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On August 9, 2012, Stuart died at the age of 83 after suffering melanoma cancer at his home in Los Angeles, California. In addition to his three children from his first marriage, Andrew, Madeleine, and Peter, Stuart was also survived by two grandchildren, Maximilian Stuart and Eleanor Stuart.
Aug 10, 2012 · LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Filmmaker Mel Stuart, director of the 1971 musical classic "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" and dozens of documentaries, has died at the age of 83. Stuart's...
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Milton "Mel" Stewart (September 19, 1929 – February 24, 2002) was an American character actor, television director, and musician who appeared in numerous films and television shows from the 1960s to the 1990s.
YearTitleRoleNotes1962OfficerEpisode: "That's Show Business" ...1963PharmacistEpisode: "Barefoot on a Bed of Coals" ...1964Grand Jury ForemanEpisode: "The Love of a Smart Operator"1969Mr. HarrisEpisode #1.1Aug 10, 2012 · August 10, 2012 7:41am. Mel Stuart , the Emmy-winning filmmaker and documentarian who tackled such serious subjects as the assassination of John F. Kennedy and mental illness but is perhaps...
Jan 1, 2004 · Stuart's first artistic impulse lay not in the media arts, however, but in music, a discipline he followed while a student at Columbia University and New York University. He may have abandoned music as a possible career, but the discipline itself has never left him. "I think the deep-down, principle essence of movie-making is rhythm," says Stuart.
Aug 10, 2012 · Mel Stuart, an award-winning documentarian who also directed "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," has died. He was 83.
Overview. Born. September 2, 1928 · New York City, New York, USA. Died. August 9, 2012 · Beverly Hills, California, USA (cancer) Birth name. Stewart Solomon. Mini Bio. Mel Stuart was born on September 2, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA.