Biography
Clinton Rosemond, also credited as Crescent Clinton Rosemond, was an American singer and actor. Born on 1 November 1882 in Seneca City, South Carolina, he served in the US Army during the Spanish–American War. He later performed as a baritone with groups including the Southern Syncopated Orchestra and the Southern Trio, which toured in England and elsewhere during the 1920s.
Rosemond appeared in around 45 Hollywood films between 1930 and 1953, frequently in uncredited roles as butlers, servants or similar characters. His credited parts include Zeke in Blossoms in the Dust (1941), Brother Dickey in Maryland (1940) and the doctor in Cabin in the Sky (1943). He died on 10 March 1966 in Sawtelle, California.
