Stuart N. Lake

Quality 0.50 · 2 views · Updated 2 months ago

American writer and wrestling promoter

title: "Stuart N. Lake" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1889-births", "1964-deaths", "20th-century-american-biographers", "people-from-rome,-new-york", "american-military-personnel-of-world-war-i", "writers-from-los-angeles", "american-male-non-fiction-writers", "historians-from-new-york-(state)", "cornell-university-alumni", "20th-century-american-male-writers"] description: "American writer and wrestling promoter" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_N._Lake" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American writer and wrestling promoter ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox person"]

FieldValue
nameStuart Nathaniel Lake
occupationAuthor: Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal
birth_date
birth_placeRome, New York, U.S.
death_date
death_placeSan Diego, California, U.S.
::

| name = Stuart Nathaniel Lake | image = | imagesize = | caption = | occupation = Author: Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal | yearsactive = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Rome, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = San Diego, California, U.S. | resting_place = | spouse = | parents = | children = | alma_mater = | footnotes =

Stuart Nathaniel Lake (September 23, 1889 in Rome, New York – January 27, 1964 in San Diego, California) was an American writer, professional wrestling promoter, and press aide who focused on the American Old West.

Professional career

Lake was a professional wrestling promoter and a press aide to Theodore Roosevelt during the Bull Moose presidential campaign in 1912. During World War I, he was run over by a truck.

Works about Wyatt Earp

His 1931 biography of Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, was a best seller and was adapted for several films, including Frontier Marshal, a 1939 production starring Randolph Scott, and John Ford's My Darling Clementine. His work also inspired the 1955-1961 ABC television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O'Brian in the title role. The biography was later found to be highly fictional. Lake was the first writer to describe Earp's use of the Colt Buntline. Later researchers have been unable to establish that Earp ever owned such a weapon.

Other films

Lake also wrote for other motion pictures, including The Westerner, starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan; Powder River with Rory Calhoun; and Winchester '73 starring James Stewart.

Bibliography

Filmography

Lake wrote scripts for the following shows.

References

References

  1. "Josephine Earp, Wyatt Earp's Jewish Widow, Admits Her Destitution to Earp's Biographer". Shapell Manuscript Collection.
  2. "My Darling Clementine (1946)".
  3. (11 May 1957). "Wyatt Earp Just Wasn't A Cowboy". Desert Sun.
  4. Goodman, Michael. (July 30, 2005). "Wyatt Earp". The Creative Company.
  5. "Wyatt Earp". History.com.
  6. Shillingberg, William B.. (Summer 1976). "Wyatt Earp and the Buntline Special Myth". Kansas Historical Quarterly.
  7. {{IMDb title. 0033253. The Westerner
  8. {{IMDb name. 0482193. Stuart N. Lake

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::

1889-births1964-deaths20th-century-american-biographerspeople-from-rome,-new-yorkamerican-military-personnel-of-world-war-iwriters-from-los-angelesamerican-male-non-fiction-writershistorians-from-new-york-(state)cornell-university-alumni20th-century-american-male-writers