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

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

The Andy Griffith Show

The Virginian

The Donna Reed Show

Green Acres

All Movies (102)

• Bing Crosby: Rediscovered2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Shadow Over Elveron1968 · as Merle
• The Misadventures of Merlin Jones1964 · as Police Captain Loomis
• Son of Flubber1963 · as Coach Wilson
• For the Love of Mike1960 · as Dr. Mills
• Moochie of the Little League1959 · as Lou Rosson
• Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses1957 · as Sentimental Mousie
• Main Street to Broadway1953 · as Self (uncredited)
• Father Is a Bachelor1950 · as Constable Pudge Barnham
• Strike It Rich1948 · as Delbart Lane
• Heading for Heaven1947 · as Henry Elkins
• Heaven Only Knows1947 · as Sheriff Matt Bodine
• Killer Dill1947 · as Johnny 'Killer' Dill
• Doctor Jim1947 · as Doctor James Gateros
• Pillow to Post1945 · as Captain Jack Ross
• The Great Mike1944 · as Jay Spencer
• He Hired the Boss1943 · as Hubert Theodore Wilkins
• Blondie for Victory1942 · as Pvt. Herschel Smith
• Drums of the Congo1942 · as Congo Jack
• The Adventures of Martin Eden1942 · as Joe Dawson
• The Bride Came C.O.D.1941 · as Tommy Keenan
• Cracked Nuts1941 · as Lawrence Trent
• Sandy Gets Her Man1940 · as Bill Kerry
• A Little Bit of Heaven1940 · as Cotton
• When the Daltons Rode1940 · as Ben Dalton
• Our Town1940 · as Howie Newsome
• The Honeymoon's Over1939 · as Donald Todd
• Hollywood Cavalcade1939 · as Pete Tinney
• It Could Happen to You1939 · as Mackinley Winslow
• Back Door to Heaven1939 · as Jud Mason
• Passport Husband1938 · as Henry Cabot
• Three Blind Mice1938 · as Mike Brophy
• Hollywood Handicap1938 · as Himself
• Mr. Boggs Steps Out1938 · as Oliver Boggs
• Checkers1937 · as Edgar Connell
• I'll Take Romance1937 · as 'Pancho' Brown
• Second Honeymoon1937 · as Leo MacTavish
• Sunday Night at the Trocadero1937 · as Stuart Erwin
• Small Town Boy1937 · as Henry Armstrong
• Dance Charlie Dance1937 · as Andy Tucker
• Slim1937 · as Aaron "Stumpy" Stump
• Pigskin Parade1936 · as Amos Dodd
• All American Chump1936 · as Elmer Lamb
• Women Are Trouble1936 · as Matt Casey
• Absolute Quiet1936 · as Oscar "Chubby" Rudd
• Exclusive Story1936 · as Timothy Aloysius Higgins
• Ceiling Zero1936 · as Texas Clarke
• After Office Hours1935 · as Hank Parr
• The Band Plays On1934 · as Stuffy Wilson
• The Hollywood Gad-About1934 · as Self (uncredited)
• Have a Heart1934 · as Gus Anderson
• Chained1934 · as John L. 'Johnnie' Smith
• The Party's Over1934 · as Bruce Blakely
• Bachelor Bait1934 · as William Watts
• Viva Villa!1934 · as Jonny Sykes
• Palooka1934 · as Joe Palooka
• Going Hollywood1933 · as Ernest Pratt Baker, Picture Producer
• Day of Reckoning1933 · as Jerry
• Before Dawn1933 · as Dwight Wilson
• The Stranger's Return1933 · as Simon Bates
• Hold Your Man1933 · as Al Simpson
• International House1933 · as Tommy Nash
• Under the Tonto Rim1933 · as Tonto
• He Learned About Women1933 · as Peter Potter Kendall II
• The Crime of the Century1933 · as Dan McKee
• Face in the Sky1933 · as Lucky
• The Big Broadcast1932 · as Leslie McWhinney
• Hollywood on Parade No. A-21932 · as Self - Host
• 70,000 Witnesses1932 · as Man Talking to Connors (uncredited)
• Make Me a Star1932 · as Merton Gill
• Hollywood on Parade1932 · as Self
• The Misleading Lady1932 · as Boney
• Strangers in Love1932 · as Stan Kenney
• Two Kinds of Women1932 · as Hauser
• Working Girls1931 · as Pat Kelly
• The Magnificent Lie1931 · as Elmer Graham
• Up Pops the Devil1931 · as Stranger
• Dude Ranch1931 · as Chester Carr
• The Stolen Jools1931 · as Reporter
• No Limit1931 · as Ole Olson
• Along Came Youth1930 · as Ambrose
• Only Saps Work1930 · as Oscar
• Playboy of Paris1930 · as Paul Michel
• Love Among the Millionaires1930 · as Clicker Watson
• Dangerous Nan McGrew1930 · as Eustace Macy
• Paramount on Parade1930 · as Marine (The Montmartre Girl)
• Young Eagles1930 · as Pudge Higgins
• Men Without Women1930 · as Jenkins
• This Thing Called Love1929 · as Fred
• The Trespasser1929 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• Sweetie1929 · as Axel Bronstrup
• The Cock-Eyed World1929 · as Buckley
• Happy Days1929 · as Jig
• The Sophomore1929 · as Radio Broadcast Technician (uncredited)
• Dangerous Curves1929 · as Rotarian
• The Exalted Flapper1929 · as Bimbo Mehaffey
• Thru Different Eyes1929 · as Reporter
• Speakeasy1929 · as Cy Williams
• New Year's Eve1929 · as Landlady's Son
• A Pair of Tights1929 · as Marion's Boyfriend
• Mother Knows Best1928 · as Ben

All TV Shows (17)

• Green Acres1965 · as Mr. Johnson
• The Big Valley1965 · as Charlie Carter
• The Virginian1962 · as Williams
• Straightaway1961
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dave Lesser
• The Defenders1961 · as Joseph Green
• Peter Loves Mary1960
• The Andy Griffith Show1960 · as Tom Silby
• Thriller1960 · as Uncle Florian
• The Donna Reed Show1958
• Perry Mason1957 · as Clem P. 'Sandy' Sandover
• Perry Mason1957 · as Austin Durrant
• Perry Mason1957 · as Everett Stanton
• Perry Mason1957 · as Henry Simmons
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Doc Brown
• General Electric Theater1953 · as George Parsons
• The Stu Erwin Show1950 · as Stu Erwin