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Stymie Beard is a Actor American born on 1 january 1925 at Los Angeles (USA)

Stymie Beard

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Birth name Matthew Beard, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 1 january 1925 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 8 january 1981 (at 56 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Matthew Beard, Jr. (January 1, 1925 – January 8, 1981) was an American child actor, most famous for portraying the character of Stymie in the Our Gang short films from 1930 to 1935. He was a native of Los Angeles, California.

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Filmography of Stymie Beard (50 films)

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Pray TV
Pray TV (1980)
, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dabney Coleman, Joyce Jameson, Paul Reubens, Marcia Wallace, Charles Haid, Lewis Arquette
Roles Willie Washington, Usher
Rating51% 2.575642.575642.575642.575642.57564
The Little Rascals' Christmas Special, 24minutes
Directed by Fred Wolf
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Randi Kiger, Frank Welker, Darla Hood, Stymie Beard, Cliff Norton, Frank Nelson
Roles Mr. Klugger (The Butcher)
Rating69% 3.4556853.4556853.4556853.4556853.455685
Spanky (Philip Tanzini) and Porky (Robby Kiger)'s mother (Darla Hood) is a single mother during the Depression. Money is tight with very little left over to buy anything nice. When the boys overhear Mom talking on the phone about a Blue Comet, they think she is ordering for them the Blue Comet train set for the holidays. However, Mom wasn't talking about the train, but rather a vacuum cleaner. Realizing that she confused her sons, she exchanges a coat she had ordered for the train. When she gets sick and the boys realize the truth, they enlist the help of the gang to raise the money to get the coat back. Meanwhile, two neighborhood bullies steal the train set so now there are no gifts for the boys or their mom. A grouchy Santa (Jack Somack) arrives to spread cheer.
The Buddy Holly Story, 1h53
Directed by Steve Rash
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis, William Jordan, Dick O'Neill
Roles Luthor
Rating71% 3.598643.598643.598643.598643.59864
Buddy Holly, a teenager from Lubbock, Texas, emerges into the world of rock and roll with friends and bandmates, drummer Jesse Charles and bass player Ray Bob Simmons, forming a trio known as The Crickets.
Dead Reckoning, 1h40
Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Marvin Miller, William Prince, Wallace Ford
Rating70% 3.54623.54623.54623.54623.5462
Leaving a church, Father Logan, a well known ex-paratrooper padre, is approached by Captain "Rip" Murdock (Humphrey Bogart). Murdock needs to tell someone what has happened to him in the past few days in case his enemies get to him. A flashback follows.
Stormy Weather, 1h18
Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Katherine Dunham, Fayard Nicholas, Dooley Wilson, Stymie Beard
Rating72% 3.6436253.6436253.6436253.6436253.643625
Évocation de numéros de danse, de musiciens, de chanteurs et chanteuses qui ont marqué l'histoire du jazz entre 1919 et 1940.
Broken Strings, 1h
Directed by Bernard B. Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Clarence Muse, Stymie Beard, Ruby Dandridge, Juanita Moore
Roles Dickey Morley
Rating56% 2.807812.807812.807812.807812.80781
Concert violinist Arthur Williams (Clarence Muse) and his manager Earl Wells (Earle Morris) are involved in a car accident in which Arthur's fingers are paralyzed. Instead of playing at concerts he becomes a music teacher. He favors his student Dickie Morley's (Matthew "Stymie" Beard) classical musical preferences over his own son John's (William Washington), which tends towards modern swing.
Way Down South
Directed by Leslie Goodwins, Bernard Vorhaus, John Sherwood
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bobby Breen, Ralph Morgan, Alan Mowbray, Steffi Duna, Clarence Muse, Sally Blane
Roles Gumbo (as Stymie Beard)
Rating55% 2.764452.764452.764452.764452.76445
In pre-Civil War Louisiana in 1854, young Timothy Reid Jr. (Breen) is orphaned. He inherits a plantation and its well-cared-for slaves. However, lawyer Martin Dill (Maxwell) is made the executor for the minor. Dill plots to sell off the slaves and flee to Paris with the proceeds. Timothy is befriended by Jacques Bouton (Mowbray), who persuades Judge Louis Ravenal (Greig) to look into the matter and save the day.
Reunion in Rhythm, 10minutes
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Eugene "Porky" Lee, George McFarland, Carl Switzer, Darla Hood, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Stymie Beard
Roles Stymie
Rating66% 3.3298353.3298353.3298353.3298353.329835
A followup to the musical-revue short Our Gang Follies of 1936, the one-reel Reunion in Rhythm was apparently filmed under the title Our Gang Follies of 1937. Its release title reflected the fact that, in addition to such current Gang members as Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, Buckwheat, and Porky, the film also features return appearances by former "Our Gang" stalwarts Mickey Daniels, Mary Kornman, Joe Cobb and Mathew "Stymie" Beard.
Penrod and Sam, 1h4
Directed by William C. McGann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Crime
Actors Billy Mauch et Bobby Mauch, Frank Craven, Spring Byington, Harry R. Watson, Craig Reynolds, Philip Hurlic
Rating61% 3.095533.095533.095533.095533.09553
Penrod Schofield and his gang are the Jr. G Men, a secret club where all members are sworn to uphold the law and turn in crooks. When the mother of the youngest member is killed by bank robbers, the boys go into action.
Anniversary Trouble
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Stymie Beard, Scotty Beckett, Leonard Kibrick, Jerry Tucker
Roles Stymie
Rating69% 3.457543.457543.457543.457543.45754
Spanky's appointment as treasurer of the Ancient and Honery Order of Woodchucks occurs on the same day as his parents' wedding anniversary. Spanky's father (Johnny Arthur) puts money in an envelope as an anniversary gift for his wife (Claudia Dell), then absent-mindedly uses the envelope as a bookmark.
Beginner's Luck
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Marianne Edwards, Scotty Beckett, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Stymie Beard, Jerry Tucker
Roles Stymie
Rating73% 3.6735353.6735353.6735353.6735353.673535
Spanky has been entered into a kiddie amateur show by his pushy stage mother, who thinks he is the greatest actor of his day. Spanky wants nothing to do with this and would rather not act at all. The gang comes up with a plan to disrupt his recitation with peashooters and noisemakers and make him flop.
Teacher's Beau
Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education, Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Carl Switzer, Scotty Beckett, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Stymie Beard, Jerry Tucker
Roles Stymie
Rating72% 3.614013.614013.614013.614013.61401
On the last day of school, the gang learns that their beloved teacher Miss Jones is going to be married and that, come September, they will have a new teacher named Mrs. Wilson, who will probably be an older widowed lady. Miss Jones's fiancée, Ralph, playfully paints a frightening picture of Mrs. Wilson as "a dried-up mean old woman," neglecting to inform the kids that his last name is Wilson and that Miss Jones will continue to be their teacher under her new, married name.
It Happened in New Orleans
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Bobby Breen, May Robson, Charles Butterworth, Alan Mowbray, Benita Hume, Henry O'Neill

An orphan raised by a former slave in the South is forced to live with unfamiliar relatives in the North.