Lew Dockstader
Musical Artist
1856 – 1924
Who was Lew Dockstader?
Lew Dockstader was a United States singer, comedian, and Vaudeville star, best known as a blackface minstrel show performer in the late 19th century and early years of the 20th century.
Dockstader performed both as a solo act and leading a popular Minstrel troupe. Various popular entertainers of the era performed with Dockstader's Minstrels, including Will Oakland, and the most famous being young Al Jolson, c. 1906 - 1909.
Dockstader appeared on film in a number of comedy shorts from 1905 to 1907 and in the title role in the 1914 feature silent film "Dan".
He recorded some songs on Columbia Records.
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- Born
- Aug 7, 1856
Hartford - Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Oct 26, 1924
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on July 23, 2013
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