Stewart Byron "Stu" Gilliam was an American actor and stand-up and TV comedian.
11 Facts About Stu Gilliam
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Stewart Byron Gilliam was born in a middle-class area of Detroit, the grandson of a church minister.
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Stu Gilliam 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.
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Stu Gilliam sometimes performed for mixed-race shows, but in Southern states was prevented from appearing onstage at the same time as white performers.
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Stu Gilliam appeared on national television in the 1960s, including The Ed Sullivan Show, Playboy After Dark, and The Dean Martin Show.
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Stu Gilliam did stand-up work and TV and film appearances in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Stu Gilliam was the voice of Freddie "Curly" Neal on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Harlem Globetrotters in the early seventies.
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Stu Gilliam was a panelist on the first season of the game show Match Game '73.
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Stu Gilliam married Vivian Baravalle in 2007 and moved to her residence in the Czech Republic.
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Stu Gilliam died of a heart attack in Ceske Budejovice on October 11,2013, aged 80.
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Stu Gilliam had been suffering from lung cancer and COPD.