'' (1928) with Mattraw second from the right Mattraw was already a comedian and a theatrical promoter and manager when, at age 27, he became manager of the City Opera House in
Watertown, New York. 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. Mattraw primarily gained roles that suited his incredible size, and also was selected by Walt Disney to voice Bashful the Dwarf in their critically acclaimed feature film,
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which was his most memorable role of his career. Mattraw was and remains uncredited for the role in Snow White due to early standard that voice actors were rarely credited for their roles in cartoons. == Personal life and death ==