# Eric Snowden

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{{Short description|English–American actor born in 1888}}
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| image         = Eric_Snowden_in_Leave_It_To_Beaver_1958.jpg
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| caption       = Eric Snowden in ''Leave It to Beaver'' 1958
| birth_name    = Eric Snowdon
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1888|8|12}}
| birth_place   = [London, England](/source/London%2C_England)
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1979|6|27|1888|8|12}} 
| death_place   = [Bellevue, Washington](/source/Bellevue%2C_Washington)
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| known_for     = ''[The Burns and Allen Show](/source/Burns_and_Allen)'', ''[The Lion Man](/source/The_Lion_Man_(1936_film))'', ''[Leave It to Beaver](/source/Leave_It_to_Beaver)''
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'''Eric Snowden''' (August 8, 1888 – June 27, 1979) was an English-born actor who appeared in radio, films and television.

==Biography==
Snowden was born in London, England, on August 8, 1888. He died in Bellevue, Washington, on June 27, 1979.

==Radio==
Snowden was part of the cast of, among others, ''[The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](/source/The_New_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes)'' (1949–1950, as [Dr. Watson](/source/Dr._Watson)), ''[The Burns and Allen Show](/source/Burns_and_Allen)'' (1932–1950), ''[Encore Theater](/source/Encore_Theater)'' (1946–1949), ''[Escape](/source/Escape_(radio_program))'' (1947–1954), and ''[Favorite Story](/source/Favorite_Story)'' (1946–1949).<ref>{{cite web |title=Eric Snowden |url=http://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Eric-Snowden.aspx?t=1142 |date=2008–2015 |website=R U Sitting Comfortably |access-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Old-time Radio Episodes 1939-46: Supporting Cast |url=http://www.rathboneandbruce.net/the-new-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-supporting-cast.html |website=Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson |access-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719232610/http://rathboneandbruce.net/the-new-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-supporting-cast.html |archive-date=July 19, 2015 }}</ref> Snowden briefly appears in the January 8, 1950, episode of ''[The Jack Benny Program](/source/The_Jack_Benny_Program)''.  Snowden appeared in episode 626 of the radio program Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, entitled "The Shankar Diamond Matter", which aired 02/15/1959.

==Film==
Snowden appears in the movies ''[The Lion Man](/source/The_Lion_Man_(1936_film))'' (1936), ''[The Sun Never Sets](/source/The_Sun_Never_Sets_(1939_film))'' (1939), and ''[The Man Who Knew Too Much](/source/The_Man_Who_Knew_Too_Much_(1956_film))'' (1956) (uncredited).

==Television==
* ''[Leave It to Beaver](/source/Leave_It_to_Beaver_(season_1))'' Season 1 Episode 11 as Clothier, Episode 19 as Salesman
* ''[Alfred Hitchcock Presents](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents)'' (1956) (Season 1 Episode 31: "The Gentleman from America") as Hanson (credited as Eric Snowdon)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0811351}}
* {{IBDB name|60495}}

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Category:1888 births
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Category:English male radio actors
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:Male actors from London
Category:20th-century English male actors
Category:English emigrants to the United States

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