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person_profile-Chester Lauck

Chester Lauck Died at age: 78

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Chester Lauck

Date of Birth:

Feb 09, 1902

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Feb 21, 1980

Biography of

Chester Lauck

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Chester "Chet" Lauck (February 9, 1902 – February 21, 1980) was a comic actor who played the character of Lum Edwards on the classic American radio comedy Lum and Abner.

    Chester Lauck was born in Alleene, Arkansas and raised in Mena, Arkansas. He graduated from Mena High School in 1920. In Mena, Chet met his future comedy partner Norris Goff. Though both began as blackface comics, they soon found success on local station KTHS with a recurring hillbilly skit, leading to a network series, recorded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1931.

    In addition to starring as storekeeper Lum (full name Columbus Edwards, with surname usually pronounced "Eddards"), Lauck also played several other recurring characters, including Cedric Weehunt, Grandpappy Spears, and Snake Hogan. He reprised his radio role, opposite Goff, in seven motion pictures between 1940 and 1956. Lauck adopted grey hair and a moustache on-camera, to better match the picture most audiences would have of his radio character.

    In his later years, Lauck recorded new introductions for commercial cassette releases of the series and for syndication. For a brief time during the 1950s he bought and upgraded a ranch fifteen miles west of Las Vegas, later bought by Howard Hughes. It was turned into Spring Mountain Ranch State Park.

    On August 27, 1957, he appeared as a guest challenger on To Tell the Truth.

    He died on February 21, 1980, aged 78, and was buried in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Chester Lauck is a member of the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame.

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Chester Lauck

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Filmography of

Chester Lauck

Found 7 Movies in total

Lum and Abner Abroad

Lum Edwards ( Actor )

... 1956

Partners in Time

Lum Edwards ( Actor )

... 1946

Goin' to Town

Lum Edwards ( Actor )

... 1944

So This Is Washington

Lum Edwards ( Actor )

... 1943

Two Weeks to Live

Lum Edwards ( Actor )

... 1943

The Bashful Bachelor

Lum Edwards ( Actor )

Story

... 1942

Dreaming Out Loud

Lum Edwards ( Actor )

... 1940