Chester Clute
Acting • Born 1891-02-18 – Died 1956-04-02
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chester Clute (February 18, 1891 – April 2, 1956) was an American actor familiar in scores of Hollywood films from his debut in 1930. Diminutive, bald-pated with a bristling moustache, he appeared in mostly unbilled roles, consisting usually of one or two lines, in nearly 250 films. He died of a heart attack aged 65. Born Chester Lamont Clute in Orange, New Jersey. He died in Woodland Hills, California and is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
Filmography
180 credits
Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie • 1944
Dr. Gilchrist
Manpower
Movie • 1941
Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Movie • 1942
Goff
Here Comes Elmer
Movie • 1943
Postelwaite
One Exciting Week
Movie • 1946
Mayor Clarence Teeple
True Confession
Movie • 1937
Juror (uncredited)
Nothing But Trouble
Movie • 1944
Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)
Kill the Umpire
Movie • 1950
Man Using Telephone (uncredited)
All Through the Night
Movie • 1942
Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc.
Movie • 1942
Mr. Buchanan
The Town Went Wild
Movie • 1944
Mr. Kurtz
To Each His Own
Movie • 1946
Clarence Ingham
The Clock
Movie • 1945
Michael Henry
Just Off Broadway
Movie • 1942
Sperty, Juror-Roommate
Train to Alcatraz
Movie • 1948
Conductor Yelvington
Change of Heart
Movie • 1938
Tom Jones
Plane Crazy
Movie • 1933
Shy Husband
Colorado Sundown
Movie • 1952
Lawyer Davis
Guest Wife
Movie • 1945
Urban Nichols
A Tragedy at Midnight
Movie • 1942
Pierre (uncredited)
Walking the Baby
Movie • 1933
Niagara Falls
Movie • 1941
Potter
He Couldn't Say No
Movie • 1938
Musgrave
Love Thy Neighbor
Movie • 1940
Judge
She Couldn't Say No
Movie • 1940
Ezra Pine
Mr. Chump
Movie • 1938
Ed Mason
Swing Fever
Movie • 1943
Milbane
Lucky Losers
Movie • 1950
Conventioneer
Rationing
Movie • 1944
Senator's Receptionist
The Door Knocker
Movie • 1931
Clerk
The Wrong Road
Movie • 1937
Dan O'Fearna
The Desperadoes
Movie • 1943
Rollo
Navy Blues
Movie • 1937
Uncle Andrew
Easy Come, Easy Go
Movie • 1947
Waiter
Go Chase Yourself
Movie • 1938
Pushy Little Man in Bank (uncredited)
Artists and Models Abroad
Movie • 1938
Simpson
Comet Over Broadway
Movie • 1938
Willis
Service de Luxe
Movie • 1938
Bridegroom
Spook Busters
Movie • 1946
Brown
Anchors Aweigh
Movie • 1945
Iturbi's Assistant
She Went to the Races
Movie • 1945
Wallace Mason
Kentucky Jubilee
Movie • 1951
Horace Tilbury
Annabel Takes a Tour
Movie • 1938
Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager
Millionaires in Prison
Movie • 1940
Sidney Keats
Stop That Cab
Movie • 1951
Lucy's Father
Television Spy
Movie • 1939
Harry Payne
Three Hearts for Julia
Movie • 1943
Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)
A Little Bit of Heaven
Movie • 1940
Mr. Dixon
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Movie • 1940
Johnson
Living on Love
Movie • 1937
Jessup
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
Movie • 1938
Henry Barber (uncredited)
Youth Takes a Fling
Movie • 1938
Salesman
Live, Love and Learn
Movie • 1937
Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
Movie • 1938
Pants Salesman (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance
Movie • 1937
Alvin Gussett
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Movie • 1938
Department Store Manager (uncredited)
Exclusive
Movie • 1937
Garner
Cinderella Jones
Movie • 1946
Krencher
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
Movie • 1944
Mr. Pollup
Dodge City
Movie • 1939
Coggins (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven
Movie • 1939
Phil (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
Movie • 1939
Oliver (uncredited)
The Spellbinder
Movie • 1939
Dr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited)
Miracles for Sale
Movie • 1939
Waiter with Sugar
Dancing Co-Ed
Movie • 1939
Braddock
Dust Be My Destiny
Movie • 1939
Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
Movie • 1938
Reporter (uncredited)
In the Good Old Summertime
Movie • 1949
Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Movie • 1940
Pompous Man
Lady on a Train
Movie • 1945
Train Conductor (uncredited)
A Likely Story
Movie • 1947
Doctor Brown (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Movie • 1938
Hammond (uncredited)
3 Men in White
Movie • 1944
Mr. Burns (uncredited)
Arson Squad
Movie • 1945
Sam Purdy
Mildred Pierce
Movie • 1945
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Remember the Night
Movie • 1940
Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
Blondie on a Budget
Movie • 1940
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Mary Ryan, Detective
Movie • 1949
Chester Wiggin
Hold Back the Dawn
Movie • 1941
Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)
Dangerous Partners
Movie • 1945
The Diner (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire
Movie • 1942
Rooming House Manager
Scattergood Meets Broadway
Movie • 1941
Quentin Van Deusen
The West Side Kid
Movie • 1943
Gwylim
Sagebrush Law
Movie • 1943
Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)
The Forest Rangers
Movie • 1942
Judge (uncredited)
Rascals
Movie • 1938
Mr. Roger Adams
Sun Valley Serenade
Movie • 1941
Process Server
Hired Wife
Movie • 1940
Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace
Sing, You Sinners
Movie • 1938
Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
Dance, Girl, Dance
Movie • 1940
Bailey #2
Scared Stiff
Movie • 1953
Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)
Turnabout
Movie • 1940
Briggs (uncredited)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Movie • 1940
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
My Favorite Wife
Movie • 1940
Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Too Many Girls
Movie • 1940
Lister
Master Minds
Movie • 1949
Mike Barton
San Diego I Love You
Movie • 1944
Percy Caldwell
This Thing Called Love
Movie • 1940
Wildcat Bus
Movie • 1940
Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Movie • 1948
Fred Marlow
Laugh It Off
Movie • 1939
Eliot Rigby
Two O'Clock Courage
Movie • 1945
Mr. Daniels (uncredited)
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Movie • 1946
Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)
What a Woman
Movie • 1943
Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)
Suddenly It's Spring
Movie • 1947
Workman (uncredited)
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Movie • 1946
Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)
Someone to Remember
Movie • 1943
Mr. Roseby
The Perils of Pauline
Movie • 1947
Willie Millick (uncredited)
George Washington Slept Here
Movie • 1942
Apartment Hunter (uncredited)
Earl Carroll Vanities
Movie • 1945
Mr. Weems
Crime Doctor
Movie • 1943
Headwaiter
Three Girls About Town
Movie • 1941
Frank - Magician
The Fleet's In
Movie • 1942
Justice of the Peace
Singin' Spurs
Movie • 1948
Mr. Totter
Valley of the Sun
Movie • 1942
Wilber (uncredited)
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Movie • 1944
Mr. Collins
The Spoilers
Movie • 1942
Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)
Square Dance Jubilee
Movie • 1949
Yes-Man
The Falcon in Hollywood
Movie • 1944
Apartment Manager (uncredited)
On Our Merry Way
Movie • 1948
Bank Teller (uncredited)
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Movie • 1942
Adolphe Bietjelboer
Chatterbox
Movie • 1943
Wilfred Peckinpaugh
Big Town Girl
Movie • 1937
Assistant Hotel Manager
New York Town
Movie • 1941
Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)
Mary Lou
Movie • 1948
Cheever Chesney
The Remarkable Andrew
Movie • 1942
Sam Marbery
Get Hep to Love
Movie • 1942
Mr. Tolly
Inside Job
Movie • 1946
Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show
Unfinished Business
Movie • 1941
Mr. Beck
My Favorite Spy
Movie • 1942
Higgenbotham
Ringside
Movie • 1949
Timid Man
Public Deb No. 1
Movie • 1940
Car Payment Man
False Faces
Movie • 1943
Apartment Manager
Web of Danger
Movie • 1947
Cornflake Eater
The More the Merrier
Movie • 1943
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
All That I Have
Movie • 1951
Juror Meek
She Knew All the Answers
Movie • 1941
Butter and Egg Man
So's Your Uncle
Movie • 1943
Dinwiddle
She Gets Her Man
Movie • 1945
Charlie., in Play
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Movie • 1947
Phillips (uncredited)
Wedding Worries
Movie • 1941
Judge Martin (uncredited)
Too Busy to Work
Movie • 1939
Springer
Du Barry Was a Lady
Movie • 1943
Dr. Pullit (uncredited)
Crazy House
Movie • 1943
Fud
No Place for a Lady
Movie • 1943
'Yvonne', dress designer
Princess O'Rourke
Movie • 1943
Mr. Mookle (uncredited)
On an Island with You
Movie • 1948
Hard to Get
Movie • 1938
Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)
The Jury's Secret
Movie • 1938
Secretary
Crash Donovan
Movie • 1936
Mr. Horner (uncredited)
Reckless Age
Movie • 1944
Jerkins
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Movie • 1948
Doniger
The Secret Heart
Movie • 1946
Old Man
Angel on My Shoulder
Movie • 1946
Kramer (uncredited)
Always Together
Movie • 1947
Furrier (uncredited)
The Good Humor Man
Movie • 1950
Meek Man (uncredited)
Pardon My Sarong
Movie • 1942
Bus Company Checker (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Movie • 1945
Mr. Burvis (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl
Movie • 1946
Man in Night Club with Quarter
On Stage Everybody
Movie • 1945
Tupper (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
Movie • 1946
George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)
The Man Who Walked Alone
Movie • 1945
Herman Monroe
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Movie • 1947
Hotel Clerk
Swing Fever
Movie • 1943
Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
Movie • 1950
Upperbottom
Personal Maid
Movie • 1931
Gary Family Servant (uncredited)
Blondie's Reward
Movie • 1948
Leroy J. Blodgett
Blondie's Big Deal
Movie • 1949
Mayor A.K. Ramsey
Down Missouri Way
Movie • 1946
Prof. Shaw
The Meanest Man in the World
Movie • 1943
Lawyer
The Crimson Key
Movie • 1947
Apartment House Desk Clerk
The Great Garrick
Movie • 1937
M. Moreau
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
Movie • 1948
Worker
Meet the Stewarts
Movie • 1942
Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)
Sing Your Way Home
Movie • 1945
Mr. Heathcliffe
Kimbar of the Jungle
Movie • 1949
Dr. Beaseley
Canyon Passage
Movie • 1946
Portland Storekeeper (uncredited)
Along Came Ruth
Movie • 1933
Al - Hotel Social Director
Invisible Stripes
Movie • 1939
Butler (uncredited)
Let's Go Stepping
Movie