Chester Clute

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.

Known For

Dr. Gilchrist

Arsenic and Old Lace

Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)

Manpower

Goff

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Postelwaite

Here Comes Elmer

Mayor Clarence Teeple

One Exciting Week

Juror (uncredited)

True Confession

Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)

Nothing But Trouble

Man Using Telephone (uncredited)

Kill the Umpire

Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

All Through the Night

Mr. Buchanan

Larceny, Inc.

Mr. Kurtz

The Town Went Wild

Clarence Ingham

To Each His Own

Michael Henry

The Clock

Sperty, Juror-Roommate

Just Off Broadway

Conductor Yelvington

Train to Alcatraz

Tom Jones

Change of Heart

Shy Husband

Plane Crazy

Lawyer Davis

Colorado Sundown

Urban Nichols

Guest Wife

Pierre (uncredited)

A Tragedy at Midnight

Walking the Baby

Potter

Niagara Falls

Musgrave

He Couldn't Say No

Judge

Love Thy Neighbor

Ezra Pine

She Couldn't Say No

Ed Mason

Mr. Chump

Milbane

Swing Fever

Conventioneer

Lucky Losers

Senator's Receptionist

Rationing

Clerk

The Door Knocker

Dan O'Fearna

The Wrong Road

Rollo

The Desperadoes

Uncle Andrew

Navy Blues

Waiter

Easy Come, Easy Go

Pushy Man in Bank (uncredited)

Go Chase Yourself

Simpson

Artists and Models Abroad

Willis

Comet Over Broadway

Bridegroom

Service de Luxe

Brown

Spook Busters

Iturbi's Assistant

Anchors Aweigh

Wallace Mason

She Went to the Races

Horace Tilbury

Kentucky Jubilee

Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager

Annabel Takes a Tour

Sidney Keats

Millionaires in Prison

Lucy's Father

Stop That Cab

Harry Payne

Television Spy

Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)

Three Hearts for Julia

Mr. Dixon

A Little Bit of Heaven

Johnson

The Doctor Takes a Wife

Jessup

Living on Love

Henry Barber (uncredited)

Life in Sometown, U.S.A.

Salesman

Youth Takes a Fling

Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)

Live, Love and Learn

Pants Salesman (uncredited)

Love Is a Headache

Alvin Gussett

Dance Charlie Dance

Department Store Manager (uncredited)

Snow Gets in Your Eyes

Garner

Exclusive

Krencher

Cinderella Jones

Mr. Pollup

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout

Phil (uncredited)

East Side of Heaven

Coggins (uncredited)

Dodge City

Oliver (uncredited)

Bachelor Mother

Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)

The Spellbinder

Waiter with Sugar

Miracles for Sale

Braddock

Dancing Co-Ed

Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Dust Be My Destiny

Reporter (uncredited)

Arsène Lupin Returns

Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)

In the Good Old Summertime

Pompous Man

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Lady on a Train

Doctor Brown (uncredited)

A Likely Story

Hammond (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You

Mr. Burns (uncredited)

3 Men in White

Sam Purdy

Arson Squad

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Mildred Pierce

Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)

Remember the Night

Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Blondie on a Budget

Chester Wiggin

Mary Ryan, Detective

Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)

Hold Back the Dawn

The Diner (uncredited)

Dangerous Partners

Rooming House Manager

This Gun for Hire

Quentin Van Deusen

Scattergood Meets Broadway

Gwylim

The West Side Kid

Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)

Sagebrush Law

Judge (uncredited)

The Forest Rangers

Mr. Roger Adams

Rascals

Process Server

Sun Valley Serenade

Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace

Hired Wife

Bailey #2

Dance, Girl, Dance

Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)

Sing, You Sinners

Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)

Scared Stiff

Briggs (uncredited)

Turnabout

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

My Favorite Wife

Lister

Too Many Girls

Percy Caldwell

San Diego I Love You

Mike Barton

Master Minds

This Thing Called Love

Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)

Wildcat Bus

Fred Marlow

The Strange Mrs. Crane

Eliot Rigby

Laugh It Off

Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)

Two Guys from Milwaukee

Mr. Daniels (uncredited)

Two O'Clock Courage

Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)

What a Woman

Workman (uncredited)

Suddenly It's Spring

Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)

The Time, The Place and The Girl

Mr. Roseby

Someone to Remember

Willie Millick (uncredited)

The Perils of Pauline

Apartment Hunter (uncredited)

George Washington Slept Here

Mr. Weems

Earl Carroll Vanities

Headwaiter

Crime Doctor

Frank - Magician

Three Girls About Town

Justice of the Peace

The Fleet's In

Mr. Totter

Singin' Spurs

Mr. Collins

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Wilber - Governor's Secretary

Valley of the Sun

Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)

The Spoilers

Yes-Man

Square Dance Jubilee

Apartment Manager (uncredited)

The Falcon in Hollywood

Bank Teller (uncredited)

On Our Merry Way

Adolphe Bietjelboer

The Wife Takes a Flyer

Wilfred Peckinpaugh

Chatterbox

Assistant Hotel Manager

Big Town Girl

Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)

New York Town

Cheever Chesney

Mary Lou

Sam Marbery

The Remarkable Andrew

Mr. Tolly

Get Hep to Love

Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show

Inside Job

Mr. Beck

Unfinished Business

Higgenbotham

My Favorite Spy

Timid Man

Ringside

Car Payment Man

Public Deb No. 1

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

The More the Merrier

Apartment Manager

False Faces

Cornflake Eater

Web of Danger

Juror Meek

All That I Have

Butter and Egg Man

She Knew All the Answers

Dinwiddle

So's Your Uncle

Charlie., in Play

She Gets Her Man

Phillips (uncredited)

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

Judge Martin (uncredited)

Wedding Worries

Springer

Too Busy to Work

Dr. Pullit

Du Barry Was a Lady

Fud

Crazy House

'Yvonne', dress designer

No Place for a Lady

Mr. Mookle (uncredited)

Princess O'Rourke

On an Island with You

Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)

Hard to Get

Secretary

The Jury's Secret

Mr. Horner (uncredited)

Crash Donovan

Jerkins

Reckless Age

Doniger

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

Old Man

The Secret Heart

Kramer (uncredited)

Angel on My Shoulder

Furrier (uncredited)

Always Together

Meek Man (uncredited)

The Good Humor Man

Bus Company Checker (uncredited)

Pardon My Sarong

Mr. Burvis (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Man in Night Club with Quarter

That Brennan Girl

Tupper (uncredited)

On Stage Everybody

George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston

Herman Monroe

The Man Who Walked Alone

Hotel Clerk

Joe Palooka in the Knockout

Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited)

Swing Fever

Upperbottom

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

Gary Family Servant (uncredited)

Personal Maid

Mayor A.K. Ramsey

Blondie's Big Deal

Leroy J. Blodgett

Blondie's Reward

Prof. Shaw

Down Missouri Way

Lawyer

The Meanest Man in the World

M. Moreau

The Great Garrick

Apartment House Desk Clerk

The Crimson Key

Worker

Jiggs and Maggie in Court

Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)

Meet the Stewarts

Mr. Heathcliffe

Sing Your Way Home

Dr. Beaseley

Kimbar of the Jungle

Portland Storekeeper (uncredited)

Canyon Passage

Al - Hotel Social Director

Along Came Ruth

Butler (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

179

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-02-18

Place of Birth

Orange, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

Chester Lamont Clute