Trained for the stage, working on and off Broadway, appearing in 64 productions in total.
His life-long hobby was photography.
Following his graduation from Marquette University, Stewart went on to study on a full scholarship for a year at Yale University Drama School in New Haven, Connecticut.
Latterly resided with his wife in Arroyo Grande, a small town on California's central coast.
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, to an Irish father and an Italian mother.