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.
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, to an Irish father and an Italian mother.
Latterly resided with his wife in Arroyo Grande, a small town on California's central coast.