Chester Clute

Chester Lamont Clute (February 18, 1891 – April 2, 1956) was an American character 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.

Born

Chester Lamont Clute

February 18, 1891

Orange, New Jersey, U.S.

DiedApril 2, 1956 (aged 65)

Woodland Hills, California, U.S.

Resting placeValhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

OccupationActor

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Chester Clute
Clute in Navy Blues (1937)
Born	Chester Lamont Clute (1891-02-18)February 18, 1891 Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	April 2, 1956(1956-04-02) (aged 65) Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Resting place	Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930–1953

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Biography

Born Chester Lamont Clute in Orange, New Jersey, Clute died of a heart attack in Woodland Hills, California, aged 65.^[1] He is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.^[2]

Career

Clute's Broadway credits included Ceiling Zero (1935), Page Miss Glory (1934), Triplets (1932), Oh, Promise Me (1930), The New Yorkers (1927), and She Couldn't Say No (1926).^[3]

Selected filmography

The Dentist (1932)
Crash Donovan (1936) - Mr. Horner (uncredited)
Navy Blues (1937) - Uncle Andrew
There Goes My Girl (1937) - Stu Parker - Whelan's Idea Man
Dance, Charlie, Dance (1937) - Alvin Gussett
Exclusive (1937) - Garner
She Asked for It (1937) - Photographer (uncredited)
The Wrong Road (1937) - Dan O'Fearna
The Great Garrick (1937) - M. Moreau
Live, Love and Learn (1937) - Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)
Living on Love (1937) - Jessup
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937) - Man with Toupee (uncredited)
45 Fathers (1937) - Timid Juror (uncredited)
Big Town Girl (1937) - Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
True Confession (1937) - Juror (uncredited)
Change of Heart (1938) - Tom Jones (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache (1938) - Pants Salesman (uncredited)
The Jury's Secret (1938) - Secretary (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) - Reporter (uncredited)
Reckless Living (1938) - Sucker (uncredited)
He Couldn't Say No (1938) - Musgrave
Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938) - Ticket Theft Victim (uncredited)
Go Chase Yourself (1938) - Pushy Little Man in Bank (uncredited)
Rascals (1938) - Mr. Roger Adams
Letter of Introduction (1938) - Guest at Cocktail Party (uncredited)
Mr. Chump (1938) - Ed Mason
Keep Smiling (1938) - Auctioneer (uncredited)
Sing You Sinners (1938) - Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You (1938) - Hammond (uncredited)
Personal Secretary (1938) - Levering (uncredited)
Youth Takes a Fling (1938) - Salesman
Touchdown, Army (1938) - Mr. Rawlings (uncredited)
Service de Luxe (1938) - Chester Bainbridge
Hard to Get (1938) - Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)
Annabel Takes a Tour (1938) - Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager
Comet Over Broadway (1938) - Willis
Artists and Models Abroad (1938) - Simpson
Pardon Our Nerve (1939) - Mr. Flemingwell
I Was a Convict (1939) - Evans
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 (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) - Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed (1939) - Braddock
Television Spy (1939) - Harry Payne
Too Busy to Work (1939) - Springer
Laugh It Off (1939) - Eliot Rigby
The Honeymoon's Over (1939) - Higginsby (uncredited)
Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939) - Waiter (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes (1939)
Remember the Night (1940) - Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940) - Pompous Man (uncredited)
Blondie on a Budget (1940) - Ticket Agent (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) - Johnson
My Favorite Wife (1940) - Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Turnabout (1940) - Briggs (uncredited)
Millionaires in Prison (1940) - Sidney Keats
Wildcat Bus (1940) - Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) - Bailey #2
Hired Wife (1940) - Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Public Deb No. 1 (1940) - Car Payment Man (uncredited)
Too Many Girls (1940) - Lister
A Little Bit of Heaven (1940) - Mr. Dixon
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940) - Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
She Couldn't Say No (1940) - Ezra Pine
Love Thy Neighbor (1940) - Judge
This Thing Called Love (1940) - Bit Part (uncredited)
Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) - Floorwalker (uncredited)
Footlight Fever (1941) - Mr. Holly - Parker's Secretary (uncredited)
They Met in Argentina (1941) - B.A. Jackson, Hastings' Secretary (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers (1941) - Butter and Egg Man
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry (1941) - Cardwell, Daniel's Secretary (uncredited)
Manpower (1941) - Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941) - Process Server
Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941) - Quentin Van Deusen
Unfinished Business (1941) - Mr. Beck (uncredited)
The Smiling Ghost (1941) - Homely Woman's Husband (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941) - Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)
Niagara Falls (1941) - Potter
Three Girls About Town (1941) - Frank - Magician (uncredited)
New York Town (1941) - Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)
Look Who's Laughing (1941) - Mr. Blaize (scenes deleted)
The Perfect Snob (1941) - Nibsie Nicholson
Bedtime Story (1941) - Second Desk Clerk (uncredited)
All Through the Night (1942) - Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Fleet's In (1942) - Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) - Pierre (uncredited)
Valley of the Sun (1942) - Wilbur (uncredited)
The Lady Is Willing (1942) - Income Tax Man (uncredited)
The Remarkable Andrew (1942) - Sam Marbery (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc. (1942) - Mr. Buchanan
The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) - Adolphe Bietjelboer
The Spoilers (1942) - Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire (1942) - Rooming House Manager
Meet the Stewarts (1942) - Mr. Hamilton, Club Manager (uncredited)
My Favorite Spy (1942) - Higgenbotham
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Harold Goff
Joan of Ozark (1942) - Salesman (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan (1942) - Mr. Langehanke (Fields sequence) (uncredited)
Pardon My Sarong (1942) - Bus Company Checker (uncredited)
Just Off Broadway (1942) - Sperty
Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942) - Drug Store Clerk
Get Hep to Love (1942) - Mr. Tolly (uncredited)
The Forest Rangers (1942) - Judge (uncredited)
George Washington Slept Here (1942) - Apartment Hunter (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) - Air-Raid Warden - Bob Hope Skit (uncredited)
No Place for a Lady (1943) - Yvonne
The Meanest Man in the World (1943) - Lawyer (uncredited)
Sagebrush Law (1943) - Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)
Chatterbox (1943) - Wilfred Peckinpaugh
The More the Merrier (1943) - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Three Hearts for Julia (1943) - Man with Binoculars (uncredited)
The Desperadoes (1943) - Rollo (uncredited)
False Faces (1943) - Apartment Manager
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) - Dr. Pullit (uncredited)
Crime Doctor (1943) - Headwaiter (uncredited)
The Good Fellows (1943) - Abner Merritt (uncredited)
Someone to Remember (1943) - Mr. Roseby
The West Side Kid (1943) - Gwylim
So's Your Uncle (1943) - Dinwiddle
I Dood It (1943) - Hotel Manager With Flowers (uncredited)
Crazy House (1943) - Fud
Princess O'Rourke (1943) - Mr. Mookle (uncredited)
Swing Fever (1943) - Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited)
Here Comes Elmer (1943) - Postelwaite
What a Woman (1943) - Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)
Sing a Jingle (1944) - Hendricks (uncredited)
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944) - Mr. Pollup (uncredited)
Hat Check Honey (1944) - Uniformed Officer
Rationing (1944) - Roberts
Bermuda Mystery (1944) - Angela's Father (uncredited)
3 Men in White (1944) - Mr. Burns (uncredited)
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More (1944) - Mr. Collins
Reckless Age (1944) - Jerkins
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) - Dr. Gilchrist
Ever Since Venus (1944) - Milquetoast Customer (uncredited)
San Diego, I Love You (1944) - Percy Caldwell
My Gal Loves Music (1944) - Doctor (uncredited)
Nothing but Trouble (1944) - Clerk in 1944 (uncredited)
The Falcon in Hollywood (1944) - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The Town Went Wild (1944) - Mr. Kurtz (uncredited)
Lake Placid Serenade (1944) - Haines (uncredited)
Nothing But the Truth (1944)
She Gets Her Man (1945) - Charlie, in Play
Roughly Speaking (1945) - The Proprietor (uncredited)
The Man Who Walked Alone (1945) - Mr. Monroe
The Clock (1945) - Michael Henry, Judge's Clerk (uncredited)
Earl Carroll Vanities (1945) - Mr. Weems
Two O'Clock Courage (1945) - Mr. Daniels (uncredited)
Swing Out, Sister (1945) - Mr. Gaston (uncredited)
Blonde Ransom (1945) - Clerk
Dangerous Partners (1945) - The Diner (uncredited)
Wonder Man (1945) - Man on Bus (uncredited)
Blonde from Brooklyn (1945) - Mr. Weams (uncredited)
On Stage Everybody (1945) - Tupper (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh (1945) - Iturbi's Assistant
Guest Wife (1945) - Urban Nichols
Lady on a Train (1945) - Train Conductor (uncredited)
Arson Squad (1945) - Sam Purdy
Mildred Pierce (1945) - Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945) - Mr. Burvis (uncredited)
She Went to the Races (1945) - Wallace Mason
Sing Your Way Home (1945) - Heathcliffe (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk (1945) - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945) - Lone Diner (uncredited)
The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946) - Quackenbush (uncredited)
Cinderella Jones (1946) - Krencher
To Each His Own (1946) - Clarence Ingham (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston (1946) - George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)
One Exciting Week (1946) - Mayor Clarence Teeple
Inside Job (1946) - Husband (uncredited)
Night and Day (1946) - Music Publisher (uncredited)
Canyon Passage (1946) - Portland Storekeeper (uncredited)
Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946) - Manicure Customer - Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)
Down Missouri Way (1946) - Prof. Shaw
Spook Busters (1946) - Brown
Angel on My Shoulder (1946) - Kramer (uncredited)
No Leave, No Love (1946) - Mr. Tansey (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl (1946) - Man in Night Club with Quarter (uncredited)
The Secret Heart (1946) - Old Man (uncredited)
The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946) - Jeff's Apartment Manager (uncredited)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947) - Waiter (uncredited)
Suddenly It's Spring (1947) - Workman (uncredited)
Hit Parade of 1947 (1947) - Radio Station Assistant (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) - Phillips (uncredited)
A Likely Story (1947) - Doctor Brown (uncredited)
Copacabana (1947) - Hotel Night Clerk (uncredited)
Web of Danger (1947) - Cornflakes Eater
Living in a Big Way (1947) - Union Leader (uncredited)
The Crimson Key (1947) - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Perils of Pauline (1947) - Willie Millick (uncredited)
Something in the Wind (1947) - Albert Beamis (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947) - Hotel Clerk
Always Together (1947) - Furrier (uncredited)
Mary Lou (1948) - Cheever Chesney
On Our Merry Way (1948) - Bank Teller (uncredited)
On an Island with You (1948) - Tommy (uncredited)
Best Man Wins (1948) - Villager (uncredited)
Blondie's Reward (1948) - Leroy J. Blodgett
Train to Alcatraz (1948) - Train Conductor Yelvington
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948) - Doniger
Singin' Spurs (1948) - Mr. Totter
The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948) - Fred Marlow
Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948) - Worker
Blondie's Big Deal (1949) - Mayor A.K. Ramsey
My Dream Is Yours (1949) - Party Guest (uncredited)
Ringside (1949) - Timid Man
The Girl from Jones Beach (1949) - Collection Agent (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young (1949) - Doctor (uncredited)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949) - Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)
Mary Ryan, Detective (1950) - Chester Wiggin (uncredited)
Square Dance Jubilee (1949) - Yes-Man
Bride for Sale (1949) - Mr. Baker (uncredited)
Master Minds (1949) - Mike Barton
The Great Lover (1949) - Passenger Drinking in Cabin (uncredited)
Bodyhold (1949) - Little Spectator in Crowd (uncredited)
The Good Humor Man (1950) - Meek Man (uncredited)
Kill the Umpire (1950) - Man Talking to Wife on Phone (uncredited)
Lucky Losers (1950) - Conventioneer from Paducah
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950) - Upperbottom
Hit Parade of 1951 (1950) - Haberdashery Clerk (uncredited)
Belle Le Grand (1951) - Secretary (uncredited)
Stop That Cab (1951) - Lucy's Father
Kentucky Jubilee (1951) - Mayor Horace Tilbury
All That I Have (1951) - Juror Meek
Colorado Sundown (1952) - Lawyer Davis
Scared Stiff (1953) - Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited) (final film role)

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