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 costarred in the Paramount Pictures allstar 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 Disneys 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 costarred 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 19631964 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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