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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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Born:
Feb 9, 1902 In Allene, Arkansas, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
6
First Appeared:
In the movie Dreaming Out Loud 1940-09-30
Latest Project:
Movie Lum and Abner Abroad 1956-02-04
Known For
Poster of Lum and Abner Abroad
Poster of Partners in Time
Poster of Goin' to Town
Poster of The Bashful Bachelor
Filmography
Movie Lum and Abner Abroad Lum Edwards 1956-02-04
Movie Partners in Time Lum Edwards 1946-04-04
Movie Goin' to Town Lum Edwards 1944-09-01
Movie Two Weeks to Live Lum Edwards 1943-02-26
Movie The Bashful Bachelor Lum Edwards 1942-03-19
Movie Dreaming Out Loud Lum Edwards 1940-09-30