CINEFILER

Chester Clute

Born
February 18, 1891
Died
April 2, 1956
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
Dodge City
(1939)
Coggins (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
(1945)
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
(1947)
Phillips (uncredited)
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Dr. Gilchrist
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Hammond (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
(1945)
Iturbi's Assistant
Bachelor Mother
(1939)
Oliver - Man in Park (uncredited)
My Favorite Wife
(1940)
Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Remember the Night
(1940)
Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
The More the Merrier
(1943)
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire
(1942)
Rooming House Manager
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Goff
The Spoilers
(1942)
Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)
Dance, Girl, Dance
(1940)
Bailey #2
In the Good Old Summertime
(1949)
Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Door Knocker
(1931)
Clerk
Personal Maid
(1931)
Gary Family Servant (uncredited)
Plane Crazy
(1933)
Shy Husband
Walking the Baby
(1933)
Crash Donovan
(1936)
Mr. Horner (uncredited)
The Wrong Road
(1937)
Dan O'Fearna
Navy Blues
(1937)
Uncle Andrew
Living on Love
(1937)
Jessup
Live, Love and Learn
(1937)
Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance
(1937)
Alvin Gussett
Exclusive
(1937)
Garner
Big Town Girl
(1937)
Assistant Hotel Manager
The Great Garrick
(1937)
M. Moreau
True Confession
(1937)
Juror (uncredited)
Change of Heart
(1938)
Tom Jones
He Couldn't Say No
(1938)
Musgrave
Mr. Chump
(1938)
Ed Mason
Go Chase Yourself
(1938)
Pushy Man in Bank (uncredited)
Artists and Models Abroad
(1938)
Simpson
Comet Over Broadway
(1938)
Willis
Service de Luxe
(1938)
Bridegroom
Annabel Takes a Tour
(1938)
Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
(1938)
Henry Barber (uncredited)
Youth Takes a Fling
(1938)
Salesman
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
(1938)
Department Store Manager (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
(1938)
Reporter (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Hammond (uncredited)
Rascals
(1938)
Mr. Roger Adams
Sing, You Sinners
(1938)
Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
(1938)
Pants Salesman (uncredited)
Hard to Get
(1938)
Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)
The Jury's Secret
(1938)
Secretary
Television Spy
(1939)
Harry Payne
Dodge City
(1939)
Coggins (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven
(1939)
Phil (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
(1939)
Oliver - Man in Park (uncredited)
The Spellbinder
(1939)
Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)
Miracles for Sale
(1939)
Waiter with Sugar
Dancing Co-Ed
(1939)
Braddock
Dust Be My Destiny
(1939)
Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Laugh It Off
(1939)
Eliot Rigby
Too Busy to Work
(1939)
Springer
Love Thy Neighbor
(1940)
Judge
She Couldn't Say No
(1940)
Ezra Pine
Millionaires in Prison
(1940)
Sidney Keats
A Little Bit of Heaven
(1940)
Mr. Dixon
The Doctor Takes a Wife
(1940)
Johnson
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
(1940)
Pompous Man
Remember the Night
(1940)
Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
Blondie on a Budget
(1940)
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Dance, Girl, Dance
(1940)
Bailey #2
Hired Wife
(1940)
Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace
Turnabout
(1940)
Briggs (uncredited)
My Favorite Wife
(1940)
Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Too Many Girls
(1940)
Lister
Wildcat Bus
(1940)
Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)
This Thing Called Love
(1940)
Public Deb No. 1
(1940)
Car Payment Man
Niagara Falls
(1941)
Potter
Hold Back the Dawn
(1941)
Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)
Scattergood Meets Broadway
(1941)
Quentin Van Deusen
Sun Valley Serenade
(1941)
Process Server
Three Girls About Town
(1941)
Frank - Magician
New York Town
(1941)
Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)
Unfinished Business
(1941)
Mr. Beck
She Knew All the Answers
(1941)
Butter and Egg Man
Wedding Worries
(1941)
Judge Martin (uncredited)
Manpower
(1941)
Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Goff
Larceny, Inc.
(1942)
Mr. Buchanan
Just Off Broadway
(1942)
Sperty, Juror-Roommate
A Tragedy at Midnight
(1942)
Pierre (uncredited)
All Through the Night
(1942)
Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire
(1942)
Rooming House Manager
The Forest Rangers
(1942)
Judge (uncredited)
George Washington Slept Here
(1942)
Apartment Hunter (uncredited)
The Fleet's In
(1942)
Justice of the Peace
Valley of the Sun
(1942)
Wilber - Governor's Secretary
The Spoilers
(1942)
Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)
The Wife Takes a Flyer
(1942)
Adolphe Bietjelboer
The Remarkable Andrew
(1942)
Sam Marbery
Get Hep to Love
(1942)
Mr. Tolly
My Favorite Spy
(1942)
Higgenbotham
Pardon My Sarong
(1942)
Bus Company Checker (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts
(1942)
Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)
Swing Fever
(1943)
Milbane
Three Hearts for Julia
(1943)
Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)
The West Side Kid
(1943)
Gwylim
Sagebrush Law
(1943)
Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)
What a Woman
(1943)
Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)
Someone to Remember
(1943)
Mr. Roseby
Crime Doctor
(1943)
Headwaiter
Chatterbox
(1943)
Wilfred Peckinpaugh
The More the Merrier
(1943)
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
False Faces
(1943)
Apartment Manager
So's Your Uncle
(1943)
Dinwiddle
No Place for a Lady
(1943)
'Yvonne', dress designer
Princess O'Rourke
(1943)
Mr. Mookle (uncredited)
Du Barry was a Lady
(1943)
Dr. Pullit
Crazy House
(1943)
Fud
The Meanest Man in the World
(1943)
Lawyer
Here Comes Elmer
(1943)
Postelwaite
The Desperadoes
(1943)
Rollo
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Dr. Gilchrist
Nothing But Trouble
(1944)
Employment agency clerk
Rationing
(1944)
Senator's Receptionist
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
(1944)
Mr. Pollup
San Diego I Love You
(1944)
Percy Caldwell
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
(1944)
Mr. Collins
The Falcon in Hollywood
(1944)
Apartment Manager (uncredited)
Reckless Age
(1944)
Jerkins
3 Men in White
(1944)
Mr. Burns (uncredited)
The Town Went Wild
(1944)
Mr. Kurtz
The Clock
(1945)
Michael Henry
Guest Wife
(1945)
Urban Nichols
Anchors Aweigh
(1945)
Iturbi's Assistant
She Went to the Races
(1945)
Wallace Mason
Mildred Pierce
(1945)
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Two O'Clock Courage
(1945)
Mr. Daniels (uncredited)
Earl Carroll Vanities
(1945)
Mr. Weems
She Gets Her Man
(1945)
Charlie., in Play
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
(1945)
Mr. Burvis (uncredited)
On Stage Everybody
(1945)
Tupper (uncredited)
The Man Who Walked Alone
(1945)
Herman Monroe
Sing Your Way Home
(1945)
Mr. Heathcliffe
Lady on a Train
(1945)
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Arson Squad
(1945)
Sam Purdy
To Each His Own
(1946)
Clarence Ingham
Cinderella Jones
(1946)
Krencher
Two Guys from Milwaukee
(1946)
Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)
The Time, The Place and The Girl
(1946)
Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)
Inside Job
(1946)
Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show
The Secret Heart
(1946)
Old Man
Angel on My Shoulder
(1946)
Kramer (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl
(1946)
Man in Night Club with Quarter
Two Sisters from Boston
(1946)
George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Down Missouri Way
(1946)
Prof. Shaw
Spook Busters
(1946)
Brown
One Exciting Week
(1946)
Mayor Clarence Teeple
Suddenly It's Spring
(1947)
Workman (uncredited)
Easy Come, Easy Go
(1947)
Waiter
The Perils of Pauline
(1947)
Willie Millick (uncredited)
Web of Danger
(1947)
Cornflake Eater
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
(1947)
Phillips (uncredited)
Always Together
(1947)
Furrier (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
(1947)
Hotel Clerk
The Crimson Key
(1947)
Apartment House Desk Clerk
A Likely Story
(1947)
Doctor Brown (uncredited)
Train to Alcatraz
(1948)
Conductor Yelvington
The Strange Mrs. Crane
(1948)
Fred Marlow
Singin' Spurs
(1948)
Mr. Totter
On Our Merry Way
(1948)
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Mary Lou
(1948)
Cheever Chesney
On an Island with You
(1948)
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
(1948)
Doniger
Blondie's Reward
(1948)
Leroy J. Blodgett
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
(1948)
Worker
Mary Ryan, Detective
(1949)
Chester Wiggin
Master Minds
(1949)
Mike Barton
Square Dance Jubilee
(1949)
Yes-Man
Ringside
(1949)
Timid Man
Blondie's Big Deal
(1949)
Mayor A.K. Ramsey
Kimbar of the Jungle
(1949)
Dr. Beaseley
In the Good Old Summertime
(1949)
Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)
The Good Humor Man
(1950)
Meek Man (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
(1950)
Upperbottom
Kill the Umpire
(1950)
Man Using Telephone (uncredited)
Lucky Losers
(1950)
Conventioneer
Kentucky Jubilee
(1951)
Horace Tilbury
Stop That Cab
(1951)
Lucy's Father
All That I Have
(1951)
Juror Meek
Colorado Sundown
(1952)
Lawyer Davis
Scared Stiff
(1953)
Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)
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