Stu Gilliam

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Stu Gilliam
Gilliam (top) in Roll Out, 1973 (with Hilly Hicks)
Born
Stewart Byron Gilliam

(1933-07-27)July 27, 1933
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedOctober 11, 2013(2013-10-11) (aged 80)
České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Spouse
Vivian Baravalle
​
(m. 2007)​

Stewart Byron "Stu" Gilliam (July 27, 1933

stand-up
and TV comedian.

Biography

Stewart Byron Gilliam was born in a middle-class area of Detroit, the grandson of a church minister. He left home at the age of 14 to perform with a circus as ventriloquist in state fairs, then after a few years began to appear in clubs in Chicago. During his two-year service in the Korean War, he entertained troops as a ventriloquist. In the 1950s/60s he performed his act in clubs nationwide with black audiences, including the Apollo Theater in New York City. He sometimes performed for mixed-race shows, but in Southern states was prevented from appearing onstage at the same time as white performers. Finally, the Playboy Club circuit placed him before largely white crowds, including in the South.[2]

Gilliam appeared on national television in the 1960s, including

Match Game '73 ([3] episodes 41-45 and 51-56[4]
).

Gilliam co-starred in the CBS sitcom

Ed Begley, Jr. and Garrett Morris, the series was set in France during World War II and was loosely based on the 1952 film Red Ball Express
.

He married Vivian Baravalle in 2007 and moved to her residence in the

COPD. He is buried in Boršov nad Vltavou.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Social Security Death Index dates of birth and death, datalounge.com; accessed July 21, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Stu Gilliam, comedian-actor, taught the Faith enthusiastically". The American Baháʼí. January–February 2014.
  3. ^ Match Game 73 (Episode 44) (September 13th, 1973) (Betty's Chance At Super Match?), retrieved 2022-09-25
  4. ^ "IMDB". IMDb.

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