
Chester Clute
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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
Credits

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
as Dr. Gilchrist

You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Hammond (uncredited)

This Gun for Hire (1942)
as Rooming House Manager

Mildred Pierce (1945)
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)

My Favorite Wife (1940)
as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
as Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)

All Through the Night (1942)
as Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

The Clock (1945)
as Michael Henry

The Fleet's In (1942)
as Justice of the Peace

Remember the Night (1940)
as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
as Goff

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
as Phillips (uncredited)

Dodge City (1939)
as Coggins (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh (1945)
as Iturbi's Assistant

The More the Merrier (1943)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

On an Island with You (1948)
as (uncredited)

On Our Merry Way (1948)
as Bank Teller (uncredited)

Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
as Mr. Daniels (uncredited)

Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Dr. Pullit (uncredited)

Lady on a Train (1945)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)

This Thing Called Love (1940)
Actor

Guest Wife (1945)
as Urban Nichols

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
as Bailey #2

The Desperadoes (1943)
as Rollo

The Spoilers (1942)
as Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)

Swing Fever (1943)
as Milbane

Canyon Passage (1946)
as Portland Storekeeper (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes (1939)
as Butler (uncredited)

Sing Your Way Home (1945)
as Mr. Heathcliffe

Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
as Kramer (uncredited)

Scared Stiff (1953)
as Man with Spaghetti (uncredited)

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
as Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
as George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)

To Each His Own (1946)
as Clarence Ingham

She Knew All the Answers (1941)
as Butter and Egg Man

The Perils of Pauline (1947)
as Willie Millick (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
as Mr. Burvis (uncredited)

George Washington Slept Here (1942)
as Apartment Hunter (uncredited)

Too Busy to Work (1939)
as Springer

Three Hearts for Julia (1943)
as Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)

Three Girls About Town (1941)
as Frank - Magician

The Secret Heart (1946)
as Old Man

They Met in Argentina (1941)
as B.A. Jackson, Hastings' Secretary (uncredited)

Blondie on a Budget (1940)
as Ticket Agent (uncredited)

The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
as Simpson

The Good Humor Man (1950)
as Meek Man (uncredited)

The West Side Kid (1943)
as Gwylim

Valley of the Sun (1942)
as Wilber (uncredited)

Love Is a Headache (1938)
as Pants Salesman (uncredited)

The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
as Johnson

Bachelor Mother (1939)
as Oliver (uncredited)

She Gets Her Man (1945)
as Charlie., in Play

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
as Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)

The Jury's Secret (1938)
as Secretary

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)
as Mr. Collins

The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
as Adolphe Bietjelboer

Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
as Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)

Mary Ryan, Detective (1949)
as Chester Wiggin

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
as Upperbottom

Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
as Car Payment Man

Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Meet the Stewarts (1942)
as Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)

A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
as Pierre (uncredited)

The Time, The Place and The Girl (1946)
as Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)

3 Men in White (1944)
as Mr. Burns (uncredited)

Inside Job (1946)
as Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show

Live, Love and Learn (1937)
as Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)

East Side of Heaven (1939)
as Phil (uncredited)

San Diego I Love You (1944)
as Percy

Arson Squad (1945)
as Sam Purdy

Life in Sometown, U.S.A. (1938)
as Henry Barber (uncredited)

Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
as Process Server

Ringside (1949)
as Timid Man

Suddenly It's Spring (1947)
as Workman (uncredited)

The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
as Lawyer (uncredited)

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
as Pompous Man

Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
as Waiter

So's Your Uncle (1943)
as Dinwiddle

Get Hep to Love (1942)
as Mr. Tolly

Exclusive (1937)
as Garner

Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
as Salesman

The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
as Herman Monroe

The Town Went Wild (1944)
as Mr. Kurtz

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)
as Doniger

Larceny, Inc. (1942)
as Mr. Buchanan

Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
as Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager

The Forest Rangers (1942)
as Judge (uncredited)

Too Many Girls (1940)
as Lister

Pardon My Sarong (1942)
as Bus Company Checker (uncredited)

He Couldn't Say No (1938)
as Musgrave

Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940)
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
as Braddock

Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)
as Worker

The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948)
as Fred Marlow

No Place for a Lady (1943)
as 'Yvonne', dress designer

She Went to the Races (1945)
as Wallace Mason

What a Woman (1943)
as Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)

True Confession (1937)
as Juror (uncredited)

Snow Gets in Your Eyes (1938)
as Department Store Manager (uncredited)

Manpower (1941)
as Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)

Blondie's Big Deal (1949)
as Mayor A.K. Ramsey

Princess O'Rourke (1943)
as Mr. Mookle (uncredited)

One Exciting Week (1946)
as Mayor Clarence Teeple
Let's Go Stepping (—)
Actor

Crash Donovan (1936)
as Mr. Horner (uncredited)

Turnabout (1940)
as Briggs (uncredited)

She Couldn't Say No (1940)
as Ezra Pine

Here Comes Elmer (1943)
as Postelwaite

That Brennan Girl (1946)
as Man in Night Club with Quarter

New York Town (1941)
as Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)

Miracles for Sale (1939)
as Waiter with Sugar

Crime Doctor (1943)
as Headwaiter

All That I Have (1951)
as Juror Meek

Hard to Get (1938)
as Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)

Kill the Umpire (1950)
as Man Using Telephone (uncredited)

A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)
as Mr. Dixon

A Likely Story (1947)
as Doctor Brown (uncredited)

Millionaires in Prison (1940)
as Sidney Keats

Crazy House (1943)
as Fud

Navy Blues (1937)
as Uncle Andrew
Laugh It Off (1939)
as Eliot Rigby

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944)
as Mr. Pollup

Blondie's Reward (1948)
as Leroy J. Blodgett

Niagara Falls (1941)
as Potter

The Crimson Key (1947)
as Apartment House Desk Clerk

The Spellbinder (1939)
as Dr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited)

My Favorite Spy (1942)
as Higgenbotham

Comet Over Broadway (1938)
as Willis

Big Town Girl (1937)
as Assistant Hotel Manager

Cinderella Jones (1946)
as Krencher

The Wrong Road (1937)
as Dan O'Fearna

Someone to Remember (1943)
as Mr. Roseby

Nothing But Trouble (1944)
as Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)

The Great Garrick (1937)
as M. Moreau

Hired Wife (1940)
as Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace

Go Chase Yourself (1938)
as Pushy Little Man in Bank (uncredited)

Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
as Mr. Weems

Just Off Broadway (1942)
as Sperty, Juror-Roommate

Reckless Age (1944)
as Jerkins

Unfinished Business (1941)
as Mr. Beck

Dangerous Partners (1945)
as The Diner (uncredited)

Television Spy (1939)
as Harry Payne

Always Together (1947)
as Furrier (uncredited)

Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)
as Hotel Clerk

Rationing (1944)
as Senator's Receptionist

Personal Maid (1931)
as Gary Family Servant (uncredited)

Living on Love (1937)
as Jessup
Train to Alcatraz (1948)
as Conductor Yelvington
The Door Knocker (1931)
as Clerk

False Faces (1943)
as Apartment Manager

Master Minds (1949)
as Mike Barton
Kimbar of the Jungle (1949)
as Dr. Beaseley

The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
as Sam Marbery

Colorado Sundown (1952)
as Lawyer Davis

Sing, You Sinners (1938)
as Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)

Lucky Losers (1950)
as Conventioneer

Rascals (1938)
as Mr. Roger Adams

Spook Busters (1946)
as Brown

Down Missouri Way (1946)
as Prof. Shaw

Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
as Alvin Gussett

Web of Danger (1947)
as Cornflake Eater

Square Dance Jubilee (1949)
as Yes-Man

Service de Luxe (1938)
as Bridegroom

Wildcat Bus (1940)
as Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)

Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941)
as Quentin Van Deusen

Kentucky Jubilee (1951)
as Horace Tilbury

Walking the Baby (1933)
Actor

Sagebrush Law (1943)
as Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)

Wedding Worries (1941)
as Judge Martin (uncredited)

Chatterbox (1943)
as Wilfred Peckinpaugh

Stop That Cab (1951)
as Lucy's Father

Change of Heart (1938)
as Tom Jones

Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Judge

On Stage Everybody (1945)
as Tupper (uncredited)

Mary Lou (1948)
as Cheever Chesney

Mr. Chump (1938)
as Ed Mason
Blonde Ransom (1945)
as Clerk

Singin' Spurs (1948)
as Mr. Totter

Plane Crazy (1933)
as Shy Husband

Along Came Ruth (1933)
as Al - Hotel Social Director





