Winfield Scott Mattraw Sr. (1880 - 1946)

Born 19 Oct 1880 in Evan Mills, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Edna A. (Hunter) Mattraw — married 25 Jun 1903 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States

Died 9 Nov 1946 at age 66 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

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Scotty was an American Film Actor

Scotty Mattraw was an American film and television actor, perhaps best remembered for having provided the voice of Bashful in Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Birth and Childhood

Winfield Scott Mattraw was born 19 Oct 1880, in Evan Mills, New York. He was the fifth of six children born to William H. Mattraw and his wife, Philamore (Dano) Mattraw. Scotty's eldest sister, Ida, died in infancy before he was born. His sister, Grace, died at age 13 in 1887, when Scotty was seven years old. Another sister, Edna, at age 20, five years later in 1892.

In 1900, at age 19, Scotty was residing with his parents and younger brother, Earl (age 15), in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. There, he worked as a salesman for an unidentified company.^[1] Earl died the following year at age 16. Of his five siblings, only Scotty's sister Bertha lived long enough to have a family of her own.

Marriage and Family

Scotty married Edna A. Hunter 25 Jun 1903, at Watertown.^[2] In 1905, the couple was residing at 10A Rutland Street, in Watertown, New York, along with their newborn daughter, Ada.^[3] In 1907, Scotty was working as clerk for the American Express Company in Watertown.^[4]

In 1910, the couple owned at home at 325 Winslow Street in Watertown, New York, where they resided with their three daughters: Ada (age 5), Rosalind (age 3), Marion (age 1). (Sadly, young Marion would pass away shortly after her first birthday.) At Watertown, Scotty worked as manager of an opera house.^[5] From his 1918 World War I draft registration card, we learn that the opera house was actually the Remington Theater (later called the Majestic).^[6]

In 1920, the family was still residing in Watertown, where Scotty now owned delicatessen in New York. A fourth child, son W. Scott Jr. was born to the couple in about 1914, but sadly youngest daughter Marion appears to have died sometime prior to her tenth birthday, as she is not listed with the family in 1920.^[7]

Scotty and his family maintained the residence on Winslow until moving to California in the early 1920s. By 1930, the family was residing in a rented home at 1137 N. Normandie Ave., in Los Angeles.^[8]

Hollywood Career

Upon arriving in California, Scotty found work with a variety of film studios, including Universal, Warner Brothers, Fox, and others. He made his film debut in 1924, with an uncredited role in the classic silent feature, The Thief of Bagdad (1924), starring Douglas Fairbanks. and The Red Mill (1927). Over the next decade and a half, he appeared in several uncredited film roles, often identified only as the "fat man."

In 1934, Scotty appeared in the Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy film, Babes in Toyland (1934), as the uncredited Town Crier and in 1937he played an uncredited merchant in the Shirley Temple film, Wee Willie Winkie (1937). Perhaps Scotty's most significant screen role, however, was that of Bashful in Walt Disney's landmark animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Following Snow White, Scotty would appear in just two more film roles, that if the Beef King In Old Chicago (1937), and as an uncredited migrant in The Grapes of Wrath (1940).

Final Years and Death

In 1940, Scott and Edna were residing at 1817 Rodney Drive in Los Angeles, along with their two youngest children, now both adults. Scott had no occupation listed in the 1940 U.S. Federal Census, suggesting that, at age 59, he formally considered himself retired by this time.^[9] In 1942, when he registered for the World War II draft, he described himself as 'unemployed".^[10]

Scott died of coronary thrombosis, at age 66, 9 Nov 1946, at Hollywood, California. He was buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Ancestry.com (database online) New York, Jefferson County, Watertown, Ward 5, ED 43, sheet 18B, dwelling 349, family 408, household of William Mattraw [image 36].
2. ↑ New York State Marriage Index, 1881-1967. Amncestry.com (database online with images) marriage Certificate #12540, Winfield S. Mattraw to Edna A. Hunter (1903).
3. ↑ 1905 New York State Census, Ancestry.com (database online) Jefferson County, Watertown, Ward 3, household of Wescott (sic) Mattraw [image 1281].
4. ↑ U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com (database online with images). New York, Watertown City Directory (1907) page 242, W Scott (Edna A) Mattraw.
5. ↑ 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Ancestry.com (database online) New York, Jefferson County, Watertown, Ward 2, ED 51, sheet 9A, dwelling 153, family 220, household of W. Scott Mattraw [image 17].
6. ↑ U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1942. Ancestry.com (database online with images) New York, Jefferson County, Serial #322, Winfield Scott Mattraw.
7. ↑ 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Ancestry.com (database online) New York, Jefferson County, City of Watertown, ED 49, sheet 10A, dwelling 227, family 269, household of Scott Mattraw [image 19].
8. ↑ 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Ancestry.com (database online) California, Los Angeles County, City of Los Angeles, ED 37, sheet 2A, dwelling 36, family 36, household of Scott Mattraw [image 17].
9. ↑ 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Ancestry.com (database online) California, Los Angeles County, City of Los Angeles, ED 60-85, sheet 12B, visitation #315, household of Scott Mattraw [image 24].
10. ↑ U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. Ancestry.com (database online with images) California, serial #1947, Winfield Scott Mattraw.
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #14514646

• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8FS-VDD : 9 March 2021), Winfield S Mattraw in entry for Winfield Scott Mattraw and Shirley Schutt, 14 Jul 1955; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,343,446.

• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP39-N26J : 1 March 2021), Winfield Scott Mattraw, 1946.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Scotty Mattraw
• Wikidata: Item Q3476365
• IMDB: [IMDB: Scotty Mattraw
• Disney Wiki: Scotty Mattraw
• WikiTree: Classic Disney Project