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Stanley Clements (July 16, 1926 β October 16, 1981) was an American actor and comedian.
Stanley Clements was born Stanislaw Klimowicz in Long Island, New York. Young Stan realized that he wanted a show-business career while he was in grammar school, and when he graduated from college he toured in vaudeville for two years. He then joined the touring company of the Major Bowes Amateur Hour. In 1941, he was signed to a contract by 20th Century Fox and appeared in several B films for the studio.
After a short stint with the East Side Kids, he set out on his own again, this time landing roles in more prestigious pictures. He was featured in the Bing Crosby hit Going My Way, and scored a great success as a jockey in the Alan Ladd feature Salty O'Rourke. His career was interrupted by military service in World War II, and when he returned, he began appearing in lower-budgeted films, including Johnny Holiday (cast against type as a psychopath). He starred in a series of action/detective pictures at Allied Artists for producer Ben Schwalb and director Edward Bernds.
Schwalb soon became staff producer for The Bowery Boys, and when he needed a replacement for Leo Gorcey in 1956, he asked Clements to step in. Clements comfortably settled into the role of Huntz Hall's sidekick, beginning with Fighting Trouble, and co-starred in the final seven Bowery Boys comedies.
The series finally ended in 1958, and Clements went on to a steady career of supporting roles in film and TV until his death from emphysema in 1981. One of his last jobs was an appearance in a nationally advertised commercial for Pringle's potato chips.
Stanley Clements died of emphysema in Pasadena, California, and is buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.
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Filmography
all 88
Movies 57
TV Shows 31
Writer 1
self 1
Hot Lead & Cold Feet (1978)
Timber Tramps (1975)
Bronk (1975)
Cannon (1971)
Panic in the City (1968)
Cimarron Strip (1967)
The F.B.I. (1965)
Get Smart (1965)
Mister Roberts (1965)
My Mother the Car (1965)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
Daniel Boone (1964)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
Saintly Sinners (1962)
Straightaway (1961)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
Devil's Partner (1961)
Cain's Hundred (1961)
Sniper's Ridge (1961)
Mister Ed (1961)
Johnny Midnight (1960)
Not for Hire (1959)
Tightrope (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
In the Money (1958)
Up In Smoke (1957)
Looking for Danger (1957)
Leave It to Beaver (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
Spook Chasers (1957)
Hold That Hypnotist (1957)
Official Detective (1957)
Hot Shots (1956)
Fighting Trouble (1956)
Last of the Desperados (1955)
Navy Log (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
Wiretapper (1955)
Robbers' Roost (1955)
Mad at the World (1955)
Air Strike (1955)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)
The Rocket Man (1954)
Public Defender (1954)
Hot News (1953)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
City Detective (1953)
White Lightning (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Off Limits (1952)
Army Bound (1952)
Jet Job (1952)
Boots Malone (1952)
Pride of Maryland (1951)
Treasury Men in Action (1950)
Destination Murder (1950)
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang (1950)
Johnny Holiday (1949)
Red Light (1949)
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
Bad Boy (1949)
Racing Luck (1948)
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)
The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
Canon City (1948)
Hazard (1948)
Big Town Scandal (1948)
Variety Girl (1947)
Salty O'Rourke (1945)
See My Lawyer (1945)
Going My Way (1944)
The Girl in the Case (1944)
Cover Girl (1944)
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)
On the Sunny Side (1942)
Right to the Heart (1942)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Down in San Diego (1941)
Accent on Love (1941)
Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1926-07-16
Deathday1981-10-16 (55 years old)
Birth PlaceLong Island, United States of America
RelationshipsGloria Grahame (1945-08-29 - 1948-06-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsStanislaw Klimowicz
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