Stanley Clements
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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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Known for
Leave It to Beaver
Perry Mason
Second Taxi Driver
Perry Mason
Floyd Walters
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Cannon
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Dr. Kildare
Mr. Riccio
Rawhide
Sgt. Willis
Rawhide
Sgt. Harper
Rawhide
Lou Paris
Daniel Boone
Timbo
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Krebs
The F.B.I.
Forrest Clegg
77 Sunset Strip
Get Smart
Mister Ed
Gunsmoke
Brad
Gunsmoke
McInnerny
Gunsmoke
Ed Jacobi
Gunsmoke
Red
Public Defender
My Mother the Car
Navy Log
Bronk
Cain's Hundred
Bellboy
Cimarron Strip
Tightrope
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Letter to Loretta
Charlie
Not for Hire
City Detective
Johnny Midnight
Romeo
Mister Roberts
General Electric Theater
Pete
Official Detective
Straightaway
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Reporter (uncredited)
The Brothers Brannagan
Chick
Ghosts on the Loose
Stash
Going My Way
Tony Scaponi (uncredited)
The More the Merrier
Morton Rodakiewicz
Cover Girl
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Young Boy (uncredited)
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Saloon Man 2
Wiretapper
Tony
Variety Girl
Stanley Clements (uncredited)
Red Light
Carlson Hotel Bellhop
Robbers' Roost
Chuck
Mr. Soft Touch
Yonzi
I Wake Up Screaming
Newsboy (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke
Johnny Cates
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Detroit Harry Morrison Jr.
Panic in the City
Albert
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Danny (uncredited)
Tammy and the Doctor
Wally Day
Hot News
Mark Miller
The Babe Ruth Story
Western Union Boy
Destination Murder
Jackie Wales
Up In Smoke
Stanislaus 'Duke' Coveleskie
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Stash
Hazard
Joe, Bellboy
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
Stash
Off Limits
Bullets Bradley
Timber Tramps
'Hallback' Jack Riley
Boots Malone
Stash Clements
Bad Boy
Bitsy Johnson
The Girl in the Case
Tuffy
Hot Shots
Duke Coveleskie
See My Lawyer
Willie
Saintly Sinners
Slim
Last of the Desperados
Bert McGuire
White Lightning
Mike Connors
Air Strike
G. H. Alexander
The Rocket Man
Bob
Looking for Danger
Stanislaus 'Duke' Coveleskie
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Fitz
Down in San Diego
Louie Schwartz
Spook Chasers
Stanislaus 'Duke' Covelesky
Army Bound
Frank Cermak
Canon City
New
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Tommy Malone
Big Town Scandal
Tommy Malone
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
Alexander Archibald 'Squirt' O'Reilly
Fighting Trouble
Duke Covelske
Mad at the World
Marty aka Ignatz
On the Sunny Side
Tom Sanders
Sniper's Ridge
Cpl. Pumphrey
Hold That Hypnotist
Duke Coveleskie
Johnny Holiday
Eddie Duggan
Racing Luck
Boots Warren
In the Money
Stanislaus 'Duke' Coveleskie
Accent on Love
Patrick Henry Lombroso
Jet Job
Joe Kovak
Pride of Maryland
Frankie Longworth