He was born Henry Robson Stuart in Annapolis, Maryland, United States.
He appeared in many theatrical productions from the 1860s to the early 1900s in New York City, Boston, and London.
They appeared together in Our Bachelors, Sharps and Flats, The Henrietta, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and She Stoops to Conquer.
[citation needed] Robson married Mary Dougherty, an actress who went by the stage name of May Waldron, in 1891.
[1] They had a son, Stuart Robson, Jr., who also acted briefly on the stage in New York and subsequently ran a magic shop there for many years.