Freddie Stewart (born Morris Joseph Lazar; March 25, 1925 – August 15, 2000) was an American actor and

big band A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s an ...

singer. He is best known for appearing in the

Monogram Pictures Monogram Pictures Corporation was an American film studio that produced mostly low-budget films between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram was among the smaller studios i ...

film series

The Teen Agers The Teen Agers is a series of seven coming-of-age musical comedy-drama films made by Monogram Pictures from 1946 to 1948. A follow-up to the East Side Kids, the series stars Freddie Stewart and June Preisser. The films were initially produced by S ...

from 1946 to 1948.

Career

Stewart 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

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and

Freddie Bartholomew Frederick Cecil Bartholomew (March 28, 1924 – January 23, 1992), known for his acting work as Freddie Bartholomew, was an English-American child actor. One of the most famous child actors of all time, he became very popular in 1930s Hollywood ...

) 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 called "Do I Know What I'm Doing" for ''

She's for Me ''She's for Me'' is a 1943 American musical film directed by Reginald LeBorg and starring Grace McDonald and David Bruce. Plot Two attorneys are attracted to the same client Cast * Grace McDonald as Jan Lawton * David Bruce as Michael Reed ...

'' (1943), and made an appearance in '' She's a Sweetheart'' (1944). He later joined

Tommy Dorsey Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombo ...

's band as a singer for a year. In 1945, he signed with

to make a series of movies. Pam Munter, "Freddie Stewart and the Teenagers", ''Classic Images''
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Junior Prom ''Junior Prom'' is a 1946 American musical comedy, directed by Arthur Dreifuss and produced by Sam Katzman and Maurice Duke. It was released by Monogram Pictures. It is the first of The Teen Agers series of movies. In 2018, the film was release ...

'' (1946) * ''

Freddie Steps Out ''Freddie Steps Out'' is a 1946 American film starring Freddie Stewart. It is the second in The Teen Agers series. Plot Freddie Trimball is a high school student. He happens to bear an amazing resemblance to Frankie Troy, one of the most popula ...

'' (1946) * '' High School Hero'' (1946) * ''

Vacation Days ''Vacation Days'' is a 1947 American Western musical film directed by Arthur Dreifuss and starring Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, and Frankie Darro. It is part of The Teen Agers series. Plot Miss Hinklefink (Belle Mitchell) inherits a western ...

'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1947) *''

Sarge Goes to College ''Sarge Goes to College'' is a 1947 American musical comedy film directed by Will Jason and starring Freddie Stewart, June Preisser and Frankie Darro. It was produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures as part of The Teen Agers series. Plot A ...

'' (1947) *''

Campus Sleuth ''Campus Sleuth'' is a 1948 American film, part of The Teen Agers series. Plot Cast * Freddie Stewart as Freddie Trimball * June Preisser as Dodie Rogers * Warren Mills as Lee Watson * Noel Neill as Betty Rogers * Donald MacBride as Insp. Wats ...

'' (1948) *''

Smart Politics ''Smart Politics'' is a 1948 American film directed by Will Jason and starring Freddie Stewart and June Preisser. It is part of The Teen Agers series made by Monogram Pictures.Munter, Pam (November 4, 2005"Freddie Stewart and the Teen Agers"''Cl ...

'' (1948) *'' Music Man'' (1948)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Steward, Freddie 1925 births 2000 deaths 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American singers American crooners American male film actors Big band singers Capitol Records artists Singers from New York City Swing singers Traditional pop music singers 20th-century American male singers