10 Facts About Lew Dockstader

Lew Dockstader was born George Alfred Clapp on August 7,1856, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Chester Clapp and Sarah Reed.

Lew Dockstader married Lucin Brown on December 20,1883, in Hartford and had a daughter, Mildred Havlin Clapp, who married Warren Palmer.

Lew Dockstader legally changed his name to Lew Dockstader in 1887.

Lew Dockstader appeared on film in a number of comedy shorts from 1904 to 1907.

Unfazed by his detention in 1904, in 1906 Lew Dockstader began impersonating Theodore Roosevelt as part of his vaudeville show.

Lew Dockstader said Roosevelt had personally given him permission to do the impression.

Lew Dockstader failed to pay the writer and was sued for non-payment.

Lew Dockstader played the title role in the 1914 feature silent film "Dan".

Lew Dockstader died on October 26,1924, in New York City of bone cancer on his left leg, at age 68.

Lew Dockstader's funeral was at All Angels' Church and he was buried in Kensico Cemetery.