Chester Clute
Acting·February 18, 1891·† April 2, 1956 — 65 years old·Orange, New Jersey, USA
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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
1944·7.6
You Can't Take It with You
1938·7.5
Mildred Pierce
1945·7.6
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942·7.1
This Gun for Hire
1942·7.0
My Favorite Wife
1940·7.0
Anchors Aweigh
1945·6.8
Remember the Night
1940·7.3
Dodge City
1939·6.9
The More the Merrier
1943·7.0
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947·7.1
Bachelor Mother
1939·7.2
Filmography · 180
—Let's Go Stepping1953Scared StiffMan with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)1952Colorado SundownLawyer Davis1951All That I HaveJuror Meek1951Kentucky JubileeHorace Tilbury1951Stop That CabLucy's Father1950Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a ChanceUpperbottom1950Lucky LosersConventioneer1950Kill the UmpireMan Using Telephone (uncredited)1950The Good Humor ManMeek Man (uncredited)1949Master MindsMike Barton1949Square Dance JubileeYes-Man1949Mary Ryan, DetectiveChester Wiggin1949In the Good Old SummertimeSheet Music Customer (uncredited)1949Kimbar of the JungleDr. Beaseley1949RingsideTimid Man1949Blondie's Big DealMayor A.K. Ramsey1948Jiggs and Maggie in CourtWorker1948The Strange Mrs. CraneFred Marlow1948Singin' SpursMr. Totter1948Joe Palooka in Winner Take AllDoniger1948Train to AlcatrazConductor Yelvington1948Blondie's RewardLeroy J. Blodgett1948On an Island with You(uncredited)1948On Our Merry WayBank Teller (uncredited)1948Mary LouCheever Chesney1947Always TogetherFurrier (uncredited)1947Joe Palooka in the KnockoutHotel Clerk1947The Perils of PaulineWillie Millick (uncredited)1947The Crimson KeyApartment House Desk Clerk1947Web of DangerCornflake Eater1947A Likely StoryDoctor Brown (uncredited)1947It Happened on Fifth AvenuePhillips (uncredited)1947Easy Come, Easy GoWaiter1947Suddenly It's SpringWorkman (uncredited)1946The Time, The Place and The GirlJeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)1946The Secret HeartOld Man1946That Brennan GirlMan in Night Club with Quarter1946Angel on My ShoulderKramer (uncredited)1946Spook BustersBrown1946Down Missouri WayProf. Shaw1946Two Guys from MilwaukeeMr. Carruthers (uncredited)1946Canyon PassagePortland Storekeeper (uncredited)1946Inside JobDisinterested Husband at Fashion Show1946One Exciting WeekMayor Clarence Teeple1946Two Sisters from BostonGeorge - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)1946To Each His OwnClarence Ingham1946Cinderella JonesKrencher1945Sing Your Way HomeMr. Heathcliffe · Heathcliffe (uncredited)1945She Went to the RacesWallace Mason1945Mildred PierceMr. Jones (uncredited)1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in HollywoodMr. Burvis (uncredited)1945Arson SquadSam Purdy1945Anchors AweighIturbi's Assistant1945Lady on a TrainTrain Conductor (uncredited)1945Guest WifeUrban Nichols1945On Stage EverybodyTupper (uncredited)1945Dangerous PartnersThe Diner (uncredited)1945The ClockMichael Henry1945Blonde RansomClerk1945Two O'Clock CourageMr. Daniels (uncredited)1945Earl Carroll VanitiesMr. Weems1945The Man Who Walked AloneHerman Monroe1945She Gets Her ManCharlie., in Play1944The Town Went WildMr. Kurtz1944The Falcon in HollywoodHotel Manager (uncredited)1944Nothing But TroubleEmployment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)1944San Diego I Love YouPercy1944Arsenic and Old LaceDr. Gilchrist1944Reckless AgeJerkins1944Johnny Doesn't Live Here AnymoreMr. Collins19443 Men in WhiteMr. Burns (uncredited)1944RationingSenator's Receptionist1944Henry Aldrich, Boy ScoutMr. Pollup1943What a WomanDormitory Clerk (uncredited)1943Here Comes ElmerPostelwaite1943Swing FeverMilbane · Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited)1943Princess O'RourkeMr. Mookle (uncredited)1943Crazy HouseFud1943So's Your UncleDinwiddle1943The West Side KidGwylim1943Someone to RememberMr. Roseby1943Du Barry Was a LadyDr. Pullit (uncredited)1943Crime DoctorHeadwaiter1943False FacesApartment Manager1943The DesperadoesRollo1943Three Hearts for JuliaMan with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)1943The More the MerrierHotel Clerk (uncredited)1943ChatterboxWilfred Peckinpaugh1943Sagebrush LawCowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)1943The Meanest Man in the WorldLawyer (uncredited)1943No Place for a Lady'Yvonne', dress designer1942George Washington Slept HereApartment Hunter (uncredited)1942The Forest RangersJudge (uncredited)1942Get Hep to LoveMr. Tolly1942Just Off BroadwaySperty, Juror-Roommate1942Pardon My SarongBus Company Checker (uncredited)1942My Favorite SpyHiggenbotham1942The SpoilersMr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)1942Yankee Doodle DandyGoff1942Meet the StewartsMr. Hamilton (uncredited)1942The Wife Takes a FlyerAdolphe Bietjelboer1942Larceny, Inc.Mr. Buchanan1942This Gun for HireRooming House Manager1942The Remarkable AndrewSam Marbery1942Valley of the SunWilber (uncredited)1942A Tragedy at MidnightPierre (uncredited)1942The Fleet's InJustice of the Peace1942All Through the NightWestmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)1941Wedding WorriesJudge Martin (uncredited)1941New York TownMr. Cobbler (uncredited)1941Three Girls About TownFrank - Magician1941Niagara FallsPotter1941Hold Back the DawnMan in Climax Bar (uncredited)1941Sun Valley SerenadeProcess Server1941Unfinished BusinessMr. Beck1941Scattergood Meets BroadwayQuentin Van Deusen1941ManpowerDrug Store Clerk (uncredited)1941She Knew All the AnswersButter and Egg Man1940Love Thy NeighborJudge1940This Thing Called Love1940She Couldn't Say NoEzra Pine1940Who Killed Aunt Maggie?Justice of the Peace (uncredited)1940A Little Bit of HeavenMr. Dixon1940Too Many GirlsLister1940Hired WifeMartin Peabody - Justice of the Peace1940Public Deb No. 1Car Payment Man1940Dance, Girl, DanceBailey #21940Wildcat BusMan Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)1940Millionaires in PrisonSidney Keats1940TurnaboutBriggs (uncredited)1940My Favorite WifeShoe Salesman (uncredited)1940The Doctor Takes a WifeJohnson1940Blondie on a BudgetTicket Agent (uncredited)1940Remember the NightJewelry Salesman (uncredited)1940The Man Who Wouldn't TalkPompous Man1939Invisible StripesButler (uncredited)1939Laugh It OffEliot Rigby1939Too Busy to WorkSpringer1939Television SpyHarry Payne1939Dancing Co-EdBraddock1939Dust Be My DestinyMovie Theatre Manager (uncredited)1939Miracles for SaleWaiter with Sugar1939The SpellbinderDr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited)1939Bachelor MotherOliver (uncredited)1939Dodge CityCoggins (uncredited)1939East Side of HeavenPhil (uncredited)1938Artists and Models AbroadSimpson1938Comet Over BroadwayWillis1938Annabel Takes a TourPitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager1938Hard to GetMr. Pinkey (uncredited)1938Service de LuxeBridegroom1938Youth Takes a FlingSalesman1938Sing, You SinnersRace Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)1938You Can't Take It with YouHammond (uncredited)1938Mr. ChumpEd Mason1938RascalsMr. Roger Adams1938Snow Gets in Your EyesDepartment Store Manager (uncredited)1938Go Chase YourselfPushy Little Man in Bank (uncredited)1938He Couldn't Say NoMusgrave1938Life in Sometown, U.S.A.Henry Barber (uncredited)1938Arsène Lupin ReturnsReporter (uncredited)1938The Jury's SecretSecretary1938Change of HeartTom Jones1938Love Is a HeadachePants Salesman (uncredited)1937True ConfessionJuror (uncredited)1937Big Town GirlAssistant Hotel Manager1937Living on LoveJessup1937The Great GarrickM. Moreau1937Live, Love and LearnFake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)1937The Wrong RoadDan O'Fearna1937ExclusiveGarner1937Dance Charlie DanceAlvin Gussett1937Navy BluesUncle Andrew1936Crash DonovanMr. Horner (uncredited)1933Plane CrazyShy Husband1933Walking the Baby1933Along Came RuthAl - Hotel Social Director1931The Door KnockerClerk1931Personal MaidGary Family Servant (uncredited)