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===Film career=== [[File:Ceiling Zero (1936) 1.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Erwin, far right, with [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]], Martha Tibbetts, [[James Cagney]], and [[June Travis]] in ''[[Ceiling Zero]]'' (1936)]] He broke into films in 1928 in ''Mother Knows Best''. In 1934, he was cast as [[Joe Palooka]] in the film ''[[Palooka (film)|Palooka]]''. In 1932, he co-starred with [[Bing Crosby]] in the comedy ''[[The Big Broadcast]]'', where he played Texas oil tycoon Leslie McWhinney. In 1936, he was cast in ''[[Pigskin Parade]]'', for which he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]. In 1940, he played Howie Newsome, the dairy delivery vendor, in the film adaptation of ''[[Our Town (1940 film)|Our Town]]'', based on the [[Thornton Wilder]] play. In Walt Disney's ''[[Bambi]]'', Erwin performed the voice of a tree squirrel. Later, Erwin appeared in the [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] films ''[[Son of Flubber]]'' and ''[[The Misadventures of Merlin Jones]]''.
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