David J. Stewart (January 8, 1915 â€" December 23, 1966) was an
American Broadway, film, and television actor.Born Abe J. Siegel in
Omaha, Nebraska, Stewart was known primarily as a New York stage
actor. However, he also made several appearances in movies and on
television before his death at age 51 in Cleveland, Ohio, following
surgery.Stewart was born in Omaha and attended the University of
Omaha. He moved to New York and trained as an actor at the
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater and the Actors Studio.
During World War II he served as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne,
receiving a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star.Stewart's played Louis
"Lepke" Buchalter, the real-life crime boss whose activities were
central to the film Murder, Inc. (1960). He also co-starred in the
rockabilly-themed film Carnival Rock (1957), for which director Roger
Corman, hoping to give the film some gravitas, recruited him from New
York, a point noted by actor Ed Nelson in an interview with film
historian Tom Weaver.
American Broadway, film, and television actor.Born Abe J. Siegel in
Omaha, Nebraska, Stewart was known primarily as a New York stage
actor. However, he also made several appearances in movies and on
television before his death at age 51 in Cleveland, Ohio, following
surgery.Stewart was born in Omaha and attended the University of
Omaha. He moved to New York and trained as an actor at the
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater and the Actors Studio.
During World War II he served as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne,
receiving a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star.Stewart's played Louis
"Lepke" Buchalter, the real-life crime boss whose activities were
central to the film Murder, Inc. (1960). He also co-starred in the
rockabilly-themed film Carnival Rock (1957), for which director Roger
Corman, hoping to give the film some gravitas, recruited him from New
York, a point noted by actor Ed Nelson in an interview with film
historian Tom Weaver.
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