Stuart Erwin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 14, 1903, Squaw Valley, California, USA
- Died
- December 21, 1967
- Movies
- 103
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2014 | Bing Crosby: Rediscovered | Self (archive footage) |
| 2005 | The Great Man: W.C. Fields | Self - Tommy Nash (clip from International House (1933)) (archive footage) |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Shadow Over Elveron | Merle |
| 1964 | The Misadventures of Merlin Jones | Police Captain Loomis |
| 1963 | Son of Flubber | Coach Wilson |
| 1960 | For the Love of Mike | Dr. Mills |
| 1959 | Moochie of the Little League | Lou Rosson |
| 1957 | Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses | Sentimental Mousie |
| 1953 | Main Street to Broadway | Self (uncredited) |
| 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 | Doctor James Gateros |
| 1945 | Pillow to Post | Captain Jack Ross |
| 1944 | The Great Mike | Jay Spencer |
| 1943 | He Hired the Boss | Hubert Theodore Wilkins |
| 1942 | Blondie for Victory | Pvt. Herschel Smith |
| 1942 | Drums of the Congo | Congo Jack |
| 1942 | The Adventures of Martin Eden | Joe Dawson |
| 1941 | The Bride Came C.O.D. | Tommy Keenan |
| 1941 | Cracked Nuts | Lawrence Trent |
| 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 | Hollywood Handicap | Himself |
| 1938 | Mr. Boggs Steps Out | Oliver Boggs |
| 1937 | Checkers | Edgar Connell |
| 1937 | I'll Take Romance | 'Pancho' Brown |
| 1937 | Second Honeymoon | Leo MacTavish |
| 1937 | Sunday Night at the Trocadero | Stuart Erwin |
| 1937 | Small Town Boy | Henry Armstrong |
| 1937 | Dance Charlie Dance | Andy Tucker |
| 1937 | Slim | Aaron "Stumpy" Stump |
| 1936 | Pigskin Parade | Amos Dodd |
| 1936 | All American Chump | Elmer Lamb |
| 1936 | Women Are Trouble | Matt Casey |
| 1936 | Absolute Quiet | Oscar "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 Wilson |
| 1934 | The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Have a Heart | Gus Anderson |
| 1934 | Chained | John L. 'Johnnie' Smith |
| 1934 | The Party's Over | Bruce Blakely |
| 1934 | Bachelor Bait | William Watts |
| 1934 | Viva Villa! | Jonny Sykes |
| 1934 | Palooka | Joe Palooka |
| 1933 | Going Hollywood | Ernest Pratt Baker, Picture Producer |
| 1933 | Day of Reckoning | Jerry |
| 1933 | Before Dawn | Dwight Wilson |
| 1933 | The Stranger's Return | Simon Bates |
| 1933 | Hold Your Man | Al Simpson |
| 1933 | International House | Tommy Nash |
| 1933 | Under the Tonto Rim | Tonto |
| 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 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 | Self - Host |
| 1932 | 70,000 Witnesses | Man Talking to Connors (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Make Me a Star | Merton Gill |
| 1932 | Hollywood on Parade | Self |
| 1932 | The 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 | 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 | 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 | New Year's Eve | Landlady's Son |
| 1929 | A Pair of Tights | Marion's Boyfriend |
| 1928 | Mother Knows Best | Ben |
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