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