
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.
Known For
Arsenic and Old Lace
Dr. Gilchrist
Mildred Pierce
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Hammond (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Goff
This Gun for Hire
Rooming House Manager
My Favorite Wife
Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Remember the Night
Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
Iturbi's Assistant
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Filmography
Acting (179)
Movies (179)
Scared Stiff
1953as Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)
Colorado Sundown
1952as Lawyer Davis
Kentucky Jubilee
1951as Horace Tilbury
All That I Have
1951as Juror Meek
Stop That Cab
1951as Lucy's Father
The Good Humor Man
1950as Meek Man (uncredited)
Lucky Losers
1950as Conventioneer
Kill the Umpire
1950as Man Using Telephone (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
1950as Upperbottom
Square Dance Jubilee
1949as Yes-Man
Master Minds
1949as Mike Barton
Ringside
1949as Timid Man
In the Good Old Summertime
1949as Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)
Mary Ryan, Detective
1949as Chester Wiggin
Blondie's Big Deal
1949as Mayor A.K. Ramsey
Kimbar of the Jungle
1949as Dr. Beaseley
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948as Fred Marlow
On Our Merry Way
1948as Bank Teller (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1948as Doniger
Train to Alcatraz
1948as Conductor Yelvington
Blondie's Reward
1948as Leroy J. Blodgett
Singin' Spurs
1948as Mr. Totter
On an Island with You
1948
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
1948as Worker
Mary Lou
1948as Cheever Chesney
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947as Phillips (uncredited)
Always Together
1947as Furrier (uncredited)
Suddenly It's Spring
1947as Workman (uncredited)
The Crimson Key
1947as Apartment House Desk Clerk
The Perils of Pauline
1947as Willie Millick (uncredited)
A Likely Story
1947as Doctor Brown (uncredited)
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947as Waiter
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
1947as Hotel Clerk
Web of Danger
1947as Cornflake Eater
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946as Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder
1946as Kramer (uncredited)
The Secret Heart
1946as Old Man
Canyon Passage
1946as Portland Storekeeper (uncredited)
To Each His Own
1946as Clarence Ingham
One Exciting Week
1946as Mayor Clarence Teeple
Cinderella Jones
1946as Krencher
That Brennan Girl
1946as Man in Night Club with Quarter
Spook Busters
1946as Brown
Inside Job
1946as Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show
Two Sisters from Boston
1946as George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946as Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)
Down Missouri Way
1946as Prof. Shaw
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945as Herman Monroe
Mildred Pierce
1945as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Guest Wife
1945as Urban Nichols
The Clock
1945as Michael Henry
On Stage Everybody
1945as Tupper (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
1945as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Dangerous Partners
1945as The Diner (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
1945as Iturbi's Assistant
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945as Mr. Burvis (uncredited)
Sing Your Way Home
1945as Mr. Heathcliffe
Arson Squad
1945as Sam Purdy
She Went to the Races
1945as Wallace Mason
Two O'Clock Courage
1945as Mr. Daniels (uncredited)
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945as Mr. Weems
She Gets Her Man
1945as Charlie., in Play
The Falcon in Hollywood
1944as Apartment Manager (uncredited)
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944as Dr. Gilchrist
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1944as Mr. Collins
Rationing
1944as Senator's Receptionist
3 Men in White
1944as Mr. Burns (uncredited)
Nothing But Trouble
1944as Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)
Reckless Age
1944as Jerkins
The Town Went Wild
1944as Mr. Kurtz
San Diego I Love You
1944as Percy Caldwell
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
1944as Mr. Pollup
The West Side Kid
1943as Gwylim
Swing Fever
1943as Milbane
What a Woman
1943as Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)
Crime Doctor
1943as Headwaiter
The Desperadoes
1943as Rollo
Chatterbox
1943as Wilfred Peckinpaugh
The More the Merrier
1943as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943as Dr. Pullit (uncredited)
Princess O'Rourke
1943as Mr. Mookle (uncredited)
Here Comes Elmer
1943as Postelwaite
So's Your Uncle
1943as Dinwiddle
The Meanest Man in the World
1943as Lawyer
Someone to Remember
1943as Mr. Roseby
Crazy House
1943as Fud
Sagebrush Law
1943as Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)
Three Hearts for Julia
1943as Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)
False Faces
1943as Apartment Manager
No Place for a Lady
1943as 'Yvonne', dress designer
Get Hep to Love
1942as Mr. Tolly
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942as Pierre (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire
1942as Rooming House Manager
Meet the Stewarts
1942as Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)
The Forest Rangers
1942as Judge (uncredited)
Just Off Broadway
1942as Sperty, Juror-Roommate
All Through the Night
1942as Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942as Goff
My Favorite Spy
1942as Higgenbotham
The Spoilers
1942as Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)
Pardon My Sarong
1942as Bus Company Checker (uncredited)
Valley of the Sun
1942as Wilber (uncredited)
George Washington Slept Here
1942as Apartment Hunter (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc.
1942as Mr. Buchanan
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942as Adolphe Bietjelboer
The Fleet's In
1942as Justice of the Peace
The Remarkable Andrew
1942as Sam Marbery
Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941as Quentin Van Deusen
She Knew All the Answers
1941as Butter and Egg Man
Hold Back the Dawn
1941as Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)
Manpower
1941as Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)
Sun Valley Serenade
1941as Process Server
New York Town
1941as Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)
Unfinished Business
1941as Mr. Beck
Wedding Worries
1941as Judge Martin (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town
1941as Frank - Magician
Niagara Falls
1941as Potter
A Little Bit of Heaven
1940as Mr. Dixon
My Favorite Wife
1940as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Remember the Night
1940as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940as Bailey #2
Millionaires in Prison
1940as Sidney Keats
This Thing Called Love
1940
Hired Wife
1940as Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace
Blondie on a Budget
1940as Ticket Agent (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940as Johnson
She Couldn't Say No
1940as Ezra Pine
Love Thy Neighbor
1940as Judge
Turnabout
1940as Briggs (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940as Pompous Man
Too Many Girls
1940as Lister
Public Deb No. 1
1940as Car Payment Man
Wildcat Bus
1940as Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
1939as Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Dodge City
1939as Coggins (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
1939as Butler (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
1939as Oliver (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
1939as Braddock
Television Spy
1939as Harry Payne
Miracles for Sale
1939as Waiter with Sugar
East Side of Heaven
1939as Phil (uncredited)
Laugh It Off
1939as Eliot Rigby
The Spellbinder
1939as Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)
Too Busy to Work
1939as Springer
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938as Reporter (uncredited)
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
1938as Henry Barber (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
1938as Hammond (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
1938as Pants Salesman (uncredited)
Rascals
1938as Mr. Roger Adams
Comet Over Broadway
1938as Willis
Go Chase Yourself
1938as Pushy Little Man in Bank (uncredited)
Mr. Chump
1938as Ed Mason
Sing, You Sinners
1938as Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
Service de Luxe
1938as Bridegroom
Hard to Get
1938as Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)
Youth Takes a Fling
1938as Salesman
Annabel Takes a Tour
1938as Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager
He Couldn't Say No
1938as Musgrave
The Jury's Secret
1938as Secretary
Artists and Models Abroad
1938as Simpson
Change of Heart
1938as Tom Jones
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
1938as Department Store Manager (uncredited)
Live, Love and Learn
1937as Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)
Living on Love
1937as Jessup
Dance Charlie Dance
1937as Alvin Gussett
True Confession
1937as Juror (uncredited)
Big Town Girl
1937as Assistant Hotel Manager
Exclusive
1937as Garner
Navy Blues
1937as Uncle Andrew
The Great Garrick
1937as M. Moreau
The Wrong Road
1937as Dan O'Fearna
Crash Donovan
1936as Mr. Horner (uncredited)
Plane Crazy
1933as Shy Husband
Walking the Baby
1933
Along Came Ruth
1933as Al - Hotel Social Director
Personal Maid
1931as Gary Family Servant (uncredited)
The Door Knocker
1931as Clerk
Let's Go Stepping
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