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