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Winfield Scott Mattraw (October 19, 1880 – November 9, 1946) was an American film and television actor. He provided the voice of Bashful in
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''. 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
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company. Mattraw was educated in Black River schools. His early employment included driving for
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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
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. 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) * ''
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'' (1927) - Cook (uncredited) * ''
The Return of the Riddle Rider ''The Return of the Riddle Rider'' is a 1927 American silent Western film serial directed by Robert F. Hill. It is a sequel to '' The Riddle Rider'' (1924) which also starred William Desmond in the lead role. The film is considered to be los ...
'' (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'' (1928) - Scotty * ''
Captain Cowboy ''Captain Cowboy'' is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Yakima Canutt, Ione Reed and John Lowell. Cast * Yakima Canutt * Ione Reed * Slim Whitaker * John Lowell * Bobby Dunn * Betty Carter Be ...
'' (1929) * ''
The Merry Frinks ''The Merry Frinks'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee and Hugh Herbert. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Happy Family''. Synopsis A put-upon mother inherits a for ...
'' (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'' (1935) - Fat Man (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1935) - Cab Driver (uncredited) * '' Private Number'' (1936) - Houseman (uncredited) * '' Under Your Spell'' (1936) - Sponsor (uncredited) * ''
Wee Willie Winkie "Wee Willie Winkie" is a Scottish nursery rhyme whose titular figure has become popular as a personification of sleep. The poem was written by William Miller and titled "Willie Winkie", first published in '' Whistle-binkie: Stories for the Fire ...
'' (1937) - Merchant (uncredited) * ''
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as T ...
'' (1937) - Bashful (voice, uncredited) * '' In Old Chicago'' (1937) - Beef King * ''
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'' (1940) - Migrant (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1950) - (voice)


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