1947-07-29

DENNIS STEWART was an American actor and dancer born on this date (d: 1994); Dennis was known for playing Leo “Craterface” Balmudo, the Scorpions’ gang leader in Grease, and reprised the role in Grease 2. He also appeared as a dancer in Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, highly visible in the “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” scene with Steve Martin. Stewart was diagnosed with HIV in 1993 and died from pneumonia as a result of complications from AIDS in 1994.