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