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Steve Clemente is a Actor and Stunts Mexicain born on 22 november 1885 at Mexico City (Mexique)

Steve Clemente

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Birth name Esteban Clemento Morro
Nationality Mexique
Birth 22 november 1885 at Mexico City (Mexique)
Death 7 may 1950 (at 64 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Steve Clemente (born Esteban Clemento Morro November 22, 1885 – May 7, 1950) was a Mexican actor known for his many villainous roles. He began acting in his teens, signing up for his first movie, The Secret Man, in 1917. His later roles were usually bit parts.

In 1922, he came to Hollywood to put on a knife demonstration for a disbelieving director. He was trusted to throw knives in movies that had to land an inch or two away from a celebrity. He always got right on target, and developed a good reputation for stunts. He was a known scene stealer and was famous for his villainous snarl. He later starred in such movies as The Most Dangerous Game (1932), playing Tartar, the second henchman of Count Zarrof and played the Witch King in King Kong (1933) and its sequel Son of Kong (1933).

After his last movie, Perils of Nyoka, he retired from the acting scene. On May 7, 1950, he died from a cerebral hemorrhage.

Biography

Installé aux États-Unis, il y débute au cinéma dans le western L'Inconnu de John Ford (avec Harry Carey), sorti en 1917. Il participe à trois autres westerns muets du même réalisateur, La Tache de sang (1918, avec Harry Carey et Molly Malone), Du sang dans la prairie (1918, avec Harry Carey et Duke R. Lee), et Sure Fire (1921, avec Hoot Gibson et Molly Malone).

Parmi ses autres films muets, citons le western-serial Thunderbolt Jack de Francis Ford et Murdock MacQuarrie (1920, avec Jack Hoxie et Marin Sais), Fast and Fearless de Richard Thorpe (1924, avec Jay Wilsey et Jean Arthur) et La Tentatrice de Fred Niblo (1926, avec Greta Garbo et Antonio Moreno).

Après le passage au parlant, Steve Clemente personnifie le Tartare dans Les Chasses du comte Zaroff d'Ernest B. Schoedsack et Irving Pichel (1932, avec Joel McCrea, Fay Wray et Leslie Banks). Puis il tient un de ses rôles les mieux connus, celui du sorcier guérisseur de Skull Island, dans King Kong de Merian C. Cooper et Ernest B. Schoedsack (avec Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong et Bruce Cabot), et dans la suite Le Fils de Kong d'Ernest B. Schoedsack (avec Robert Armstrong et Helen Mack), tous deux sortis en 1933.

Au nombre de ses autres films parlants — souvent dans des petits rôles non crédités —, mentionnons Viva Villa ! de Jack Conway (1934, avec Wallace Beery dans le rôle-titre) et Les Marx au grand magasin de Charles Reisner (1941, avec les Marx Brothers). Le dernier de sa soixantaine de films américains, dans un rôle mineur qu'il tient souvent de lanceur de couteaux, est Les bourreaux meurent aussi de Fritz Lang (1943, avec Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan et Anna Lee).

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Filmography of Steve Clemente (29 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
1943Hangmen Also Die!Actor
1941Adventures of Captain MarvelActor
1941The Big StoreActor
1940Mad YouthActorKnife-Thrower in Club Act
1939StagecoachActorBit (uncredited)
1938The Cowboy and the LadyActorKnife Thrower (uncredited)
1938Arrest Bulldog DrummondActorNative Buying Rifle
1937Hills of Old WyomingActorLone Eagle
1937It Happened Out WestActorPedro
1937Land Beyond the LawActorIndian (uncredited)
1936Under Two FlagsActor
1936The Vigilantes Are ComingActorPedro, Burr's Spanish Henchman [Chs. 1-6]
1934The Murder in the MuseumActorPedro Darro
1934Viva Villa!Actor
1933King KongActorSkull Island Witch Doctor
1933The Son of KongActorNative Witch King (uncredited)
1932The Most Dangerous GameActorTartar
1932The Mask of Fu ManchuActorKnife Thrower (uncredited)
1930The Big TrailStunts
1930Wings of AdventureActorBandit
1926With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the AlamoActorMose
1926The TemptressActor
1924Fast and FearlessActorGonzales
1923The Forbidden TrailActorUncle Mose
1921Sure FireActorGomez (as Steve Clements)
1920Thunderbolt JackActorManuel Garcia (as Steve Clemento)
1918Hell BentActorUndetermined Role
1918The Scarlet DropActorBuck
1917The Secret ManActorPedro