Chester Clute

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-02-18 (65 years old)

Deathday

1956-04-02

Place of Birth

Orange, New Jersey, USA

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.

Acting

1944

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Dr. Gilchrist

1941

Manpower

as Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)

1943

Here Comes Elmer

as Postelwaite

1946

One Exciting Week

as Mayor Clarence Teeple

1937

True Confession

as Juror (uncredited)

1944

Nothing But Trouble

as Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)

1950

Kill the Umpire

as Man Using Telephone (uncredited)

1942

All Through the Night

as Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

1942

Larceny, Inc.

as Mr. Buchanan

1944

The Town Went Wild

as Mr. Kurtz

1946

To Each His Own

as Clarence Ingham

1945

The Clock

as Michael Henry

1942

Just Off Broadway

as Sperty, Juror-Roommate

1948

Train to Alcatraz

as Conductor Yelvington

1938

Change of Heart

as Tom Jones

1933

Plane Crazy

as Shy Husband

1952

Colorado Sundown

as Lawyer Davis

1945

Guest Wife

as Urban Nichols

1942

A Tragedy at Midnight

as Pierre (uncredited)

1941

Niagara Falls

as Potter

1938

1940

1940

1938

Mr. Chump

as Ed Mason

1943

Swing Fever

as Milbane

1950

Lucky Losers

as Conventioneer

1944

Rationing

as Senator's Receptionist

1931

1937

The Wrong Road

as Dan O'Fearna

1943

1937

Navy Blues

as Uncle Andrew

1947

1938

Go Chase Yourself

as Pushy Man in Bank (uncredited)

1938

1938

Service de Luxe

as Bridegroom

1946

1945

Anchors Aweigh

as Iturbi's Assistant

1945

She Went to the Races

as Wallace Mason

1951

Kentucky Jubilee

as Horace Tilbury

1938

Annabel Takes a Tour

as Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager

1940

Millionaires in Prison

as Sidney Keats

1951

Stop That Cab

as Lucy's Father

1939

Television Spy

as Harry Payne

1943

Three Hearts for Julia

as Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)

1940

1937

1938

Life in Sometown, U.S.A.

as Henry Barber (uncredited)

1938

1937

Live, Love and Learn

as Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)

1938

Love Is a Headache

as Pants Salesman (uncredited)

1937

Dance Charlie Dance

as Alvin Gussett

1938

Snow Gets in Your Eyes

as Department Store Manager (uncredited)

1937

Exclusive

as Garner

1946

Cinderella Jones

as Krencher

1944

1939

East Side of Heaven

as Phil (uncredited)

1939

Dodge City

as Coggins (uncredited)

1939

Bachelor Mother

as Oliver (uncredited)

1939

The Spellbinder

as Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)

1939

Miracles for Sale

as Waiter with Sugar

1939

Dancing Co-Ed

as Braddock

1939

Dust Be My Destiny

as Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)

1938

Arsène Lupin Returns

as Reporter (uncredited)

1949

In the Good Old Summertime

as Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)

1940

1945

Lady on a Train

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1947

A Likely Story

as Doctor Brown (uncredited)

1938

You Can't Take It with You

as Hammond (uncredited)

1944

3 Men in White

as Mr. Burns (uncredited)

1945

Arson Squad

as Sam Purdy

1945

Mildred Pierce

as Mr. Jones (uncredited)

1940

Remember the Night

as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)

1940

Blondie on a Budget

as Ticket Agent (uncredited)

1949

Mary Ryan, Detective

as Chester Wiggin

1941

Hold Back the Dawn

as Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)

1945

Dangerous Partners

as The Diner (uncredited)

1942

This Gun for Hire

as Rooming House Manager

1941

Scattergood Meets Broadway

as Quentin Van Deusen

1943

1943

Sagebrush Law

as Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)

1942

The Forest Rangers

as Judge (uncredited)

1938

Rascals

as Mr. Roger Adams

1941

Sun Valley Serenade

as Process Server

1940

Hired Wife

as Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace

1940

Dance, Girl, Dance

as Bailey #2

1938

Sing, You Sinners

as Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)

1953

Scared Stiff

as Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)

1940

Turnabout

as Briggs (uncredited)

1940

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

1940

My Favorite Wife

as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

1940

1944

San Diego I Love You

as Percy Caldwell

1949

Master Minds

as Mike Barton

1940

Wildcat Bus

as Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)

1948

1939

Laugh It Off

as Eliot Rigby

1946

Two Guys from Milwaukee

as Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)

1945

Two O'Clock Courage

as Mr. Daniels (uncredited)

1943

What a Woman

as Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)

1947

Suddenly It's Spring

as Workman (uncredited)

1946

The Time, The Place and The Girl

as Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)

1943

Someone to Remember

as Mr. Roseby

1947

The Perils of Pauline

as Willie Millick (uncredited)

1942

George Washington Slept Here

as Apartment Hunter (uncredited)

1945

1943

Crime Doctor

as Headwaiter

1941

Three Girls About Town

as Frank - Magician

1942

The Fleet's In

as Justice of the Peace

1948

Singin' Spurs

as Mr. Totter

1942

Valley of the Sun

as Wilber - Governor's Secretary

1942

The Spoilers

as Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)

1949

1944

The Falcon in Hollywood

as Apartment Manager (uncredited)

1948

On Our Merry Way

as Bank Teller (uncredited)

1942

The Wife Takes a Flyer

as Adolphe Bietjelboer

1943

Chatterbox

as Wilfred Peckinpaugh

1937

Big Town Girl

as Assistant Hotel Manager

1941

New York Town

as Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)

1948

Mary Lou

as Cheever Chesney

1942

The Remarkable Andrew

as Sam Marbery

1942

Get Hep to Love

as Mr. Tolly

1946

Inside Job

as Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show

1941

1942

My Favorite Spy

as Higgenbotham

1949

Ringside

as Timid Man

1940

Public Deb No. 1

as Car Payment Man

1943

The More the Merrier

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

1943

False Faces

as Apartment Manager

1947

Web of Danger

as Cornflake Eater

1951

All That I Have

as Juror Meek

1941

She Knew All the Answers

as Butter and Egg Man

1943

So's Your Uncle

as Dinwiddle

1945

She Gets Her Man

as Charlie., in Play

1947

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as Phillips (uncredited)

1941

Wedding Worries

as Judge Martin (uncredited)

1939

Too Busy to Work

as Springer

1943

Du Barry Was a Lady

as Dr. Pullit

1943

1943

No Place for a Lady

as 'Yvonne', dress designer

1943

Princess O'Rourke

as Mr. Mookle (uncredited)

1938

Hard to Get

as Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)

1938

The Jury's Secret

as Secretary

1936

Crash Donovan

as Mr. Horner (uncredited)

1944

Reckless Age

as Jerkins

1946

1946

Angel on My Shoulder

as Kramer (uncredited)

1947

Always Together

as Furrier (uncredited)

1950

The Good Humor Man

as Meek Man (uncredited)

1942

Pardon My Sarong

as Bus Company Checker (uncredited)

1945

1946

That Brennan Girl

as Man in Night Club with Quarter

1945

On Stage Everybody

as Tupper (uncredited)

1946

Two Sisters from Boston

as George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)

1945

The Man Who Walked Alone

as Herman Monroe

1947

1943

Swing Fever

as Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited)

1931

Personal Maid

as Gary Family Servant (uncredited)

1949

Blondie's Big Deal

as Mayor A.K. Ramsey

1948

Blondie's Reward

as Leroy J. Blodgett

1946

Down Missouri Way

as Prof. Shaw

1937

The Great Garrick

as M. Moreau

1947

The Crimson Key

as Apartment House Desk Clerk

1942

Meet the Stewarts

as Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)

1945

Sing Your Way Home

as Mr. Heathcliffe

1949

Kimbar of the Jungle

as Dr. Beaseley

1946

Canyon Passage

as Portland Storekeeper (uncredited)

1933

Along Came Ruth

as Al - Hotel Social Director

1939

Invisible Stripes

as Butler (uncredited)

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