Chester Clute

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 163

Gender Male

Birthday 1891-02-18

Day of Death 1956-04-02 (65 years old)

Place of Birth Orange, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

Chester Lamont Clute

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Chester Clute

Biography

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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

Acting

1953

as Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)

1952

as Lawyer Davis

1951		All That I Have as Juror Meek
1951		Kentucky Jubilee as Horace Tilbury
1951		Stop That Cab as Lucy's Father

1950		Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance as Upperbottom
1950		Lucky Losers as Conventioneer
1950		Kill the Umpire as Man Using Telephone
1950		The Good Humor Man as Meek Man (uncredited)

1949		Master Minds as Mike Barton
1949		Square Dance Jubilee as Yes-Man
1949		Mary Ryan, Detective as Chester Wiggin
1949		Kimbar of the Jungle as Dr. Beaseley
1949		Ringside as Timid Man
1949		Blondie's Big Deal as Mayor A.K. Ramsey

1948		Jiggs and Maggie in Court as Worker
1948		The Strange Mrs. Crane as Fred Marlow
1948		Singin' Spurs as Mr. Totter
1948		Joe Palooka in Winner Take All as Doniger
1948		Train to Alcatraz as Conductor Yelvington
1948		Blondie's Reward as Leroy J. Blodgett
1948		On an Island with You
1948		On Our Merry Way as Bank Teller (uncredited)
1948		Mary Lou as Cheever Chesney

1947		Always Together as Furrier (uncredited)
1947		Joe Palooka in the Knockout as Hotel Clerk
1947		The Perils of Pauline as Willie Millick (uncredited)
1947		The Crimson Key as Apartment House Desk Clerk
1947		Web of Danger as Cornflake Eater
1947		It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Phillips (uncredited)
1947		Easy Come, Easy Go as Waiter
1947		Suddenly It's Spring as Workman (uncredited)

1946		The Time, The Place and The Girl as Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)
1946		The Secret Heart as Old Man
1946		That Brennan Girl as Man in Night Club with Quarter
1946		Angel on My Shoulder as Kramer (uncredited)
1946		Spook Busters as Brown
1946		Down Missouri Way as Prof. Shaw
1946		Two Guys from Milwaukee as Customer - Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)
1946		Inside Job as Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show
1946		Two Sisters from Boston as George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1946		To Each His Own as Clarence Ingham
1946		Cinderella Jones as Krencher

1945		Sing Your Way Home as Mr. Heathcliffe
1945		She Went to the Races as Wallace Mason
1945		Mildred Pierce as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
1945		Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Mr. Burvis (uncredited)
1945		Anchors Aweigh as Iturbi's Assistant
1945		Guest Wife as Urban Nichols
1945		On Stage Everybody as Tupper (uncredited)
1945		The Clock as Michael Henry
1945		Two O'Clock Courage as Mr. Daniels (uncredited)
1945		Earl Carroll Vanities as Mr. Weems
1945		The Man Who Walked Alone as Herman Monroe
1945		She Gets Her Man as Charlie., in Play

1944		The Falcon in Hollywood as Apartment Manager (uncredited)
1944		Nothing But Trouble as Employment agency clerk
1944		San Diego I Love You as Percy Caldwell
1944		Arsenic and Old Lace as Dr. Gilchrist
1944		Reckless Age as Jerkins
1944		Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Mr. Collins
1944		Rationing as Senator's Receptionist
1944		Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout as Mr. Pollup

1943		What a Woman as Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)
1943		Swing Fever as Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited) as Milbane
1943		Princess O'Rourke as Mr. Mookle (uncredited)
1943		Crazy House as Fud
1943		So's Your Uncle as Dinwiddle
1943		The West Side Kid as Gwylim
1943		Someone to Remember as Mr. Roseby
1943		Du Barry Was a Lady as Dr. Pullit
1943		Crime Doctor as Headwaiter
1943		False Faces as Apartment Manager
1943		Three Hearts for Julia as Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)
1943		Chatterbox as Wilfred Peckinpaugh
1943		Sagebrush Law as Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)
1943		The More the Merrier as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1943		The Meanest Man in the World as Lawyer
1943		No Place for a Lady as 'Yvonne', dress designer

1942		George Washington Slept Here as Apartment Hunter (uncredited)
1942		The Forest Rangers as Judge (uncredited)
1942		Get Hep to Love as Mr. Tolly
1942		Just Off Broadway as Sperty, Juror-Roommate
1942		Pardon My Sarong as Bus Company Checker (uncredited)
1942		My Favorite Spy as Higgenbotham
1942		The Spoilers as Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)
1942		Yankee Doodle Dandy as Goff
1942		Meet the Stewarts as Mr. Hamilton (Uncredited)
1942		The Wife Takes a Flyer as Adolphe Bietjelboer
1942		Larceny, Inc. as Mr. Buchanan
1942		This Gun for Hire as Rooming House Manager
1942		The Remarkable Andrew as Sam Marbery
1942		Valley of the Sun as Wilber - Governor's Secretary
1942		A Tragedy at Midnight as Pierre
1942		The Fleet's In as Justice of the Peace
1942		All Through the Night as Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

1941		Wedding Worries as Judge Martin (uncredited)
1941		New York Town as Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)
1941		Three Girls About Town as Frank - Magician
1941		Niagara Falls as Potter
1941		Hold Back the Dawn as Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)
1941		Sun Valley Serenade as Process Server
1941		Unfinished Business as Mr. Beck
1941		Scattergood Meets Broadway as Quentin Van Deusen
1941		Manpower as Drugstore Clerk
1941		She Knew All the Answers as Butter and Egg Man

1940		Love Thy Neighbor as Judge
1940		This Thing Called Love
1940		She Couldn't Say No as Ezra Pine
1940		A Little Bit of Heaven as Mr. Dixon
1940		Too Many Girls as Lister
1940		Hired Wife as Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace
1940		Public Deb No. 1 as Car Payment Man
1940		Dance, Girl, Dance as Bailey #2
1940		Wildcat Bus as Man Reading Repossession Notice
1940		Millionaires in Prison as Sidney Keats
1940		Turnabout as Briggs (uncredited)
1940		My Favorite Wife as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
1940		The Doctor Takes a Wife as Johnson
1940		Blondie on a Budget as Ticket Agent (uncredited)
1940		The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Pompous Man
1940		Remember the Night as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)

1939		Laugh It Off as Eliot Rigby
1939		Too Busy to Work as Springer
1939		Television Spy as Harry Payne
1939		Dancing Co-Ed as Braddock
1939		Dust Be My Destiny as Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)
1939		Miracles for Sale as Waiter with Sugar
1939		The Spellbinder as Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)
1939		Bachelor Mother as Oliver - Man in Park (uncredited)
1939		Dodge City as Coggins (uncredited)
1939		East Side of Heaven as Phil (uncredited)

1938		Artists and Models Abroad as Simpson
1938		Comet Over Broadway as Willis
1938		Annabel Takes a Tour as Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager
1938		Hard to Get as Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)
1938		Service de Luxe as Bridegroom
1938		Youth Takes a Fling as Salesman
1938		Sing, You Sinners as Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
1938		You Can't Take It with You as Hammond (uncredited)
1938		Mr. Chump as Ed Mason
1938		Rascals as Mr. Roger Adams
1938		Snow Gets in Your Eyes as Department Store Manager (uncredited)
1938		Go Chase Yourself as Pushy Man in Bank (uncredited)
1938		Life in Sometown, U.S.A. as Henry Barber (uncredited)
1938		He Couldn't Say No as Musgrave
1938		Arsène Lupin Returns as Reporter (uncredited)
1938		The Jury's Secret as Secretary
1938		Love Is a Headache as Pants Salesman (uncredited)
1938		Change of Heart as Tom Jones

1937		Big Town Girl as Assistant Hotel Manager
1937		Living on Love as Jessup
1937		The Great Garrick as M. Moreau
1937		Live, Love and Learn as Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)
1937		The Wrong Road as Dan O'Fearna
1937		Exclusive as Garner
1937		Dance Charlie Dance as Alvin Gussett
1937		Navy Blues as Uncle Andrew

1936

as Mr. Horner (uncredited)

1933		Plane Crazy as Shy Husband
1933		Walking the Baby

1931		The Door Knocker as Clerk
1931		Personal Maid as Gary Family Servant (uncredited)

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