Stanley Clements
Actor, Film actor
1926 – 1981
Who was Stanley Clements?
Stanley Clements 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. 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.
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- Born
- Jul 16, 1926
Long Island - Also known as
- Stanislaw Klimowicz
- Stash
- Spouses
- Gloria Grahame
(1945/08/29 - 1948/06/01) - Maria Walek
(1951/12/17 - 1974)
- Gloria Grahame
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Oct 16, 1981
Pasadena - Resting place
- Riverside National Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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