Chet Brandenburg

born: 15 October 1897 Lee County, Kentucky, United States of America

died: 17 July 1974 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America (age 76)

American actor with distinctive jaw, and occasional assistant director; the brother of Ed Brandenburg. Some sources incorrectly list his birth place as Peoria, Illinois, USA.

Real name: James Chester Brandenburg Height: 5'8"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography; plus all films with Laurel & Hardy.

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1922 Stage Struck Actor (solider) 1922 Stand Pat Snoop 1922 Touch All The Bases Man in line 1922 One Terrible Day Cook 1922 365 Days Relative 1922 Young Sherlocks Kidnapper   1923 California Or Bust! Posse 1923 Winner Take All Onlooker 1923 Collars And Cuffs Policeman 1923 Frozen Hearts Soldier 1923 The Whole Truth Courtroom spectator 1923 Dear Ol' Pal Crowd 1923 The Soilers Stan Laurel's double 1924 Big Moments From Little Pictures Crowd extra (Blood And Sand segment) 1924 One At A Time Second opponent 1924 Don't Park There! Motorist 1924 A Ten-Minute Egg Pool hall crowd 1924 Smithy Man in employment line/ Marching soldier 1924 Powder And Smoke! Deputy 1924 April Fool Office worker 1924 Going To Congress Train passenger 1924 Young Oldfield Jimmy's co-driver 1924 Wide Open Spaces Gang member 1924 Our Congressman Dinner party butler 1925 Wages Of Tin Truck driver 1925 Looking For Sally Man in front row 1925 Sure-Mike! Pedestrian 1925 Official Officers Construction worker 1925 The Bouncer Guy carrying bouncer out/ Dance hall patron/ Kelly's corner man 1925 Madame Sans Jane Taxi driver 1925 Your Own Back Yard Policeman 1925 Should Sailors Marry? Fight spectator 1925 Whistling Lions Ostrich keeper 1925 Laughing Ladies Rollercoaster passenger 1925 One Wild Ride Sprinter   1926 Good Cheer Store window assistant/ Crooked Santa   1926 What's The World Coming To Wedding guest 1926 Baby Clothes Bellhop   1926 The Merry Widower Stunt double for James Finlayson 1926 The Fourth Alarm! Fireman   1926 War Feathers Rancher at the Whistling Clam   1926 There Ain't No Santa Claus Pedestrian with turkey 1926 45 Minutes From Hollywood Hotel guest/ Cameraman in animated movie sequence 1927 Many Scrappy Returns Cab driver 1927 Are Brunettes Safe? Oakdale busboy 1927 Seeing The World Window washer 1927 A One Mama Man Sailor with triangle 1927 Duck Soup Train passenger 1927 Jewish Prudence Truck salesman 1927 Eve's Love Letters Cab driver 1927 Love 'Em And Weep Waiter 1927 Fluttering Hearts Waiter 1927 Baby Brother Shoeshine worker 1927 Why Girls Love Sailors Cab driver 1927 With Love And Hisses Soldiering rookie 1927 The Sting Of Stings Balancing act 1927 Sailors, Beware! Cab driver 1927 The Lighter That Failed Gas station attendant 1927 The Second 100 Years Cyril, painter 1927 Hats Off Pedestrian #1 1927 Us Man on bench 1927 Putting Pants On Philip Streetcar conductor 1927 Dog Heaven Young lover on park bench 1927 Flaming Fathers Checkroom attendant 1928 Playin' Hookey Movie Cop 1928 Pass The Gravy Ambulance man 1928 Dumb Daddies Delivery man with crate 1928 You're Darn Tootin' Manhole worker/Street combatant/Pedestrian 1928 Their Purple Moment Waiter 1928 Crazy House Workman 1928 Should Married Men Go Home? Caddie   1928 Two Tars Motorist   1928 Feed 'Em And Weep Diner 1929 Going Ga-Ga Pedstrian/Stunts 1929 Election Day Man who slips on banana peel/ Gangster 1929 Dad's Day Man 1929 Cat, Dog & Co. Cabbie 1929 Liberty Cab driver 1929 Double Whoopee Bellboy 1929 Railroadin' Brakeman 1929 The Hoose-Gow Prisoner   1930 The Head Guy Theatre troupe 1930 The Real McCoy Townsman 1930 Blotto Phone booth gawker 1930 La Vida Nocturna  Phonebooth gawker 1930 The Fighting Parson Townsman 1930 Brats Stan's stunt double 1930 When The Wind Blows Flustered man   1930 Las Fantasmas  Flustered man 1930 Below Zero Stan Laurel's stand-in 1930 Tiembla y Titubea  Stan Laurel's stand-in 1930 The Shrimp Harry Langdon's stunt double 1930 Pups Is Pups [unidentified character]   1931 Be Big! Cab driver 1931 Los Calaveras  Cab driver 1931 Les Carottiers  Cab driver 1931 The Pip From Pittsburg Nightclub patron 1931 One Of The Smiths Train passenger/ Dancer 1931 The Kick Off! Game official 1932 County Hospital Driving stunt 1932 Pack Up Your Troubles Bystander 1933 Sons Of The Desert Son of the Desert   1934 I'll Take Vanilla Cop 1935 Poker At Eight Waiter 1935 Thicker Than Water Bank teller 1936 The Pinch Singer Audience extra   1936 An All-American Toothache Dentist's assistant 1938 Swiss Miss Townsman 1938 Block-Heads Pedestrian 1939 Zenobia Townsman 1943 Calaboose Townsman who dives into manhole 1943 Fall In Spy 1943 Prairie Chickens Townsman   1943 Nazty Nuisance Seaman ▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS 1941 Great Guns Mess hall draftee 1943 Air Raid Wardens Townsman at meeting 1943 Jitterbugs Carnival worker/ Nightclub patron 1943 The Dancing Masters Bus passenger Acknowledgements: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-26180-31274-68?cc=1968530 Jesse Brisson (help and information; identification in A Ten-Minute Egg, Smithy, California Or Bust!, Powder And Smoke!, Young Oldfield, The Shrimp, County Hospital, Blotto, One Of The Smiths, What's The World Coming To, Wages Of Tin, Jitterbugs, The Dancing Masters, Big Moments From Little Pictures, Dumb Daddies, The Soilers, The Second 100 Years, Collars And Cuffs, Sure-Mike, Poker At Eight, Below Zero, Tiembla y Titubea, The Real McCoy, Why Girls Love Sailors, The Merry Widower, Zenobia, One At A Time, Stage Struck) Brent Seguine (identification in An All-American Toothache) Robin Vook (identification in Duck Soup) Jim Clewer (help and assistance) This page was last updated on: 12 February 2025