Stuart Erwin
Acting
Born 1903-02-14
Died 1967-12-21
Squaw Valley, California, USA
116 credits
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 1937 Best Supporting Actor Nominated Pigskin Parade
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
- — star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won
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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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Filmography
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Acting
57 credits
Perry Mason
The Andy Griffith Show
The Virginian
Dr. Kildare
Green Acres
The Big Valley
Thriller
The Defenders
Gunsmoke
The Stu Erwin Show
Passport Husband
Son of Flubber
Before Dawn
Working Girls
Bachelor Bait
Slim
General Electric Theater
The Stolen Jools
Our Town
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Chained
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Checkers
Heaven Only Knows
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
International House
Heading for Heaven
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
When the Daltons Rode
Paramount on Parade
Men Without Women
Happy Days
Hold Your Man
Dude Ranch
Main Street to Broadway
Hollywood Cavalcade
After Office Hours
Up Pops the Devil
Blondie for Victory
Only Saps Work
The Honeymoon's Over
The Stranger's Return
Small Town Boy
I'll Take Romance
Cracked Nuts
Moochie of the Little League
Viva Villa!
Absolute Quiet
The Trespasser
Dangerous Nan McGrew
70,000 Witnesses
Father Is a Bachelor
The Cock-Eyed World
Ceiling Zero
He Learned About Women
The Misleading Lady
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