonto Rim
as Tonto
He Learned About Women
as Peter Potter Kendall II
The Crime of the Century
as Dan McKee
Face in the Sky
as Lucky
The Big Broadcast
as Leslie McWhinney
Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
as Self - Host
70,000 Witnesses
as Man Talking to Connors (uncredited)
Make Me a Star
as Merton Gill
Hollywood on Parade
as Self
The Misleading Lady
as Boney
Strangers in Love
as Stan Kenney
Two Kinds of Women
as Hauser
Working Girls
as Pat Kelly
The Magnificent Lie
as Elmer Graham
Up Pops the Devil
as Stranger
Dude Ranch
as Chester Carr
The Stolen Jools
as Reporter
No Limit
as Ole Olson
Along Came Youth
as Ambrose
Only Saps Work
as Oscar
Playboy of Paris
as Paul Michel
Love Among the Millionaires
as Clicker Watson
Dangerous Nan McGrew
as Eustace Macy
Paramount on Parade
as Marine (The Montmartre Girl)
Young Eagles
as Pudge Higgins
Men Without Women
as Jenkins
This Thing Called Love
as Fred
The Trespasser
as Reporter (uncredited)
Sweetie
as Axel Bronstrup
The Cock-Eyed World
as Buckley
Happy Days
as Jig
The Sophomore
as Radio Broadcast Technician (uncredited)
Dangerous Curves
as Rotarian
The Exalted Flapper
as Bimbo Mehaffey
Thru Different Eyes
as Reporter
Speakeasy
as Cy Williams
New Year's Eve
as Landlady's Son
A Pair of Tights
as Marion's Boyfriend
No Poster
Mother Knows Best
as Ben