Al Kikume

{{short description|American actor and musician}}

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| name = Al Kikume

| image = Al Kikume.jpg

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| caption = Kikume in Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, 1952

| birthname = Elmer Kikumi Gozier

| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|10|9}}

| birth_place = Kauai County, Hawaii, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|3|27|1894|10|9}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| othername = Elmer Kikume

| occupation = Actor, stuntman, musician, bandleader

| yearsactive = 1933–1954

| spouse = Virgil Edna Smith
(m. circa 1911;"California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPH5-YTJN : Sat Mar 09 10:22:34 UTC 2024), Entry for Bernard Kikume Gozier and Albert Kikume Gozier, 21 January 1912 died 1925{{Citation needed |date=October 2024}})

| children = Bernard Kikume Gozier
(aka Bernie Gozier)[https://www.newspapers.com/image/762274006/?clipping_id=159534945 "Alaska Is Cold, But Music Is Hot"]. The Cincinnati Post. September 11, 1943. p. 9.

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Al Kikume (born Elmer Kikumi Gozier;"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4D7-DXF : Sat Feb 24 02:27:30 UTC 2024), Entry for Elmer Kikumi Gozier, 1942. October 9, 1894 – March 27, 1972) was an American actor, musician, and bandleader of Hawaiian descent. He was a frequently featured musical performer—on radio,[https://www.newspapers.com/image/1087357270/?clipping_id=159472607 "Radio Programs: Al Kikume – Hawaiian Orchestra"]. Oregon Journal. September 25, 1924. p. 25. Retrieved November 22, 2024.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/94029574/?clipping_id=159472236 "Hawaiian Players With Kline Known Well by Radio Fans"]. The Roeburg News-Review. May 19, 1925. p. 3. Retrieved November 22, 2024. preceding silent film screenings,[https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald/159475144/ "On Calgary's Silent Stages: Queen's Hawaiians at Capitol Theatre All Next Week; 'Cold Steel' Is Booked for the Capitol Theatre"]. Calgary Herald. August 13, 1921 p. 12. Retrieved November 22, 2024. See also:

• [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kamloops-telegram/159474806/ "Empress Theatre"]. The Kamloops Telegram. June 21, 1921. p. 4.
• [https://www.newspapers.com/image/637211052/?clipping_id=159471715 "The Strand"]. The Provo Post. March 24, 1922. p. 6.
• [https://www.newspapers.com/image/96035882/?clipping_id=159472499 "Tonight, Grand: Two Shows"]. The Bend Bulletin. September 29, 1923. p. 5.
• [https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-gate-daily-press-tribune/159491879/ "Double Bill on Sunday at the Garden"]. South Bend Daily Press-Tribune. April 4, 1930. p. 5. and at miscellaneous live events[https://www.newspapers.com/article/albany-democrat-herald/159472332/ "Entertain Clubmen"] Albany Democrat-Herald. June 11, 1925. p. 2. Retrieved November 22, 2024.—during the 1920s and early thirties, as well as a familiar face among supporting actors in Hollywood jungle movies during the thirties, forties and fifties.