Chester Clute

Feb 18, 1891 - Apr 02, 1956 (65 years old) in 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

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All Through the Night

Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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Scared Stiff

Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)

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Crash Donovan

Mr. Horner (uncredited)

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Reckless Age

Jerkins

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Niagara Falls

Potter

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He Couldn't Say No

Musgrave

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Arsenic and Old Lace

Dr. Gilchrist

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Swing Fever

Milbane

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3 Men in White

Mr. Burns (uncredited)

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Hold Back the Dawn

Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)

Credits

Let's Go Stepping Future

★ NR
Scared Stiff 1953

Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Colorado Sundown 1952

Lawyer Davis

★ 3.3
All That I Have 1951

Juror Meek

★ 5
Kentucky Jubilee 1951

Horace Tilbury

★ 5
Stop That Cab 1951

Lucy's Father

★ NR
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance 1950

Upperbottom

★ NR
Lucky Losers 1950

Conventioneer

★ 6.1
Kill the Umpire 1950

Man Using Telephone (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Good Humor Man 1950

Meek Man (uncredited)

★ 6
Master Minds 1949

Mike Barton

★ 6
Square Dance Jubilee 1949

Yes-Man

★ 4
Mary Ryan, Detective 1949

Chester Wiggin

★ 5.1
In the Good Old Summertime 1949

Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Kimbar of the Jungle 1949

Dr. Beaseley

★ NR
Ringside 1949

Timid Man

★ 4.2
Blondie's Big Deal 1949

Mayor A.K. Ramsey

★ 6.2
Jiggs and Maggie in Court 1948

Worker

★ NR
The Strange Mrs. Crane 1948

Fred Marlow

★ 6
Singin' Spurs 1948

Mr. Totter

★ NR
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All 1948

Doniger

★ 6
Train to Alcatraz 1948

Conductor Yelvington

★ 6
Blondie's Reward 1948

Leroy J. Blodgett

★ 6.5
On an Island with You 1948

★ 5.6
On Our Merry Way 1948

Bank Teller (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Mary Lou 1948

Cheever Chesney

★ NR
Always Together 1947

Furrier (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Joe Palooka in the Knockout 1947

Hotel Clerk

★ 6
The Perils of Pauline 1947

Willie Millick (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Crimson Key 1947

Apartment House Desk Clerk

★ 3.8
Web of Danger 1947

Cornflake Eater

★ 4.8
A Likely Story 1947

Doctor Brown (uncredited)

★ 4.2
It Happened on Fifth Avenue 1947

Phillips (uncredited)

★ 7
Easy Come, Easy Go 1947

Waiter

★ NR
Suddenly It's Spring 1947

Workman (uncredited)

★ 3.9
The Time, The Place and The Girl 1946

Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)

★ 5.4
The Secret Heart 1946

Old Man

★ 6.3
That Brennan Girl 1946

Man in Night Club with Quarter

★ 5.1
Angel on My Shoulder 1946

Kramer (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Spook Busters 1946

Brown

★ 4.8
Down Missouri Way 1946

Prof. Shaw

★ NR
Two Guys from Milwaukee 1946

Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)

★ 4.4
Canyon Passage 1946

Portland Storekeeper (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Inside Job 1946

Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show

★ 5.6
One Exciting Week 1946

Mayor Clarence Teeple

★ 6
Two Sisters from Boston 1946

George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)

★ 6
To Each His Own 1946

Clarence Ingham

★ 6.9
Cinderella Jones 1946

Krencher

★ 2.8
Sing Your Way Home 1945

Mr. Heathcliffe

★ 5.2
She Went to the Races 1945

Wallace Mason

★ 5.5
Mildred Pierce 1945

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

★ 7.6
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood 1945

Mr. Burvis (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Arson Squad 1945

Sam Purdy

★ NR
Anchors Aweigh 1945

Iturbi's Assistant

★ 6.8
Lady on a Train 1945

Train Conductor (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Guest Wife 1945

Urban Nichols

★ 6
On Stage Everybody 1945

Tupper (uncredited)

★ NR
Dangerous Partners 1945

The Diner (uncredited)

★ 6
The Clock 1945

Michael Henry

★ 7.2
Two O'Clock Courage 1945

Mr. Daniels (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Earl Carroll Vanities 1945

Mr. Weems

★ 5
The Man Who Walked Alone 1945

Herman Monroe

★ 5.6
She Gets Her Man 1945

Charlie., in Play

★ 3.7
The Town Went Wild 1944

Mr. Kurtz

★ 5
The Falcon in Hollywood 1944

Apartment Manager (uncredited)

★ 6
Nothing But Trouble 1944

Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)

★ 6
San Diego I Love You 1944

Percy Caldwell

★ 6.2
Arsenic and Old Lace 1944

Dr. Gilchrist

★ 7.6
Reckless Age 1944

Jerkins

★ NR
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1944

Mr. Collins

★ 6
3 Men in White 1944

Mr. Burns (uncredited)

★ 6
Rationing 1944

Senator's Receptionist

★ 2.7
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout 1944

Mr. Pollup

★ NR
What a Woman 1943

Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Here Comes Elmer 1943

Postelwaite

★ NR
Swing Fever 1943

Milbane

★ 5
Princess O'Rourke 1943

Mr. Mookle (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Crazy House 1943

Fud

★ 5
So's Your Uncle 1943

Dinwiddle

★ 5
The West Side Kid 1943

Gwylim

★ NR
Someone to Remember 1943

Mr. Roseby

★ 7
Du Barry Was a Lady 1943

Dr. Pullit (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Crime Doctor 1943

Headwaiter

★ 6.2
False Faces 1943

Apartment Manager

★ 7
The Desperadoes 1943

Rollo

★ 5.7
Three Hearts for Julia 1943

Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)

★ 6
The More the Merrier 1943

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Chatterbox 1943

Wilfred Peckinpaugh

★ NR
Sagebrush Law 1943

Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)

★ 6
The Meanest Man in the World 1943

Lawyer

★ 6.4
No Place for a Lady 1943

'Yvonne', dress designer

★ 6
George Washington Slept Here 1942

Apartment Hunter (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Forest Rangers 1942

Judge (uncredited)

★ NR
Get Hep to Love 1942

Mr. Tolly

★ 4
Just Off Broadway 1942

Sperty, Juror-Roommate

★ 5
Pardon My Sarong 1942

Bus Company Checker (uncredited)

★ 6.5
My Favorite Spy 1942

Higgenbotham

★ 5.2
The Spoilers 1942

Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

Goff

★ 7
Meet the Stewarts 1942

Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)

★ 4.3
The Wife Takes a Flyer 1942

Adolphe Bietjelboer

★ 4.5
Larceny, Inc. 1942

Mr. Buchanan

★ 7
This Gun for Hire 1942

Rooming House Manager

★ 7
The Remarkable Andrew 1942

Sam Marbery

★ 6.8
Valley of the Sun 1942

Wilber (uncredited)

★ 5.8
A Tragedy at Midnight 1942

Pierre (uncredited)

★ 4.7
The Fleet's In 1942

Justice of the Peace

★ 7
All Through the Night 1942

Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Wedding Worries 1941

Judge Martin (uncredited)

★ 6
New York Town 1941

Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)

★ 10
Three Girls About Town 1941

Frank - Magician

★ 5.3
Niagara Falls 1941

Potter

★ 6.8
Hold Back the Dawn 1941

Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Sun Valley Serenade 1941

Process Server

★ 7
Unfinished Business 1941

Mr. Beck

★ 5.3
Scattergood Meets Broadway 1941

Quentin Van Deusen

★ NR
Manpower 1941

Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6.7
She Knew All the Answers 1941

Butter and Egg Man

★ 6.3
Love Thy Neighbor 1940

Judge

★ 6.5
This Thing Called Love 1940

★ 8
She Couldn't Say No 1940

Ezra Pine

★ 6.8
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? 1940

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

★ 4.3
A Little Bit of Heaven 1940

Mr. Dixon

★ 1
Too Many Girls 1940

Lister

★ 5.6
Hired Wife 1940

Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace

★ 6.8
Public Deb No. 1 1940

Car Payment Man

★ 4.4
Dance, Girl, Dance 1940

Bailey #2

★ 6.4
Wildcat Bus 1940

Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)

★ 4.9
Millionaires in Prison 1940

Sidney Keats

★ 6
Turnabout 1940

Briggs (uncredited)

★ 5.8
My Favorite Wife 1940

Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

★ 7
The Doctor Takes a Wife 1940

Johnson

★ 6.4
Blondie on a Budget 1940

Ticket Agent (uncredited)

★ 6
Remember the Night 1940

Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)

★ 7.3
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk 1940

Pompous Man

★ 4
Invisible Stripes 1939

Butler (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Laugh It Off 1939

Eliot Rigby

★ 2
Too Busy to Work 1939

Springer

★ NR
Television Spy 1939

Harry Payne

★ 5
Dancing Co-Ed 1939

Braddock

★ 6.2
Dust Be My Destiny 1939

Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Miracles for Sale 1939

Waiter with Sugar

★ 6.4
The Spellbinder 1939

Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)

★ 6
Bachelor Mother 1939

Oliver (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Dodge City 1939

Coggins (uncredited)

★ 6.9
East Side of Heaven 1939

Phil (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Artists and Models Abroad 1938

Simpson

★ 4.2
Comet Over Broadway 1938

Willis

★ 5
Annabel Takes a Tour 1938

Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager

★ 5
Hard to Get 1938

Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)

★ 6
Service de Luxe 1938

Bridegroom

★ 6.4
Youth Takes a Fling 1938

Salesman

★ 1
Sing, You Sinners 1938

Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)

★ 6.7
You Can't Take It with You 1938

Hammond (uncredited)

★ 7.5
Mr. Chump 1938

Ed Mason

★ NR
Rascals 1938

Mr. Roger Adams

★ 6
Snow Gets in Your Eyes 1938

Department Store Manager (uncredited)

★ 6
Go Chase Yourself 1938

Pushy Little Man in Bank (uncredited)

★ 5
He Couldn't Say No 1938

Musgrave

★ 5.5
Life in Sometown, U.S.A. 1938

Henry Barber (uncredited)

★ 7
Arsène Lupin Returns 1938

Reporter (uncredited)

★ 5.8
The Jury's Secret 1938

Secretary

★ 4
Change of Heart 1938

Tom Jones

★ 5
Love Is a Headache 1938

Pants Salesman (uncredited)

★ 5.7
True Confession 1937

Juror (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Big Town Girl 1937

Assistant Hotel Manager

★ 6
Living on Love 1937

Jessup

★ 6
The Great Garrick 1937

M. Moreau

★ 5.9
Live, Love and Learn 1937

Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)

★ 5.1
The Wrong Road 1937

Dan O'Fearna

★ 4.4
Exclusive 1937

Garner

★ 6
Dance Charlie Dance 1937

Alvin Gussett

★ 6
Navy Blues 1937

Uncle Andrew

★ 5
Crash Donovan 1936

Mr. Horner (uncredited)

★ NR
Plane Crazy 1933

Shy Husband

★ NR
Walking the Baby 1933

★ 5.5
Along Came Ruth 1933

Al - Hotel Social Director

★ NR
The Door Knocker 1931

Clerk

★ NR
Personal Maid 1931

Gary Family Servant (uncredited)

★ 3