Chester Clute
Known for acting · Born 18 February 1891 · Died 2 April 1956 · aged 65 · Orange, New Jersey, USA
181 credits
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
Walking the Baby
1933
Along Came Ruth
1933
The Clock
1945
Niagara Falls
1941
He Couldn't Say No
1938
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
1938
Two O'Clock Courage
1945
Stop That Cab
1951
Nothing But Trouble
1944
Arson Squad
1945
Chatterbox
1943
Acting (181)
1953Scared StiffMan with Spaghetti (uncredited)Film
1952Colorado SundownLawyer DavisFilm
1951Kentucky JubileeHorace TilburyFilm
1951Stop That CabLucy's FatherFilm
1951All That I HaveJuror MeekFilm
1950Kill the UmpireMan Using Telephone (uncredited)Film
1950The Good Humor ManMeek Man (uncredited)Film
1950Lucky LosersConventioneerFilm
1950Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a ChanceUpperbottomFilm
1949In the Good Old SummertimeSheet Music Customer (uncredited)Film
1949Mary Ryan, DetectiveChester WigginFilm
1949Master MindsMike BartonFilm
1949Blondie's Big DealMayor A.K. RamseyFilm
1949RingsideTimid ManFilm
1949Square Dance JubileeYes-ManFilm
1949Kimbar of the JungleDr. BeaseleyFilm
1948On Our Merry WayBank Teller (uncredited)Film
1948On an Island with You(uncredited)Film
1948Blondie's RewardLeroy J. BlodgettFilm
1948Train to AlcatrazConductor YelvingtonFilm
1948The Strange Mrs. CraneFred MarlowFilm
1948Joe Palooka in Winner Take AllDonigerFilm
1948Singin' SpursMr. TotterFilm
1948Mary LouCheever ChesneyFilm
1948Jiggs and Maggie in CourtWorkerFilm
1947It Happened on Fifth AvenuePhillips (uncredited)Film
1947The Perils of PaulineWillie Millick (uncredited)Film
1947Suddenly It's SpringWorkman (uncredited)Film
1947A Likely StoryDoctor Brown (uncredited)Film
1947The Crimson KeyApartment House Desk ClerkFilm
1947Always TogetherFurrier (uncredited)Film
1947Web of DangerCornflake EaterFilm
1947Joe Palooka in the KnockoutHotel ClerkFilm
1947Easy Come, Easy GoWaiterFilm
1946Canyon PassagePortland Storekeeper (uncredited)Film
1946Angel on My ShoulderKramer (uncredited)Film
1946To Each His OwnClarence InghamFilm
1946That Brennan GirlMan in Night Club with QuarterFilm
1946The Secret HeartOld ManFilm
1946Two Guys from MilwaukeeMr. Carruthers (uncredited)Film
1946Inside JobDisinterested Husband at Fashion ShowFilm
1946Spook BustersBrownFilm
1946The Time, The Place and The GirlJeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)Film
1946Two Sisters from BostonGeorge - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)Film
1946Cinderella JonesKrencherFilm
1946One Exciting WeekMayor Clarence TeepleFilm
1946Down Missouri WayProf. ShawFilm
1945Mildred PierceMr. Jones (uncredited)Film
1945Anchors AweighIturbi's AssistantFilm
1945Lady on a TrainTrain Conductor (uncredited)Film
1945The ClockMichael HenryFilm
1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in HollywoodMr. Burvis (uncredited)Film
1945Two O'Clock CourageMr. Daniels (uncredited)Film
1945Guest WifeUrban NicholsFilm
1945She Went to the RacesWallace MasonFilm
1945Dangerous PartnersThe Diner (uncredited)Film
1945Earl Carroll VanitiesMr. WeemsFilm
1945The Man Who Walked AloneHerman MonroeFilm
1945Sing Your Way HomeMr. Heathcliffe, Heathcliffe (uncredited)Film
1945She Gets Her ManCharlie., in PlayFilm
1945Arson SquadSam PurdyFilm
1945On Stage EverybodyTupper (uncredited)Film
1945Blonde RansomClerkFilm
1944Arsenic and Old LaceDr. GilchristFilm
1944Nothing But TroubleEmployment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)Film
1944The Falcon in HollywoodHotel Manager (uncredited)Film
19443 Men in WhiteMr. Burns (uncredited)Film
1944San Diego I Love YouPercyFilm
1944RationingSenator's ReceptionistFilm
1944Johnny Doesn't Live Here AnymoreMr. CollinsFilm
1944The Town Went WildMr. KurtzFilm
1944Henry Aldrich, Boy ScoutMr. PollupFilm
1944Reckless AgeJerkinsFilm
1943The More the MerrierHotel Clerk (uncredited)Film
1943The DesperadoesRolloFilm
1943Princess O'RourkeMr. Mookle (uncredited)Film
1943Du Barry Was a LadyDr. Pullit (uncredited)Film
1943Crime DoctorHeadwaiterFilm
1943What a WomanDormitory Clerk (uncredited)Film
1943The Meanest Man in the WorldLawyer (uncredited)Film
1943Swing FeverMilbane, Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited)Film
1943Crazy HouseFudFilm
1943Sagebrush LawCowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)Film
1943Someone to RememberMr. RosebyFilm
1943False FacesApartment ManagerFilm
1943No Place for a Lady'Yvonne', dress designerFilm
1943Three Hearts for JuliaMan with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)Film
1943So's Your UncleDinwiddleFilm
1943Here Comes ElmerPostelwaiteFilm
1943ChatterboxWilfred PeckinpaughFilm
1943The West Side KidGwylimFilm
1942Yankee Doodle DandyGoffFilm
1942This Gun for HireRooming House ManagerFilm
1942All Through the NightWestmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)Film
1942The SpoilersMr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)Film
1942Larceny, Inc.Mr. BuchananFilm
1942Pardon My SarongBus Company Checker (uncredited)Film
1942George Washington Slept HereApartment Hunter (uncredited)Film
1942Valley of the SunWilber (uncredited)Film
1942The Wife Takes a FlyerAdolphe BietjelboerFilm
1942My Favorite SpyHiggenbothamFilm
1942Just Off BroadwaySperty, Juror-RoommateFilm
1942A Tragedy at MidnightPierre (uncredited)Film
1942The Remarkable AndrewSam MarberyFilm
1942Meet the StewartsMr. Hamilton (uncredited)Film
1942The Fleet's InJustice of the PeaceFilm
1942Get Hep to LoveMr. TollyFilm
1942The Forest RangersJudge (uncredited)Film
1941Hold Back the DawnMan in Climax Bar (uncredited)Film
1941Sun Valley SerenadeProcess ServerFilm
1941ManpowerDrug Store Clerk (uncredited)Film
1941Niagara FallsPotterFilm
1941Wedding WorriesJudge Martin (uncredited)Film
1941She Knew All the AnswersButter and Egg ManFilm
1941Three Girls About TownFrank - MagicianFilm
1941Unfinished BusinessMr. BeckFilm
1941They Met in ArgentinaB.A. Jackson, Hastings' Secretary (uncredited)Film
1941Scattergood Meets BroadwayQuentin Van DeusenFilm
1941New York TownMr. Cobbler (uncredited)Film
1940My Favorite WifeShoe Salesman (uncredited)Film
1940Remember the NightJewelry Salesman (uncredited)Film
1940Dance, Girl, DanceBailey #2Film
1940TurnaboutBriggs (uncredited)Film
1940Too Many GirlsListerFilm
1940The Doctor Takes a WifeJohnsonFilm
1940Blondie on a BudgetTicket Agent (uncredited)Film
1940Wildcat BusMan Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)Film
1940Millionaires in PrisonSidney KeatsFilm
1940Hired WifeMartin Peabody - Justice of the PeaceFilm
1940This Thing Called LoveFilm
1940Public Deb No. 1Car Payment ManFilm
1940Who Killed Aunt Maggie?Justice of the Peace (uncredited)Film
1940Love Thy NeighborJudgeFilm
1940She Couldn't Say NoEzra PineFilm
1940The Man Who Wouldn't TalkPompous ManFilm
1940A Little Bit of HeavenMr. DixonFilm
1939Dodge CityCoggins (uncredited)Film
1939Bachelor MotherOliver (uncredited)Film
1939Invisible StripesButler (uncredited)Film
1939Dust Be My DestinyMovie Theatre Manager (uncredited)Film
1939Miracles for SaleWaiter with SugarFilm
1939East Side of HeavenPhil (uncredited)Film
1939Dancing Co-EdBraddockFilm
1939The SpellbinderDr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited)Film
1939Television SpyHarry PayneFilm
1939Laugh It OffEliot RigbyFilm
1939Too Busy to WorkSpringerFilm
1938You Can't Take It with YouHammond (uncredited)Film
1938Service de LuxeBridegroomFilm
1938Arsène Lupin ReturnsReporter (uncredited)Film
1938Sing, You SinnersRace Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)Film
1938Go Chase YourselfPushy Little Man in Bank (uncredited)Film
1938Artists and Models AbroadSimpsonFilm
1938Hard to GetMr. Pinkey (uncredited)Film
1938He Couldn't Say NoMusgraveFilm
1938Love Is a HeadachePants Salesman (uncredited)Film
1938Snow Gets in Your EyesDepartment Store Manager (uncredited)Film
1938The Jury's SecretSecretaryFilm
1938Comet Over BroadwayWillisFilm
1938Annabel Takes a TourPitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel ManagerFilm
1938Life in Sometown, U.S.A.Henry Barber (uncredited)Film
1938Change of HeartTom JonesFilm
1938Youth Takes a FlingSalesmanFilm
1938RascalsMr. Roger AdamsFilm
1938Mr. ChumpEd MasonFilm
1937True ConfessionJuror (uncredited)Film
1937The Great GarrickM. MoreauFilm
1937The Wrong RoadDan O'FearnaFilm
1937Living on LoveJessupFilm
1937Live, Love and LearnFake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)Film
1937Navy BluesUncle AndrewFilm
1937Dance Charlie DanceAlvin GussettFilm
1937ExclusiveGarnerFilm
1937Big Town GirlAssistant Hotel ManagerFilm
1936Crash DonovanMr. Horner (uncredited)Film
1933Walking the BabyFilm
1933Plane CrazyShy HusbandFilm
1933Along Came RuthAl - Hotel Social DirectorFilm
1931Personal MaidGary Family Servant (uncredited)Film
1931The Door KnockerClerkFilm
—Let's Go SteppingFilm