Nick Stuart

He rose to stardom in such films as Girls Gone Wild and Chasing Through Europe, prior to expanding his business interests by creating a talent agency, and a popular upscale club in Hollywood.

Stuart was born Niculae Pratza on April 10, 1904, in Abrud (Abrudbánya), Transylvania, then part of Austria-Hungary.

[7] While on a personal appearances tour in 1931, the couple had $35,000 of jewelry stolen from their parked car on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

[22] The two would star in Stuart's next three films in 1927 and 1928: High School Hero, Why Sailors Go Wrong, and News Parade.

Stuart's next role was that of Sandy, starring alongside Victor McLaglen in William K. Howard's The River Pirate in 1928.

[26] Stuart and Phipps were again slated to co-star in Chasing Through Europe, the sequel to their successful film, News Parade.

[30] In 1933 Stuart, along with David Kay, opened an agency in Hollywood, which represented actors, writers, and directors.

[43] Stuart's sole television appearance was a featured role in the final episode of Navy Log, which aired on September 11, 1958.

[44] In the 1960s, he made his final film appearance in a small role in Sydney Pollack's drama This Property Is Condemned, starring Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, and Charles Bronson.

Stuart dissolved his band in 1961, after which he opened a haberdashery in Biloxi, Mississippi, located in the Broadwater Beach Hotel.

Nick Stuart and wife Sue Carol in 1930
Sue Carol, with her new baby, Carol Lee
Sue Carol greeting Nick Stuart at Union Station in Los Angeles, after his return from location filming in Europe for Chasing Through Europe .