| LC control no. | no 90010014 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Beard, Stymie, 1925-1981 |
| Variant(s) | Stymie, 1925-1981 Beard, Matthew, 1925-1981 Beard, Mathew, 1925-1981 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1925-01-01 |
| Death date | 1981-01-08 |
| Place of birth | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Profession or occupation | Actors |
| Found in | The beloved brat [MP] 1938: credits (Stymie Beard) The stolen jools [MP] 1975: credits (Stymie) Best of the Little Rascals [VR] 1986: credits (Matthew Beard) Int'l mo. pic. alm., 1938/39 (Beard, Mathew "Stymie"; actor; b. Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 1, 1925) Internet movie database WWW site (Matthew "Stymie" Beard; b. January 1, 1925, Los Angeles, Calif.; d. January 8, 1981, Los Angeles, Calif.; actor) African American National Biography, accessed June 9, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Beard, Matthew; Matthew Beard Jr.; stage / screen actor; born 01 January, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, United States; dropped out from high school; played the role of Stymie in Our Gang comedy (1930-1935); played minor parts in feature films (1938-1943); was heroin addict for thirty years, went to drug rehabilitation facility and cleaned himself up; acted minor roles in feature films (1974-1978), performed in television shows, Sanford and Son, Good Times, Starsky and Hutch, Diff'rent Strokes, and The Jeffersons; lectured about drug abuse; died 08 January, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, United States) |
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