Jack Chefe

Biography

Career Overview

Jack Chefe has 146 screen credits in a career dating back to 1928. Their work spans 10 cinematic universes — most prominently East Side Kids Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include A Thrill for Thelma, The Great Flamarion, The Perfect Snob. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

146

Birth Date

1894-04-01 00:00:00

Birth Place

Kiev, Russian Empire

Known For

• 

  A Thrill for Thelma
• 

  The Great Flamarion
• 

  The Perfect Snob
• 

  That Certain Thing
• 

  His Greatest Gamble
• 

  Double Exposure

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 10 universes

• East Side Kids Collection (2 titles)
• The Mummy (1 titles)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters (1 titles)
• Ma and Pa Kettle Collection (1 titles)
• Michael Shayne Collection (1 titles)
• Dick Tracy Collection (1 titles)
• The Falcon Series (1 titles)
• Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Sam Harris (2 collaborations)
• Florence Wix (2 collaborations)
• Irene Hervey (1 collaborations)
• Robert Livingston (1 collaborations)
• Robert Warwick (1 collaborations)
• William Tannen (1 collaborations)
• Fred Graham (1 collaborations)
• Chuck Hamilton (1 collaborations)
• Poppy Wilde (1 collaborations)
• Erich von Stroheim (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (146 credits)

  • Please Don't Eat the Daisies

    Sardi's Headwaiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Seven Thieves

    Ball Dance Participant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Story on Page One

    Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Man Who Understood Women

    Waiter at Costume Party (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Last Hurrah

    Crowd Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Houseboat

    Country Club Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Bombers B-52

    Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Tarnished Angels

    Chef at Roger's Memorial Dinner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • My Man Godfrey

    Official at Scavenger Hunt (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Man of a Thousand Faces

    Extra in Bullpen (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Ten Thousand Bedrooms

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Crime of Passion

    Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Around the World in 80 Days

    Extra (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Nightmare

    Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • There's Always Tomorrow

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Guys and Dolls

    Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

    Cafe Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    - Specialty of the House (1959) ... Waiter (uncredited) actor actors

    - The Perfect Murder (1956) ... Waiter actor actors

    - Into Thin Air (1955) ... Detective actor actors
    1955
  • The Bigamist

    Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • How to Marry a Millionaire

    Waiter at Wedding (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    Proprietor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Maze

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Angel Face

    Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • A Girl in Every Port

    Hotel Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • This Woman Is Dangerous

    Croupier (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Strange Door

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Blue Veil

    Cousin (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • An American in Paris

    Audience Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Roadblock

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Sirocco

    Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Pier 23

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • I Love Lucy

    - Lucy Meets Charles Boyer (1956) ... Waiter actor actors
    1951
  • Hunt the Man Down

    Man in Visitor's Pen (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • California Passage

    Townsman / Gambler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Three Husbands

    Movie House Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • All About Eve

    Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Pretty Baby

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Bunco Squad

    Maitre D' (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Shakedown

    Shop Proprietor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • It's a Small World

    Diner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Spy Hunt

    Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • In a Lonely Place

    Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Holiday Affair

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Heiress

    French Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Once More, My Darling

    Nightclub Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Great Sinner

    Gambling Casino Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

    Barber (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Lady Gambles

    Casino Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • High Wall

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • It Had to Be You

    Paul (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Saigon

    Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Lured

    Pierre (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • My Favorite Brunette

    Henri - Head Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Big Sleep

    Croupier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Two Sisters from Boston

    Lab Assistant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice

    Headwaiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Heartbeat

    Ball Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Gilda

    Assistant Croupier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Murder Is My Business

    Headwaiter

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Dick Tracy

    Paradise Club Headwaiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • The Naughty Nineties

    Gilded Cage Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Sudan

    Mestat (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Hangover Square

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • To Have and Have Not

    Guide (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • The Great Flamarion

    Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Double Exposure

    Maitre D'

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • I Accuse My Parents

    Headwaiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Conspirators

    Immigration Officer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • That's My Baby!

    Pierre, a Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • This Is the Life

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Swing Fever

    Headwaiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Hi Diddle Diddle

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Secret Service In Darkest Africa

    French Soldier with Bomb Detector

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Background to Danger

    Elevator Operator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • All by Myself

    Jewelry Salesman

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Above Suspicion

    Paris Cloakroom Attendant (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Leopard Man

    Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Mission to Moscow

    Newspaperman in Courtroom (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Presenting Lily Mars

    Captain of Waiters

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Dixie Dugan

    Artist (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Something to Shout About

    Man in Audience

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Kid Dynamite

    Judge at Dance Contest

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Silver Queen

    Jacques (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Devil with Hitler

    Prisoner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Foreign Agent

    Supper Club Patron

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Between Us Girls

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Big Street

    Mug at Mindy's (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Flying with Music

    Club Patron

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Mad Martindales

    Barber

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • A Date with the Falcon

    Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Over My Dead Body

    Man in Montage

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Louisiana Purchase

    French Chef (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Perfect Snob

    Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Bowery Blitzkrieg

    Henchman Nick (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • They Dare Not Love

    Deck Steward

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Bitter Sweet

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Drums of the Desert

    Steward

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Spring Parade

    Josef - Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Hired Wife

    Nightclub Patron

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Private Affairs

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Girl in 313

    Extra at Fashion Show

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • I Was an Adventuress

    Frenchman at Exhibit (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Forty Little Mothers

    Lawyer

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • I Take This Woman

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • First Love

    Doug

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Flying Deuces

    Legionnaire

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

    Audience Member

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Bachelor Mother

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Second Fiddle

    Nightclub Patron

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Good Girls Go to Paris

    Louie the Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Midnight

    Stephanie's Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Three Smart Girls Grow Up

    Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Straight, Place and Show

    Dancer / Racetrack Spectator

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • I'll Give a Million

    Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Fast Company

    Maitre d' (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Fight for Your Lady

    Café Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Confession

    Man Outside Vera's Dressing Room (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

    Nightclub Patron

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

    Mme. Moro's Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Step Lively, Jeeves!

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • This Is My Affair

    Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Top of the Town

    Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • We Have Our Moments

    Croupier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Espionage

    Foreigner

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Champagne Waltz

    Concert Attendee

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Mama Steps Out

    French Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Man Of The People

    Russian Club Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • That Girl from Paris

    Wedding Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • My Man Godfrey

    Headwaiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Girl from Mandalay

    New Year's Eve Party Participant

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • A Thrill for Thelma

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Waterfront Lady

    Casino Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Bordertown

    Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Gay Divorcee

    Night Club Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • His Greatest Gamble

    Gambling Casino Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Scarlet Dawn

    Nightclub Guest (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Movie Crazy

    Party Guest (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Back Street

    Casino Onlooker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Jewel Robbery

    Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Man Wanted

    Impatient Man in Lois' Office (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Escapade

    Poet's Admirer at Party

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • One Hour with You

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Madame X

    Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Leaping Love

    Club Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • That Certain Thing

    Night Club Patron

    actor

    actors
    1928