---
name: "Steve Clemente"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-clemente"
fi1m_id: "steve-clemente"
imdb_id: "nm0166170"
tmdb_id: 3261
wikidata_id: "Q3973321"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 November 1885"
died: "7 May 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:14:05.701313+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Steve Clemente

## Identity

Steve Clemente

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-clemente
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-clemente
- **IMDb ID:** nm0166170
- **TMDB ID:** 3261
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3973321
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3973321, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166170/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3261

Actor. Born 22 November 1885 in Tonichi, Mexico. Died 7 May 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 November 1885, Tonichi, Mexico
- **Died:** 7 May 1950
- **Also known as:** Steve Clemento Morro, Esteban Clemento Morro
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3973321, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166170/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3261

## Biography

Steve Clemente, also credited as Steve Clemento or Esteban Clemento Morro, was a Mexican-American actor. He appeared in numerous films from the silent era through the early 1940s, often in villainous or supporting roles, and was noted for his skills as a knife thrower and stunt performer.

Born in Tonichi, Mexico, Clemente began his screen career in 1917 with *The Secret Man*. He moved to Hollywood in the early 1920s after demonstrating his knife-throwing ability. Among his credited roles were Tartar in *The Most Dangerous Game* (1932) and the Skull Island Witch Doctor in *King Kong* (1933); he also appeared uncredited in the sequel *The Son of Kong* (1933) and in *Stagecoach* (1939).

Clemente retired from acting after *Perils of Nyoka* (1942). He died in Los Angeles in 1950.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *King Kong* (1933), Fi1m 88, as Skull Island Witch Doctor — [page](https://film.one/film/king-kong.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Stagecoach* (1939), Fi1m 84, as Bit (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/stagecoach.md)

## Also known for

- *The Most Dangerous Game* (1932), Tartar
- *The Son of Kong* (1933), Native Witch King (uncredited)
- *The Mask of Fu Manchu* (1932), Knife Thrower (uncredited)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/steve-clemente