Nick Stewart

Was the last surviving cast member from the early 1950s series, The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951). Stewart died on December 18, 2000, exactly one week to the day after the City of Los Angeles Redevelopment Agency held its groundbreaking for a new theater, owned by the city and eventually named after L.A. City Councilman Nate Holden. This was to be built in the same lot as the Ebony Showcase Theatre, founded by Nick and Edna Stewart, which had been demolished by the agency on September 3, 1998.

(1988/1989) Lent his voice talent once again to Disney for the Splash Mountain attraction at Disneyland. He supplied the voice of Bre'r Bear for the ride as he did for the animated film "Song of the South" (1946)

He was an actor, known for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Song of the South (1946) and Silver Streak (1976). He was married to Edna Stewart.

His greatest success came on television during the period 1951-1953 when he had a steady gig in supporting roles in the highly popular network series "The Amos 'n' Andy Show" (1951) (as Lightnin' credited as "Nick O'Demus") and moved into a supporting role as "Willy-Willy" in the syndicated Jon Hall series "Ramar of the Jungle" (1953).

In 1950, with his wife Edna, founded the Ebony Showcase Theatre in Los Angeles.

Stewart was born near the legendary Harlem Cotton Club. He was first active as a tap dancer at the Harlem Hoofer's Club and at the Cotton Club, on the same bill with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. During the 1920s and 1930s, he also went on the vaudeville circuit and did stand-up comedy. In Los Angeles he performed with the Fanchon & Marco vaudeville troupe in 1932. Starting in films in 1936, he was variously billed as Nicodemus Stewart, Horace Stewart, Nick O'Demus or simply as Nicodemus.

Nick Stewart was born on March 15, 1910 in New York City, New York, USA as Horace Winfred Stewart.