Stuart Erwin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-02-14 (64 years old)

Deathday

1967-12-21

Place of Birth

Squaw Valley, California, USA

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 Paramo...

Acting

1942

Blondie for Victory

as Pvt. Herschel Smith

1933

International House

as Tommy Nash

1940

Our Town

as Howie Newsome

1934

Palooka

as Joe Palooka

1953

Main Street to Broadway

as Self (uncredited)

1933

Going Hollywood

as Ernest Pratt Baker, Picture Producer

1941

The Bride Came C.O.D.

as Tommy Keenan

1934

Viva Villa!

as Jonny Sykes

1939

1929

New Year's Eve

as Landlady's Son

1964

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones

as Police Captain Loomis

1934

Chained

as John L. 'Johnnie' Smith

1935

After Office Hours

as Hank Parr

1938

1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

as Pete Tinney

1932

1933

Hold Your Man

as Al Simpson

1936

Pigskin Parade

as Amos Dodd

1936

Ceiling Zero

as Texas Clarke

1934

Bachelor Bait

as William Watts

1947

Heaven Only Knows

as Sheriff Matt Bodine

1933

1945

Pillow to Post

as Captain Jack Ross

1933

The Stranger's Return

as Simon Bates

1940

1933

Before Dawn

as Dwight Wilson

1939

It Could Happen to You

as Mackinley Winslow

1932

Make Me a Star

as Merton Gill

1932

Strangers in Love

as Stan Kenney

1942

Drums of the Congo

as Congo Jack

1936

Exclusive Story

as Timothy Aloysius Higgins

1937

I'll Take Romance

as 'Pancho' Brown

1937

Dance Charlie Dance

as Andy Tucker

1930

1930

Dangerous Nan McGrew

as Eustace Macy

1930

1933

1929

1937

Second Honeymoon

as Leo MacTavish

1950

Father Is a Bachelor

as Constable Pudge Barnham

1937

Slim

as Aaron "Stumpy" Stump

1936

Absolute Quiet

as Oscar "Chubby" Rudd

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1947

Heading for Heaven

as Henry Elkins

1938

Mr. Boggs Steps Out

as Oliver Boggs

1932

The Big Broadcast

as Leslie McWhinney

1937

Small Town Boy

as Henry Armstrong

1934

Have a Heart

as Gus Anderson

1931

The Magnificent Lie

as Elmer Graham

1938

Three Blind Mice

as Mike Brophy

1933

1931

No Limit

as Ole Olson

1931

Working Girls

as Pat Kelly

1930

Playboy of Paris

as Paul Michel

1932

1936

Women Are Trouble

as Matt Casey

1929

A Pair of Tights

as Marion's Boyfriend

1934

The Band Plays On

as Stuffy Wilson

1930

1938

Passport Husband

as Henry Cabot

1930

Young Eagles

as Pudge Higgins

1941

Cracked Nuts

as Lawrence Trent

1929

The Sophomore

as Radio Broadcast Technician (uncredited)

1931

1931

Dude Ranch

as Chester Carr

1929

1929

Sweetie

as Axel Bronstrup

1936

All American Chump

as Elmer Lamb

1947

Killer Dill

as Johnny 'Killer' Dill

1943

He Hired the Boss

as Hubert Theodore Wilkins

1948

Strike It Rich

as Delbart Lane

1933

He Learned About Women

as Peter Potter Kendall II

1931

The Stolen Jools

as Reporter

1929

Dangerous Curves

as Rotarian

1963

Son of Flubber

as Coach Wilson

1930

Paramount on Parade

as Marine (The Montmartre Girl)

1960

1929

The Trespasser

as Reporter (uncredited)

1934

The Hollywood Gad-About

as Self (uncredited)

1944

The Great Mike

as Jay Spencer

1940

Sandy Gets Her Man

as Bill Kerry

1937

Checkers

as Edgar Connell

1934

The Party's Over

as Bruce Blakely

1947

Doctor Jim

as Doctor James Gateros

1929

Speakeasy

as Cy Williams

1932

70,000 Witnesses

as Man Talking to Connors (uncredited)

1930

2014

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

as Self (archive footage)

1929

The Exalted Flapper

as Bimbo Mehaffey

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