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Stuart Cramer
| Stuart Cramer | |
| Born | Stuart Price Cramer July 16 1911 Cleveland, Ohio |
|---|---|
| Died | April 15, 2003 (age 91) Ithaca, NY |
Stuart Cramer (b.1911-d.2003), even though graduated with a law degree from Western Reserve University in 1936, was a professional magician nearly all of his life.
Biography
Cramer returned to Cleveland where he grew up after serving in the Navy in World War II and used it as a base throughout his long performing career.
He performed on a Cleveland television station in 1947, with a twice-weekly ten-minute live-audience kid show. He created "Professor Nemo," a Saturday morning magical-cowboy character who resided two years at WNBK-TY. He continued in TV into the 1960s. He once did a daily weather report, presenting trick every day, as "Mr. Meriweather" for three years.[1]
He met the reclusive Cleveland magician Karl Germain in 1932, and worked in weekly visits with him.[2]
Books
- The Secrets of Karl Germain (1962)
- Germain the Wizard and his Legerdemain (1966) [3]
References
- Cover, M-U-M, Vol. 41, No. 4, September 1951, STUART CRAMER, magician-of-the-month, by Leslie P. Guest, page 95
- Cover, The New Tops, Vol. 4, No. 4, April 1964, COVER PORTRAIT ... STUART CRAMER, by Milbourne Christopher, page 2
- Cover, Magic, The Magazine for Magicians, Vol. 12, No. 10, June 2003, Stuart Cramer, Working Wizard of the 20th Century, by John Moehring, page 52
- The Linking Ring, Vol. 83, No. 6, June 2003, Stuart Cramer, July 16, 1910-April 15, 2003, by Bill Weldon with Phil Willmarth, page 66; Broken Wand, Stuart P. Cramer, page 129
- http://magicpostcards.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/professor-nemo/