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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-01-01 (100 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, United States

Matthew Beard

Biography:

Matthew 'Stymie' Beard was born on January 1, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Matthew Beard Jr. He was an actor, known for Jezebel (1938), School's Out (1930) and The Kid from Borneo (1933). He died on January 8, 1981 in Los Angeles.

Known For

Acting

2001

1994

The Our Gang Story as Stymie (archive footage)

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
Our Gang: Inside the Clubhouse as Himself / Stymie (archive footage)

1981

Rascal Dazzle as Stymie (archive footage)
East of Eden as Cotton Eye
The Sophisticated Gents as Mickey Mouse

1980

Pray TV as Willie Washington / Usher

1979

1978

1976

Disco 9000 as Harold Jackson

1975

Huckleberry Finn as Jeremiah

1974

Truck Turner as Jail Guard

1973

Hawkins as Gus

1972

Emergency! as Bar Owner

1947

The Burning Cross as Shoeshiner (uncredited)

1946

Dead Reckoning as Bellboy (uncredited)

1945

Fallen Angel as Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)

1944

The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Pancho (uncredited)

1943

Stormy Weather as Stagehand (uncredited)

1941

Belle Starr as Young Jake (uncredited)

1940

Broken Strings as Dickey Morley

1939

Outside These Walls as Penny (uncredited)
The Great Man Votes as Davy's Friend
Swanee River as Negro Boy

1938

The Beloved Brat as Pinkie White
Two-Gun Man from Harlem as Jimmy Thompson
Kentucky as Black Child
Jezebel as Ti Bat

1937

Slave Ship as Black Boy on Pier
A Day at Santa Anita as Eclipse (uncredited)
Penrod and Sam as Buzz (uncredited)

1936

Grand Jury as Marshmallow (uncredited)
Camp Meetin' as Church Boy
Rainbow on the River as Lilybell Jones (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island as Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)

1935

Captain Blood as Governor's Attendant
Beginner's Luck as Stymie
Teacher's Beau as Stymie
The Littlest Rebel as Black Boy (uncredited)

1934

Honky Donkey as Stymie
Mike Fright as Stymie
Kid Millions as Little Boy in Ice Cream Number (uncredited)
The Cracked Ice Man as Boy Who Says, "Three's a crowd" (uncredited)
Washee Ironee as Stymie
Four Parts as Boy Looking for Lost Penny (uncredited)

1933

Fish Hooky as Stymie
Wild Poses as Stymie
Mush and Milk as Stymie
Bedtime Worries as Stymie

1932

Free Wheeling as Stymie
Birthday Blues as Stymie
Hook and Ladder as Stymie
The Pooch as Stymie
Choo-Choo! as Stymie
Spanky as Stymie/Uncle Tom
Free Eats as Stymie

1931

Fly My Kite as Stymie
Helping Grandma as Stymie
Love Business as Stymie
Little Daddy as Stymie
Dogs Is Dogs as Stymie
Big Ears as Stymie
Bargain Day as Stymie

1930

Teacher's Pet as Hercules
School's Out as Hercules

1929

Hallelujah as Child (uncredited)
Show Boat as Child

1927

My Best Girl as Child (uncredited)