
Chester Clute
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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
Credits

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
as Dr. Gilchrist

You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Hammond (uncredited)

Mildred Pierce (1945)
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh (1945)
as Iturbi's Assistant

The Clock (1945)
as Michael Henry

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
as Goff

The Desperadoes (1943)
as Rollo

Canyon Passage (1946)
as Portland Storekeeper (uncredited)

The Spoilers (1942)
as Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)

This Gun for Hire (1942)
as Rooming House Manager

My Favorite Wife (1940)
as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

Guest Wife (1945)
as Urban Nichols

Nothing But Trouble (1944)
as Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)

Bachelor Mother (1939)
as Oliver (uncredited)

Ringside (1949)
as Timid Man

Dodge City (1939)
as Coggins (uncredited)

Remember the Night (1940)
as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)

All Through the Night (1942)
as Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Scared Stiff (1953)
as Man with Spaghetti (uncredited)

Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Dr. Pullit (uncredited)

Swing Fever (1943)
as Milbane

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
as Phillips (uncredited)

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
as Bailey #2

Invisible Stripes (1939)
as Butler (uncredited)

Pardon My Sarong (1942)
as Bus Company Checker (uncredited)

Arson Squad (1945)
as Sam Purdy

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
as Mr. Burvis (uncredited)

In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
as Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)

The More the Merrier (1943)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

That Brennan Girl (1946)
as Man in Night Club with Quarter

This Thing Called Love (1940)
Actor

On an Island with You (1948)
as (uncredited)

The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
as Kramer (uncredited)

The Perils of Pauline (1947)
as Willie Millick (uncredited)

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
as Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)

Larceny, Inc. (1942)
as Mr. Buchanan

Living on Love (1937)
as Jessup

Princess O'Rourke (1943)
as Mr. Mookle (uncredited)

The Good Humor Man (1950)
as Meek Man (uncredited)

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
as Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)

To Each His Own (1946)
as Clarence Ingham

My Favorite Spy (1942)
as Higgenbotham

Hired Wife (1940)
as Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace

Here Comes Elmer (1943)
as Postelwaite

Lady on a Train (1945)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
as George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)

They Met in Argentina (1941)
as B.A. Jackson, Hastings' Secretary (uncredited)

She Knew All the Answers (1941)
as Butter and Egg Man

Manpower (1941)
as Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)

George Washington Slept Here (1942)
as Apartment Hunter (uncredited)

The Secret Heart (1946)
as Old Man

Three Hearts for Julia (1943)
as Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)

On Our Merry Way (1948)
as Bank Teller (uncredited)

Crazy House (1943)
as Fud

The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
as Johnson

Big Town Girl (1937)
as Assistant Hotel Manager

The Forest Rangers (1942)
as Judge (uncredited)

Sing Your Way Home (1945)
as Mr. Heathcliffe

The Wrong Road (1937)
as Dan O'Fearna

Meet the Stewarts (1942)
as Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)
Let's Go Stepping (—)
Actor

The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
as Adolphe Bietjelboer

Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
as Braddock

Wildcat Bus (1940)
as Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)

Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
as Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)

So's Your Uncle (1943)
as Dinwiddle

Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
as Mr. Daniels (uncredited)

On Stage Everybody (1945)
as Tupper (uncredited)

True Confession (1937)
as Juror (uncredited)

Valley of the Sun (1942)
as Wilber (uncredited)

Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
as Process Server

A Likely Story (1947)
as Doctor Brown (uncredited)

Always Together (1947)
as Furrier (uncredited)

Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
as Salesman

Crime Doctor (1943)
as Headwaiter

Three Girls About Town (1941)
as Frank - Magician

Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
as Car Payment Man

What a Woman (1943)
as Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)

Live, Love and Learn (1937)
as Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)

The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
as Sam Marbery

The Great Garrick (1937)
as M. Moreau

Go Chase Yourself (1938)
as Pushy Little Man in Bank (uncredited)

Cinderella Jones (1946)
as Krencher

Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Miracles for Sale (1939)
as Waiter with Sugar

One Exciting Week (1946)
as Mayor Clarence Teeple

Comet Over Broadway (1938)
as Willis

East Side of Heaven (1939)
as Phil (uncredited)

The Crimson Key (1947)
as Apartment House Desk Clerk

Too Many Girls (1940)
as Lister

Sagebrush Law (1943)
as Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)
The Door Knocker (1931)
as Clerk

Niagara Falls (1941)
as Potter

Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
as Waiter

Kill the Umpire (1950)
as Man Using Telephone (uncredited)

Crash Donovan (1936)
as Mr. Horner (uncredited)

He Couldn't Say No (1938)
as Musgrave

The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
as Herman Monroe

The Town Went Wild (1944)
as Mr. Kurtz

Dangerous Partners (1945)
as The Diner (uncredited)

Too Busy to Work (1939)
as Springer

Blondie's Reward (1948)
as Leroy J. Blodgett

The Time, The Place and The Girl (1946)
as Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)

Television Spy (1939)
as Harry Payne

The Fleet's In (1942)
as Justice of the Peace

The Jury's Secret (1938)
as Secretary

Personal Maid (1931)
as Gary Family Servant (uncredited)

Millionaires in Prison (1940)
as Sidney Keats

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
as Pompous Man

The West Side Kid (1943)
as Gwylim

3 Men in White (1944)
as Mr. Burns (uncredited)

Inside Job (1946)
as Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show

Down Missouri Way (1946)
as Prof. Shaw

New York Town (1941)
as Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)

Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941)
as Quentin Van Deusen

Master Minds (1949)
as Mike Barton

Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
as Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager

The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
as Lawyer (uncredited)

Rationing (1944)
as Senator's Receptionist

Turnabout (1940)
as Briggs (uncredited)

Get Hep to Love (1942)
as Mr. Tolly

She Couldn't Say No (1940)
as Ezra Pine

Lucky Losers (1950)
as Conventioneer

Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)
as Worker

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
as Upperbottom

San Diego I Love You (1944)
as Percy

No Place for a Lady (1943)
as 'Yvonne', dress designer

Mary Ryan, Detective (1949)
as Chester Wiggin

Unfinished Business (1941)
as Mr. Beck
Train to Alcatraz (1948)
as Conductor Yelvington

Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940)
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
as Alvin Gussett

Sing, You Sinners (1938)
as Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)

A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)
as Mr. Dixon

Kentucky Jubilee (1951)
as Horace Tilbury

Colorado Sundown (1952)
as Lawyer Davis

She Gets Her Man (1945)
as Charlie., in Play

Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Judge

Love Is a Headache (1938)
as Pants Salesman (uncredited)

Hard to Get (1938)
as Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)

She Went to the Races (1945)
as Wallace Mason

Reckless Age (1944)
as Jerkins

Blondie's Big Deal (1949)
as Mayor A.K. Ramsey

Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)
as Hotel Clerk

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)
as Doniger

All That I Have (1951)
as Juror Meek

Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
as Simpson

Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
as Mr. Weems
Blonde Ransom (1945)
as Clerk

Spook Busters (1946)
as Brown
Laugh It Off (1939)
as Eliot Rigby

The Spellbinder (1939)
as Dr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited)

Walking the Baby (1933)
Actor

Square Dance Jubilee (1949)
as Yes-Man

A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
as Pierre (uncredited)

Just Off Broadway (1942)
as Sperty, Juror-Roommate

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)
as Mr. Collins

Someone to Remember (1943)
as Mr. Roseby

Wedding Worries (1941)
as Judge Martin (uncredited)

Life in Sometown, U.S.A. (1938)
as Henry Barber (uncredited)

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944)
as Mr. Pollup

Web of Danger (1947)
as Cornflake Eater

Exclusive (1937)
as Garner

Navy Blues (1937)
as Uncle Andrew

Blondie on a Budget (1940)
as Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Mr. Chump (1938)
as Ed Mason

Rascals (1938)
as Mr. Roger Adams

Chatterbox (1943)
as Wilfred Peckinpaugh

Suddenly It's Spring (1947)
as Workman (uncredited)

The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948)
as Fred Marlow
Kimbar of the Jungle (1949)
as Dr. Beaseley

Service de Luxe (1938)
as Bridegroom

Change of Heart (1938)
as Tom Jones

Singin' Spurs (1948)
as Mr. Totter

Plane Crazy (1933)
as Shy Husband

Mary Lou (1948)
as Cheever Chesney

Stop That Cab (1951)
as Lucy's Father

False Faces (1943)
as Apartment Manager

Snow Gets in Your Eyes (1938)
as Department Store Manager (uncredited)

Along Came Ruth (1933)
as Al - Hotel Social Director





