Freddie Stewart (March 25, 1925 â€" August 15, 2000) was an American
actor and big band singer. He is best known for appearing in the
Monogram Pictures film series The Teen Agers from 1946 to 1948.Lazar
was born in New York City. He dropped out of school to work as a stock
clerk and also worked summers at a Catskills resort. He renamed
himself Freddie Stewart (after actors James Stewart and Freddie
Bartholomew) when he joined the Cappa Barra Harmonica Band in 1939. By
the next year, he was working as a vocalist with Clyde McCoy's
Orchestra for $60 a week. He worked his way up to his own radio show
in New York on NBC, the fifteen-minute nightly, Freddie Stewart
Sings.He wrote a song "Do I Know What I'm Doing" for She's for Me
(1943), and made an appearance in She's a Sweetheart (1944). He later
joined Tommy Dorsey's band as a singer for a year.
actor and big band singer. He is best known for appearing in the
Monogram Pictures film series The Teen Agers from 1946 to 1948.Lazar
was born in New York City. He dropped out of school to work as a stock
clerk and also worked summers at a Catskills resort. He renamed
himself Freddie Stewart (after actors James Stewart and Freddie
Bartholomew) when he joined the Cappa Barra Harmonica Band in 1939. By
the next year, he was working as a vocalist with Clyde McCoy's
Orchestra for $60 a week. He worked his way up to his own radio show
in New York on NBC, the fifteen-minute nightly, Freddie Stewart
Sings.He wrote a song "Do I Know What I'm Doing" for She's for Me
(1943), and made an appearance in She's a Sweetheart (1944). He later
joined Tommy Dorsey's band as a singer for a year.
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