# Was there really an actor named Joe Twerp? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [October 7, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-an-actor-named-joe-twerp/556359 "2010-10-07T14:36:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![supermanatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@supermanatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supermanatee)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-an-actor-named-joe-twerp/556359/1 "2010-10-07T14:36:47Z")
Joe Twerp (I) (1910–1980) Trivia He was considered for the role of “Doc” in Walt Disney’s Snow White (1937). Roy Atwell was chosen to supply the voice instead. See more » Born: Escott Brandon Boyes January 10, 1910 in Wisconsin, USA Died: December 15, 1980 (age 70) in North Hollywood, California, USA > **[Joe Twerp | Actor](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878554/)** > > Known for: In Old Chicago, All American Sweetheart, Mary Burns, Fugitive ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-an-actor-named-joe-twerp/556359/2 "2010-10-07T14:46:47Z")
Welcome to the SDMB. Just for your future posts, it’s customary to give a link to the [original column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/698/was-there-really-an-actor-named-joe-twerp), so that everybody can quickly see what you’re referring to. This thread will live on long after the column is no longer on the front page. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-an-actor-named-joe-twerp/556359/3 "2010-10-07T19:23:29Z")
Yes. Just plug his name into [“Google News Archives”](http://news.google.com/archivesearch) and you’ll get lots of contemporary references. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-an-actor-named-joe-twerp/556359/4 "2010-10-07T19:29:43Z")
Joe Twerp I was an actor. Joe Twerp II was a movie/TV writer. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-an-actor-named-joe-twerp/556359/5 "2010-10-07T21:16:13Z")
I suspect they are the same people. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-an-actor-named-joe-twerp/556359/7 "2010-10-17T16:53:49Z")
> [@cantlogin](#): > > Side note, but I love reading SD columns from the '70s, precisely because it mixed in information that is now so easily available on IMDB, on Allmusic, and via Google. It reminds me of a younger time where questions would (gently) gnaw at you, and it wasn’t a matter of a few keystrokes to find the answer. Not a better time, or a gentler time, or any kind of moral judgment, just a different time, one in which the Straight Dope played a different role. > > Sorry, this old-timer does ramble on sometimes, don’t he? I know what you mean. It was an era when more information was in the realm of lore, and gathering it was slow, so much so that certain people had no time to do anything else. You could tell them by their indoor pallor, sloppy dress, and scraps of paper covered in tiny writing.