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Stuart Erwin (1903–1967)

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Specialised in playing the average Joe, also hayseeds and semi-buffoonish sidekicks. Best as boxer Joe Palooka of comic strip fame (Palooka,1939) and as Judy Garland's dense brother in Pigskin Parade, which earned him an Academy Award nomination. See more trivia »

Born:

Stuart Phillip Erwin
in Squaw Valley, California, USA

Died:

(age 64) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Still of James Cagney and Stuart Erwin in The Bride Came C.O.D. Still of James Cagney, Bette Davis and Stuart Erwin in The Bride Came C.O.D. Franklin Pangborn, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Stuart Erwin, W.C. Fields, Bela Lugosi, INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, Paramount, 1933, **I.V. Clara Bow with Dixie Lee and Stuart Erwin circa 1933 Still of James Cagney, Bette Davis and Stuart Erwin in The Bride Came C.O.D.
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1968 Shadow Over Elveron (TV movie)
Merle
 
1967 Gentle Ben (TV series)
Harry Tatum
– Wayward Bear: Part 2 (1967) … Harry Tatum
 
1967 The Big Valley (TV series)
Clem Carter
– Explosion!: Part 2 (1967) … Clem Carter
– Explosion!: Part 1 (1967) … Clem Carter
 
1967 The Virginian (TV series)
Williams
– Yesterday's Timepiece (1967) … Williams
 
1966 Lassie (TV series)
Dan Casey
– Little Jim (1966) … Dan Casey
 
1966 Green Acres (TV series)
Mr. Johnson
– Never Look a Gift Tractor in the Mouth (1966) … Mr. Johnson
 
1966 Bonanza (TV series)
Jester
– Three Brides for Hoss (1966) … Jester
 
1966 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Doc Brown
– Killer at Large (1966) … Doc Brown
 
1961-1965 Perry Mason (TV series)
Austin Durrant / Clem P. 'Sandy' Sandover / Everett Stanton / …
– The Case of the Impetuous Imp (1965) … Henry Simmons
– The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor (1964) … Everett Stanton
– The Case of the Double-Entry Mind (1962) … Clem P. 'Sandy' Sandover
– The Case of the Posthumous Painter (1961) … Austin Durrant
 
1965 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Dave Lesser
– Take Care of My Little Girl (1965) … Dave Lesser
 
1964 The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)
Jeremiah Gibbs
– A Locket for Agatha (1964) … Jeremiah Gibbs
 
1963-1964 The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)
Otto King
– You're All Right, Ivy (1964) … Otto King
– This Train Don't Stop Till It Gets There (1964) … Otto King
– The Show Must Go on - To Orange City (1964) … Otto King
– Corsicans Don't Cry (1964) … Otto King
– The Hanging Man (1963) … Otto King
See all 7 episodes »
 
1964 The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
Police Captain Loomis
 
1963 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)
Mr. Burton
– The Playmate (1963) … Mr. Burton
 
1963 Vacation Playhouse (TV series)
Pharmacist
– Come a-Runnin' (1963) … Pharmacist
 
1963 Wagon Train (TV series)
West
– The Barnaby West Story (1963) … West
 
1963 The Defenders (TV series)
Joseph Green
– The Poisoned Fruit Doctrine (1963) … Joseph Green
 
1963 Son of Flubber
Coach Wilson
 
1963 Our Man Higgins (TV series)
Barney
– The Milkman Cometh (1963) … Barney
 
1962 The Untouchables (TV series)
Barney Rich
– The Floyd Gibbons Story (1962) … Barney Rich
 
1950-1962 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Daniel Harris
– The Friendly Thieves (1962)
– The Lucky Suit (1952) … Daniel Harris
– Jackpot (1950)
 
1962 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
George Parsons
– Somebody Please Help Me! (1962) … George Parsons
 
1962 National Velvet (TV series)
Kelly the Clown
– The Clown (1962) … Kelly the Clown
 
1962 King of Diamonds (TV series)
Doc Fairfield
– The Swindler (1962) … Doc Fairfield (as Stu Erwin)
 
1961 Peter Loves Mary (TV series)
Doc Bailey
– Doc Bailey Day (1961) … Doc Bailey
 
1961 Ripcord (TV series)
Justin Rock
– Air Carnival (1961) … Justin Rock
 
1960 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
Tom Silby
– Opie's Charity (1960) … Tom Silby
 
1960 Thriller (TV series)
Uncle Florian
– The Watcher (1960) … Uncle Florian
 
1960 For the Love of Mike
Dr. Mills
 
1960 Father Knows Best (TV series)
Mr. Henslee
– Family Contest (1960) … Mr. Henslee
 
1959 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Lou Rosson
– Moochie of the Little League: Wrong Way Moochie (1959) … Lou Rosson
– Moochie of the Little League: A Diamond Is a Boy's Best Friend (1959) … Lou Rosson
 
1958 Pursuit (TV series)
Detective Froelich
– The Vengeance (1958) … Detective Froelich
 
1957-1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
George Clay / Sentimental Mousie
– The Right Hand Man (1958) … George Clay
– Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses (1957) … Sentimental Mousie
 
1957 Crossroads (TV series)
Rev. Donald Sloan
– Patchwork Family (1957) … Rev. Donald Sloan
 
1950-1955 The Stu Erwin Show (TV series)
Stu Erwin
– The Matchmakers (1955) … Stu Erwin (as Stu Erwin)
– The Pearl Necklace (1955) … Stu Erwin (as Stu Erwin)
– Pecans vs. Pistachio (1955) … Stu Erwin (as Stu Erwin)
– Separate Vacations (1955) … Stu Erwin (as Stu Erwin)
– A Job for Jimmy (1955) … Stu Erwin (as Stu Erwin)
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1950 Father Is a Bachelor
Constable Pudge Barnham
 
1948 Strike It Rich
Delbart Lane
 
1947 Heading for Heaven
Henry Elkins
 
1947 Heaven Only Knows
Sheriff Matt Bodine
 
1947 Killer Dill
Johnny 'Killer' Dill
 
1947 Doctor Jim
Dr. James (Jim) Gateson
 
1945 Pillow to Post
Captain Jack Ross
 
1944 The Great Mike
Jay Spencer
 
1943 He Hired the Boss
Hubert Wilkins
 
1942 Blondie for Victory
Pvt. Herschel Smith
 
1942 Drums of the Congo
Congo Jack
 
1942 The Adventures of Martin Eden
Joe Dawson
 
1941 Cracked Nuts
Lawrence Trent
 
1941 The Bride Came C.O.D.
Tommy Keenan
 
1940 Sandy Gets Her Man
Bill Kerry
 
1940 A Little Bit of Heaven
Cotton
 
1940 When the Daltons Rode
Ben Dalton
 
1940 Our Town
Howie Newsome
 
1939 The Honeymoon's Over
Donald Todd
 
1939 Hollywood Cavalcade
Pete Tinney
 
1939 It Could Happen to You
Mackinley Winslow
 
1939 Back Door to Heaven
Jud Mason
 
1938 Passport Husband
Henry Cabot
 
1938 Three Blind Mice
Mike Brophy
 
1938 Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Oliver Boggs
 
1937 Checkers
Edgar Connell
 
1937 I'll Take Romance
'Pancho' Brown
 
1937 Second Honeymoon
Leo MacTavish
 
1937 Small Town Boy
Henry Armstrong
 
1937 Dance Charlie Dance
Andrew 'Andy' Tucker
 
1937 Slim
Stumpy
 
1936 Pigskin Parade
Amos Dodd
 
1936 All American Chump
Elmer
 
1936 Women Are Trouble
Casey
 
1936 Absolute Quiet
'Chubby' Rudd
 
1936 Exclusive Story
Timothy Aloysius Higgins
 
1936 Ceiling Zero
Texas Clarke
 
1935 After Office Hours
Hank Parr
 
1934 The Band Plays On
Stuffy
 
1934 Have a Heart
Gus Anderson
 
1934 Chained
John L. 'Johnnie' Smith
 
1934 The Party's Over
Bruce Blakely
 
1934 Bachelor Bait
Mr. William Watts
 
1934 Viva Villa!
Jonny Sykes
 
1934 Palooka
Joe Palooka
 
1933 Going Hollywood
Ernest P. Baker
 
1933 Day of Reckoning
Jerry
 
1933 Before Dawn
Dwight Wilson
 
1933 The Stranger's Return
Simon
 
1933 Hold Your Man
Al
 
1933 International House
Tommy Nash
 
1933 Under the Tonto Rim
'Tonto' Daily
 
1933 He Learned About Women
Peter Potter Kendall II
 
1933 The Crime of the Century
Dan McKee
 
1933 Face in the Sky
Lucky
 
1932 The Big Broadcast
Leslie McWhinney
 
1932 Make Me a Star
Merton Gill
 
1932 Misleading Lady
Boney
 
1932 Strangers in Love
Stan Kenney
 
1932 Two Kinds of Women
Hauser
 
1931 Working Girls
Pat Kelly
 
1931 The Magnificent Lie
Elmer Graham
 
1931 Up Pops the Devil
Stranger
 
1931 Dude Ranch
Chester Carr
 
1931 The Stolen Jools (short)
Reporter
 
1931 No Limit
Ole Olson
 
1930 Along Came Youth
Ambrose
 
1930 Only Saps Work
Oscar
 
1930 Playboy of Paris
Paul Michel
 
1930 Love Among the Millionaires
Clicker Watson
 
1930 Dangerous Nan McGrew
Eustace Macy
 
1930 Paramount on Parade
Marine (The Montmartre Girl)
 
1930 Young Eagles
Pudge Higgins
 
1930 Men Without Women
Radioman Jenkins
 
1929 This Thing Called Love
Fred
 
1929 The Trespasser
Reporter (uncredited)
 
1929 Sweetie
Axel Bronstrup
 
1929 The Cock-Eyed World
Buckley
 
1929 Happy Days
Jig
 
1929 The Sophomore
Radio Broadcast Technician (uncredited)
 
1929 Dangerous Curves
Rotarian
 
1929 The Exalted Flapper
Bimbo Mehaffey
 
1929 Thru Different Eyes
Reporter
 
1929 Speakeasy
Cy Williams
 
1929 Sound Your 'A' (short)
 
1929 New Year's Eve
Landlady's Son
 
1929 A Pair of Tights (short)
Marion's Boyfriend
 
1928 Mother Knows Best
Ben
 
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1937 Slim (performer: "Mother Said to Mabel" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
1959 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Leo Carrillo (1959) … Himself
 
1953 Main Street to Broadway
Himself - First Nighter (uncredited)
 
1941 Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Hollywood Handicap (short)
Himself
 
1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero (short)
Himself
 
1934 The Hollywood Gad-About (documentary short)
Himself
 
1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 (short)
Himself - Host
 
1932 Hollywood on Parade (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
1992 Gunfighters of the Old West (video documentary)
Train Robber (uncredited)
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1980 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1960 When Comedy Was King (documentary)
edited from A Pair of Tights'
 

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(1950) Stage: Appeared (as "Woodrow Twig") in "Great to Be Alive!", produced on Broadway. Musical. Music by Abe Ellstein and Robert Russell Bennett. Based on material by Walter Bullock and Sylvia Regan. Lyrics by Walter Bullock. Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and Donald J... See more »

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Alternate Names:

Stu Erwin

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Trivia:

Specialised in playing the average Joe, also hayseeds and semi-buffoonish sidekicks. Best as boxer Joe Palooka of comic strip fame (Palooka,1939) and as Judy Garland's dense brother in Pigskin Parade, which earned him an Academy Award nomination. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius