Biography
A mustachioed supporting player from Russia, Jack Chefe (sometimes credited as Chefé) played exactly what he looked and sounded like: headwaiters. That was also his occupation when not appearing in films, of which he did literally hundreds between 1932 and 1959, serving such stars as
Carole Lombard (
My Man Godfrey, 1936),
Jeanette MacDonald (
Bitter Sweet, 1940),
Bob Hope (
My Favorite Brunette, 1947), and even
Dick Tracy (in the 1945 RKO feature film). Once in a while, Chefe managed to escape typecasting, playing one of the legionnaires in Laurel and Hardy's
Flying Deuces (1939) and a croupier in
The Big Sleep (1946). ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide