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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Snow White" is a German fairy tale, first written down in the early 19th century. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', numbered as Tale 53. The original title was ''Sneewittch ...

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Early life

The son of William Henry and Philamon Dano Mattraw, Winfield Scott Mattraw was born in Black River, New York, on October 19, 1880. His father farmed and worked for the New York Air Brake company. Mattraw was educated in Black River schools. His early employment included driving for American Express Company.

Career

Mattraw was already a comedian and a theatrical promoter and manager when, at age 27, he became manager of the City Opera House in Watertown, New York. He held that job for 12 years. He left his position with the opera house after it was sold, with the new owners planning to convert the theater into a venue for films. He started Scotty's Eatable Eats in February 1920, but financial problems led to its closing by the summer of 1922. He started a coffee shop and confectionery in December 1922, but it went out of business in less than four months. Mattraw went to Hollywood in 1923 to begin working in films. One of his early film efforts was portraying the sheriff in a Western comedy in 1923. Later that year he had a lead comedy role in ''The Thief of Bagdad'' for the Douglas Fairbanks Picture Company.

Personal life and death

Mattraw married Edna Hunter on June 25, 1903. They had a son and two daughters. The house he owned in Watertown was sold in July 1925 under a mortgage foreclosure judgment, and financial problems led to his filing a petition for bankruptcy in Los Angeles in the fall of 1926. He died on November 9, 1946, at his home in Hollywood.

Partial filmography

* '' Le Voleur de Bagdad'' (1924) - Eunuch (uncredited) * '' The Lucky Lady'' (1926) (uncredited) * '' The Red Mill'' (1927) - Cook (uncredited) * ''

The Return of the Riddle Rider ''The Return of the Riddle Rider'' is a 1927 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film serial directed by Robert F. Hill. It is a sequel to ''The Riddle Rider'' (1924) which also starred William Desmond (actor), William Desmond ...

'' (1927) - Willie * '' The Border Cavalier'' (1927) * ''A Made-To-Order Hero'' (1927) - Scotty * '' One Glorious Scrap'' (1927) - Scotty * '' Two Lovers'' (1928) - Dandermonde Innkeeper * '' Haunted Island'' (1928) * '' The Arizona Cyclone'' (1928) - Scotty * ''

Quick Triggers ''Quick Triggers'' is a 1928 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Ray Taylor (director), Ray Taylor and written by Basil Dickey and Gardner Bradford. The film stars Fred Humes, Derelys Perdue, Wilbur Mack, James ...

'' (1928) - Scotty * '' Captain Cowboy'' (1929) * '' The Merry Frinks'' (1934) - Fat Man (uncredited) * '' One More River'' (1934) - Juryman (uncredited) * '' Babes in Toyland'' (1934) - Town Crier (uncredited) * '' Okay Toots!'' (1935) - Mr. Jones - Fat Man at Party (uncredited) * ''

George White's 1935 Scandals ''George White's 1935 Scandals'' is an American musical film, written by Jack Yellen, directed by George White and Harry Lachman, and produced in 1935 by Fox Film Corporation. It was a follow-up to (but not a sequel to) the 1934 release, ' ...

'' (1935) - Fat Man (uncredited) * '' Escapade'' (1935) - Cab Driver (uncredited) * '' Private Number'' (1936) - Houseman (uncredited) * '' Under Your Spell'' (1936) - Sponsor (uncredited) * '' Wee Willie Winkie'' (1937) - Merchant (uncredited) * ''

'' (1937) - Bashful (voice, uncredited) * '' In Old Chicago'' (1937) - Beef King * ''

The Grapes of Wrath ''The Grapes of Wrath'' is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize ...

'' (1940) - Migrant (uncredited) * '' One Hour in Wonderland'' (1950) Bashful - (voice)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mattraw, Scotty 1880 births 1946 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American male voice actors Burials at Inglewood Park Cemetery Male actors from New York (state) People from Jefferson County, New York