Lew Dockstader

Lew Dockstader

Lew Dockstader (born George Alfred Clapp, 7 August, 1856, Hartford, Connecticut - died 26 October, 1924, New York City) 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 [ [http://www.mikescaife.btinternet.co.uk/JolsonHistory.htm AL JOLSON A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY ] at www.mikescaife.btinternet.co.uk]

Dockstader appeared on film in a number of comedy shorts from 1905 - 1907 [Musser, Charles (1991) "Before the Nicolodeon", University of California Press ] and in the title role in the 1914 feature silent film "Dan". [imdb name|0230020|Lew Dockstader]

He recorded some songs on Columbia Records. [ [http://www.archeophone.com/features/recordings/601.php Features » Recording of the Month » Everybody Works But Father by Lew Dockstader ] at www.archeophone.com]

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* [http://www.archeophone.com/features/recordings/601.php Short biography and sample recording from 1905 on Archeophone.com]


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