Willis Palmer Sweatnam, Sr. (1854 - November 25, 1930) was a Broadway show actor and minstrel show performer. [1]
Willis Palmer Sweatnam, Sr. (1854 - November 25, 1930) was a Broadway show actor and minstrel show performer. [1]
He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1854. He had a son, Willis Palmer Sweatnam, Jr. (1887-?)
When down on his luck in 1903, George Ade created a blackface role for Sweatnam in his new play The County Chairman , and Sweatnam proved to be one of the stars of the show. [2]
He died on November 25, 1930, at the Lambs Club. [3]
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