Willis P. Sweatnam

Willis Palmer Sweatnam, Sr. (1854 - November 25, 1930) was a Broadway show actor and minstrel show performer.

He had a son, Willis Palmer Sweatnam, Jr.

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.

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