---
name: "Fred Stewart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fred-stewart"
fi1m_id: "fred-stewart"
imdb_id: "nm0829387"
tmdb_id: 123013
wikidata_id: "Q110223071"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 December 1906"
died: "5 December 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T08:16:33.683952+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Fred Stewart

## Identity

Fred Stewart

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fred-stewart
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fred-stewart
- **IMDb ID:** nm0829387
- **TMDB ID:** 123013
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110223071
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Stewart_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110223071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829387/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123013

Actor. Born 7 December 1906 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Died 5 December 1970.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 December 1906, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- **Died:** 5 December 1970
- **Active:** 1961–1971
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 85 (1), 1970s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Stewart_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110223071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829387/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123013

## Biography

Fred Stewart (7 December 1906 – 5 December 1970) was an American actor who appeared in stage, film and television productions. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, he attended Oglethorpe University and began his career operating the Playmakers Theatre there from 1924 to 1927 before making his Broadway debut in 1931.

His stage work included original Broadway casts of *The Crucible* (1953), *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* (1955) and *More Stately Mansions* (1967–68). Film roles included Del Loomis in *Splendor in the Grass* (1961), Dr. Stuart in *In the Heat of the Night* (1967) and Mr. VanRensaeller in *A New Leaf* (1971). He was a founding member of the Actors Studio and died in New York City while appearing in the soap opera *Love of Life*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A New Leaf* (1971), Fi1m 83, as Mr. VanRensaeller — [page](https://film.one/film/a-new-leaf.md)
- *In the Heat of the Night* (1967), Fi1m 85, as Dr. Stuart — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-heat-of-the-night.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A New Leaf* (1971), as Mr. VanRensaeller — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/a-new-leaf.md)
- *In the Heat of the Night* (1967), as Dr. Stuart — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-heat-of-the-night.md)
- *The World of Henry Orient* (1964), as Doctor
- *Splendor in the Grass* (1961), as Del Loomis
- *The Defenders* (1961), series, as Alfred Keller
- *The Master Builder* (1960), as Dr. Herdal
- *The Misleading Lady* (1932), as Babe Merrill

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