1926-07-16 ( 98 years old ) in Long Island, New York, USA
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Stanley Clements (July 16, 1926 – 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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Movies
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978-07-05
Timber Tramps
1975-12-31
Panic in the City
1968-10-01
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963-11-07
Tammy and the Doctor
1963-05-29
Saintly Sinners
1962-02-01
Sniper's Ridge
1961-02-01
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958-12-01
In the Money
1958-02-16
Up In Smoke
1957-12-22
Looking for Danger
1957-10-06
Spook Chasers
1957-06-02
Hold That Hypnotist
1957-02-24
Hot Shots
1956-12-23
Fighting Trouble
1956-09-16
Last of the Desperados
1955-10-31
Wiretapper
1955-08-10
Robbers' Roost
1955-05-30
Mad at the World
1955-05-13
Air Strike
1955-05-06
The Rocket Man
1954-04-01
Hot News
1953-10-11
White Lightning
1953-03-08
Off Limits
1952-12-30
Army Bound
1952-10-05
Jet Job
1952-04-06
Boots Malone
1952-01-11
Pride of Maryland
1951-01-20
Destination Murder
1950-06-09
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
1950-04-27
Johnny Holiday
1949-11-18
Red Light
1949-09-30
Mr. Soft Touch
1949-07-28
Bad Boy
1949-02-22
Racing Luck
1948-11-18
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1948-09-19
The Babe Ruth Story
1948-09-16
Canon City
1948-06-30
Hazard
1948-05-28
Big Town Scandal
1948-05-27
Variety Girl
1947-08-29
Salty O'Rourke
1945-03-22
See My Lawyer
1945-03-09
The Girl in the Case
1944-04-20
Cover Girl
1944-03-22
Going My Way
1944-01-01
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
1943-10-22
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943-10-01
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943-09-25
Ghosts on the Loose
1943-07-30
The More the Merrier
1943-05-13
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942-11-20
On the Sunny Side
1942-02-13
I Wake Up Screaming
1941-10-31
Down in San Diego
1941-08-01
Accent on Love
1941-07-11
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941-01-24
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