Chester Clute
Acting
Born February 18, 1891, Orange, New Jersey, USA
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
- 1953Scared Stiff — Man with Spaghetti (uncredited)
- 1952Colorado Sundown — Lawyer Davis
- 1951All That I Have — Juror Meek
- 1951Kentucky Jubilee — Horace Tilbury
- 1951Stop That Cab — Lucy's Father
- 1950Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance — Upperbottom
- 1950Kill the Umpire — Man Using Telephone (uncredited)
- 1950Lucky Losers — Conventioneer
- 1950The Good Humor Man — Meek Man (uncredited)
- 1949Blondie's Big Deal — Mayor A.K. Ramsey
- 1949In the Good Old Summertime — Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)
- 1949Kimbar of the Jungle — Dr. Beaseley
- 1949Mary Ryan, Detective — Chester Wiggin
- 1949Master Minds — Mike Barton
- 1949Ringside — Timid Man
- 1949Square Dance Jubilee — Yes-Man
- 1948Blondie's Reward — Leroy J. Blodgett
- 1948Jiggs and Maggie in Court — Worker
- 1948Joe Palooka in Winner Take All — Doniger
- 1948Mary Lou — Cheever Chesney
- 1948On Our Merry Way — Bank Teller (uncredited)
- 1948On an Island with You — (uncredited)
- 1948Singin' Spurs — Mr. Totter
- 1948The Strange Mrs. Crane — Fred Marlow
- 1948Train to Alcatraz — Conductor Yelvington
- 1947A Likely Story — Doctor Brown (uncredited)
- 1947Always Together — Furrier (uncredited)
- 1947Easy Come, Easy Go — Waiter
- 1947It Happened on Fifth Avenue — Phillips (uncredited)
- 1947Joe Palooka in the Knockout — Hotel Clerk
- 1947Suddenly It's Spring — Workman (uncredited)
- 1947The Crimson Key — Apartment House Desk Clerk
- 1947The Perils of Pauline — Willie Millick (uncredited)
- 1947Web of Danger — Cornflake Eater
- 1946Angel on My Shoulder — Kramer (uncredited)
- 1946Canyon Passage — Portland Storekeeper (uncredited)
- 1946Cinderella Jones — Krencher
- 1946Down Missouri Way — Prof. Shaw
- 1946Inside Job — Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show
- 1946One Exciting Week — Mayor Clarence Teeple
- 1946Spook Busters — Brown
- 1946That Brennan Girl — Man in Night Club with Quarter
- 1946The Secret Heart — Old Man
- 1946The Time, The Place and The Girl — Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)
- 1946To Each His Own — Clarence Ingham
- 1946Two Guys from Milwaukee — Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)
- 1946Two Sisters from Boston — George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)
- 1945Anchors Aweigh — Iturbi's Assistant
- 1945Arson Squad — Sam Purdy
- 1945Blonde Ransom — Clerk
- 1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood — Mr. Burvis (uncredited)
- 1945Dangerous Partners — The Diner (uncredited)
- 1945Earl Carroll Vanities — Mr. Weems
- 1945Guest Wife — Urban Nichols
- 1945Lady on a Train — Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1945Mildred Pierce — Mr. Jones (uncredited)
- 1945On Stage Everybody — Tupper (uncredited)
- 1945She Gets Her Man — Charlie., in Play
- 1945She Went to the Races — Wallace Mason
- 1945Sing Your Way Home — Mr. Heathcliffe, Heathcliffe (uncredited)
- 1945The Clock — Michael Henry
- 1945The Man Who Walked Alone — Herman Monroe
- 1945Two O'Clock Courage — Mr. Daniels (uncredited)
- 19443 Men in White — Mr. Burns (uncredited)
- 1944Arsenic and Old Lace — Dr. Gilchrist
- 1944Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout — Mr. Pollup
- 1944Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore — Mr. Collins
- 1944Nothing But Trouble — Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)
- 1944Rationing — Senator's Receptionist
- 1944Reckless Age — Jerkins
- 1944San Diego I Love You — Percy
- 1944The Falcon in Hollywood — Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- 1944The Town Went Wild — Mr. Kurtz
- 1943Chatterbox — Wilfred Peckinpaugh
- 1943Crazy House — Fud
- 1943Crime Doctor — Headwaiter
- 1943Du Barry Was a Lady — Dr. Pullit (uncredited)
- 1943False Faces — Apartment Manager
- 1943Here Comes Elmer — Postelwaite
- 1943No Place for a Lady — 'Yvonne', dress designer
- 1943Princess O'Rourke — Mr. Mookle (uncredited)
- 1943Sagebrush Law — Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)
- 1943So's Your Uncle — Dinwiddle
- 1943Someone to Remember — Mr. Roseby
- 1943Swing Fever — Milbane, Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited)
- 1943The Desperadoes — Rollo
- 1943The Meanest Man in the World — Lawyer (uncredited)
- 1943The More the Merrier — Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1943The West Side Kid — Gwylim
- 1943Three Hearts for Julia — Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)
- 1943What a Woman — Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)
- 1942A Tragedy at Midnight — Pierre (uncredited)
- 1942All Through the Night — Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1942George Washington Slept Here — Apartment Hunter (uncredited)
- 1942Get Hep to Love — Mr. Tolly
- 1942Just Off Broadway — Sperty, Juror-Roommate
- 1942Larceny, Inc. — Mr. Buchanan
- 1942Meet the Stewarts — Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)
- 1942My Favorite Spy — Higgenbotham
- 1942Pardon My Sarong — Bus Company Checker (uncredited)
- 1942The Fleet's In — Justice of the Peace
- 1942The Forest Rangers — Judge (uncredited)
- 1942The Remarkable Andrew — Sam Marbery
- 1942The Spoilers — Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)
- 1942The Wife Takes a Flyer — Adolphe Bietjelboer
- 1942This Gun for Hire — Rooming House Manager
- 1942Valley of the Sun — Wilber (uncredited)
- 1942Yankee Doodle Dandy — Goff
- 1941Hold Back the Dawn — Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)
- 1941Manpower — Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)
- 1941New York Town — Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)
- 1941Niagara Falls — Potter
- 1941Scattergood Meets Broadway — Quentin Van Deusen
- 1941She Knew All the Answers — Butter and Egg Man
- 1941Sun Valley Serenade — Process Server
- 1941They Met in Argentina — B.A. Jackson, Hastings' Secretary (uncredited)
- 1941Three Girls About Town — Frank - Magician
- 1941Unfinished Business — Mr. Beck
- 1941Wedding Worries — Judge Martin (uncredited)
- 1940A Little Bit of Heaven — Mr. Dixon
- 1940Blondie on a Budget — Ticket Agent (uncredited)
- 1940Dance, Girl, Dance — Bailey #2
- 1940Hired Wife — Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace
- 1940Love Thy Neighbor — Judge
- 1940Millionaires in Prison — Sidney Keats
- 1940My Favorite Wife — Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
- 1940Public Deb No. 1 — Car Payment Man
- 1940Remember the Night — Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
- 1940She Couldn't Say No — Ezra Pine
- 1940The Doctor Takes a Wife — Johnson
- 1940The Man Who Wouldn't Talk — Pompous Man
- 1940This Thing Called Love
- 1940Too Many Girls — Lister
- 1940Turnabout — Briggs (uncredited)
- 1940Who Killed Aunt Maggie? — Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- 1940Wildcat Bus — Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)
- 1939Bachelor Mother — Oliver (uncredited)
- 1939Dancing Co-Ed — Braddock
- 1939Dodge City — Coggins (uncredited)
- 1939Dust Be My Destiny — Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)
- 1939East Side of Heaven — Phil (uncredited)
- 1939Invisible Stripes — Butler (uncredited)
- 1939Laugh It Off — Eliot Rigby
- 1939Miracles for Sale — Waiter with Sugar
- 1939Television Spy — Harry Payne
- 1939The Spellbinder — Dr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited)
- 1939Too Busy to Work — Springer
- 1938Annabel Takes a Tour — Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager
- 1938Arsène Lupin Returns — Reporter (uncredited)
- 1938Artists and Models Abroad — Simpson
- 1938Change of Heart — Tom Jones
- 1938Comet Over Broadway — Willis
- 1938Go Chase Yourself — Pushy Little Man in Bank (uncredited)
- 1938Hard to Get — Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)
- 1938He Couldn't Say No — Musgrave
- 1938Life in Sometown, U.S.A. — Henry Barber (uncredited)
- 1938Love Is a Headache — Pants Salesman (uncredited)
- 1938Mr. Chump — Ed Mason
- 1938Rascals — Mr. Roger Adams
- 1938Service de Luxe — Bridegroom
- 1938Sing, You Sinners — Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
- 1938Snow Gets in Your Eyes — Department Store Manager (uncredited)
- 1938The Jury's Secret — Secretary
- 1938You Can't Take It with You — Hammond (uncredited)
- 1938Youth Takes a Fling — Salesman
- 1937Big Town Girl — Assistant Hotel Manager
- 1937Dance Charlie Dance — Alvin Gussett
- 1937Exclusive — Garner
- 1937Live, Love and Learn — Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)
- 1937Living on Love — Jessup
- 1937Navy Blues — Uncle Andrew
- 1937The Great Garrick — M. Moreau
- 1937The Wrong Road — Dan O'Fearna
- 1937True Confession — Juror (uncredited)
- 1936Crash Donovan — Mr. Horner (uncredited)
- 1933Along Came Ruth — Al - Hotel Social Director
- 1933Plane Crazy — Shy Husband
- 1933Walking the Baby
- 1931Personal Maid — Gary Family Servant (uncredited)
- 1931The Door Knocker — Clerk
- Let's Go Stepping