Stocker Fontelieu Biography

Fast Facts

• Was honored with a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for his military service
• Attended the New Orleans Academy and Tulane University
• During World War II, he served in the Army and participated in the landing at Okinawa in 1945
• Served as executive director of Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre for 24 years
• Was a well-known member of the New Orleans theater community, having acted in and directed plays in many local theaters over a 50 year career
• Was profiled by Michael Cahill in the 2007 book "Just Who Is Stocker Fontelieu Anyway?"
• Playwright Tennessee Williams once paid a surprise visit to one of Fontelieu's rehearsals of "A Streetcar Named Desire․"