From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 showbusiness 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 ORourke His career was interrupted by military service in World War II and when he returned he began appearing in lowerbudgeted films including Johnny Holiday cast against type as a psychopath He starred in a series of actiondetective 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 Halls sidekick beginning with Fighting Trouble and costarred 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 Pringles potato chips Stanley Clements died of emphysema in Pasadena California and is buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside California Description above from the Wikipedia article Stanley Clementslicensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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