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- Stewart, Roy - Silent Cowboy Film Star - 1920's Signed Photo - d.1933
Stewart, Roy - Silent Cowboy Film Star - 1920's Signed Photo - d.1933
Roy Stewart - 4 ¾ x 6 ¾ doble weight photo that we have removed from a 1920’s autograph album. Signed, “For Eva Dalbey, Sincerely Roy Stewart”. In black fountain pen. Four cut corners. Small tear at the upper white border. Black paper remnants on verso from previous mounting. Blotch marks to the face of the photo which are probably moisture related from a long time ago.
John Roy Stewart (1883 - 1933) American Actor and Writer. portraying such legendary figures as Buffalo Bill and Daniel Boone. Out of the saddle Stewart was quite at home in plush drama and served as a perfect leading man for the likes of Lillian Gish in House Built Upon Sand, The (1916), Bessie Love in A Daughter of the Poor (1917) and Mary Pickford in her classic silent Sparrows (1926). He starred in three film series called, "Red Saunders", "Tales of the Old West" and "Timber Tales". He was 6' 2", come the advent of sound, Stewart lost his footing and was relegated to support roles as a character actor. He continued working until his sudden death on 26 April 1933, in Los Angeles, California of a heart attack in his home at the age of 49.