Stewart Byron "Stu" Gilliam (July 27, 1933[1][2] – October 11, 2013) was an African-American actor and stand-up and TV comedian.

He left home at age 14 to perform with a circus as ventriloquist in state fairs, then after a few years began to appear in clubs in Chicago.

In the 1950s and 1960s he performed his act in clubs nationwide with Black audiences, including the Apollo Theater in New York City.

He was the voice of Freddie "Curly" Neal on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Harlem Globetrotters in the early seventies.

Also starring Hilly Hicks, and featuring Ed Begley, Jr. and Garrett Morris, the series was set in France during World War II and was loosely based on the 1952 film Red Ball Express.