Stuart Ullman is a recurring character in the film, The Shining and the novel of the same name. He is the manager of the Overlook Hotel who appears at the beginning in which he hires Jack Torrance as the hotel caretaker.
He was portrayed by the late Barry Nelson.
Biography[]
When Jack Torrance arrives at the Overlook Hotel to interview for the open position of winter caretaker, Stuart tells him the hotel itself is built on the site of an Indian burial ground and becomes completely snowbound during the long winters. He then warns Jack about the isolation and the incident that happened in the hotel with the Grady family, to which Jack brushes off.
On Closing Day, Stuart and Bill Watson give Jack and Wendy a tour of the hotel and take them to their quarters. They meet Dick Hallorann in the Gold Ballroom and Stuart's secretary gives Danny back to his parents after finding him outside the hotel. Stuart and Bill continue on with the tour with Jack, while Dick gives Wendy and Danny a tour of the kitchen. After the tour of the kitchen commences, he, Jack and Bill meet Wendy, Danny and Dick in the kitchen and asks to borrow Wendy to take her to the basement. Dick takes Danny to get some ice cream and the tour commences. Wendy tells Stuart that she is amazed by the amount of activity on a closing day. Stuart says that some of the staff and guests left the day before, but the last day is always hectic and that soon enough, the Torrances will hardly believe anyone was ever in the hotel. He is not seen again after this.
Deleted scene[]
In a lost deleted scene, Stuart visits Danny and Wendy in the hospital after the events of the film and informs them that the clean up crew never found Jack's body in the hedge maze. Before leaving, Ullman gives Danny the same ball that rolled over to him from Room 237, hinting that Stuart was also a ghost.