---
name: "Nick Stewart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nick-stewart"
fi1m_id: "nick-stewart"
imdb_id: "nm0829695"
tmdb_id: 388960
wikidata_id: "Q3339799"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 March 1910"
died: "18 December 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:52:06.605344+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."
---

# Nick Stewart

## Identity

Nick Stewart

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nick-stewart
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nick-stewart
- **IMDb ID:** nm0829695
- **TMDB ID:** 388960
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3339799
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Stewart, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3339799, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/388960

Actor. Born 15 March 1910 in New York City, New York, U.S.. Died 18 December 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 March 1910, New York City, New York, U.S.
- **Died:** 18 December 2000
- **Also known as:** Nicodemus, Nicodemus Stewart, Nick O'Demus, Horace Winfred "Nick" Stewart, Horace Winfred Stewart
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 87 (1), 1950s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Stewart, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3339799, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/388960

## Biography

Nick Stewart (1910–2000) was an American actor. He appeared as Dink Franklin in the 1954 film *Carmen Jones* and voiced Br'er Bear in the 1946 Disney film *Song of the South*. He was also known for playing Lightnin' (Willie Jefferson) in the television series *The Amos 'n' Andy Show*.

Born Horace Winfred Stewart in New York City, he began his career as a dancer at the Cotton Club and Hoofers Club. He created the comedic character Nicodemus for Broadway productions including *Swingin' the Dream* and *Louisiana Purchase*, and appeared in the 1936 film *Go West, Young Man*. He later performed on radio, including the Rudy Vallée show.

With his wife Edna, Stewart founded the Ebony Showcase Theatre in Los Angeles, which operated for decades and provided opportunities for Black performers. He died in Los Angeles in 2000.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Carmen Jones* (1954), Fi1m 65, as Dink Franklin — [page](https://film.one/film/carmen-jones.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Dumbo* (1941), Fi1m 87, as Specks Crow (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/dumbo.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Silver Streak* (1976), as Shoeshiner
- *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963), as Driver run off highway
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor
- *Mister Ed* (1961), series, Actor
- *Tarzan's Fight for Life* (1958), as Molo
- *Flame of the Islands* (1955), as Nick
- *Carmen Jones* (1954), as Dink Franklin — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/carmen-jones.md)
- *Amos 'n' Andy* (1951), series, as Lightnin'
- *Song of the South* (1946), as Br'er Bear (voice)
- *Three Little Girls in Blue* (1946), as Mo
- *Night Train to Memphis* (1946), as Train Porter
- *Behind Green Lights* (1946), as Man Reporting Stolen Car (uncredited)
- *Dakota* (1945), as Nicodemus
- *She Wouldn't Say Yes* (1945), as Porter (uncredited)
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood* (1945), as Houseboy (uncredited)
- *Delightfully Dangerous* (1945), as Desk Clerk
- *Gildersleeve's Ghost* (1944), as Chauncey
- *Follow the Boys* (1944), as Lt. Reynolds (uncredited)
- *Hoosier Holiday* (1943), as Aloysius Lincoln (as Nicodemus)
- *Stormy Weather* (1943), as Cousin Jake (uncredited)
- *False Faces* (1943), as Mack (as Nicodemus)
- *My Son, The Hero* (1943), as Nicodemus
- *Cabin in the Sky* (1943), as Dude
- *The Meanest Man in the World* (1943), as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- *Shine* (1942), as (as Nicodemus)
- *Dumbo* (1941), as Specks Crow (voice) (uncredited) — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/dumbo.md)
- *Robin Hood of the Pecos* (1941), as Mose Johnson (uncredited)
- *Wall Street Cowboy* (1939), as Train Porter
- *International Crime* (1938), as Bootblack
- *Mind Your Own Business* (1936), as Butler (as Nicodemus)
- *Go West Young Man* (1936), as Nicodemus (as Nicodemus Stewart)
- *Who Killed Cock Robin?* (1935), as Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)

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