Lewis E. Lawes | Writer, Actor, Casting Department

• Warden Lewis E. Lawes

• September 13, 1883
• Elmira, New York, USA

• April 23, 1947
• Garrison, New York, USA(cerebral hemorrhage)

Stage: Wrote (w/Jonathan Finn) "Chalked Out", produced on Broadway. Melodrama. Directed by Antoinette Perry. Morosco Theatre: 25 Mar 1937-Unknown (12 performances). Cast: Harry Bellaver (as "Smoky"), Ronald Brogan (as "Chuck"), Maurice Burke (as "Scappa"), Roger Combs (as "Tower Guard"), James Coots (as "Warden"), Blair Davies (as "Keeper Burns"), Philip Faversham (as "Slim"), Price Holmes (as "Keeper"), David Hughes (as "Patsy"), Otto Hulett (as "Carey"), John M. James (as "Andy"), Frank Jaquet (as "Pop"), Charles Jordan (as "Frank Wilson"), Frederick Kaufman (as "Jake"), Leo A. Kennedy (as "Principal Keeper (P.K.)"), Frank Lindsay (as "Officer Black"), Lex Lindsay (as "Smitty"), Frank Lovejoy (as "Fred Burke"), Stephen Maley (as "Zip"), John Marriott (as "Sam"), Katherine Meskill (credited as Katherine Meskil]; as "Madge Stone"; Broadway debut), Mabel Montgomery (as "Mrs. Stone"; final Broadway role), Robert J. Mulligan (as "Sergeant Monahan"), Marlin Poindexter (as "Johnson"), John Raby (as "Johnny Stone"), Ed Smith (as "District Attorney"), Sandy Strouse (as "Blimp"), John Taylor (as "Doctor"), Tom Tully (as "Officer Carter"), Charles Walton (as "Tom"), Harry Wilson (as "George"). Produced by Brock Pemberton.

Warden of Sing Sing Prison from 1 January 1920- 6 July 1941. Holds the distinction as being the longest serving warden at Sing Sing since it opened in 1825.