Biography
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.
Acted in 175
1950s
- 1953
Scared Stiff
Man with Spaghetti (uncredited)
- 1952
Colorado Sundown
Lawyer Davis
- 1951
All That I Have
Juror Meek
Kentucky Jubilee
Horace Tilbury
- 1950
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
Upperbottom
Lucky Losers
Conventioneer
Kill the Umpire
Man Using Telephone (uncredited)
The Good Humor Man
Meek Man (uncredited)
1940s
- 1949
Master Minds
Mike Barton
Square Dance Jubilee
Yes-Man
Mary Ryan, Detective
Chester Wiggin
Ringside
Timid Man
- 1948
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
Worker
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Fred Marlow
Singin' Spurs
Mr. Totter
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Doniger
Blondie's Reward
Leroy J. Blodgett
On an Island with You
(uncredited)
Mary Lou
Cheever Chesney
- 1947
Always Together
Furrier (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Hotel Clerk
The Crimson Key
Apartment House Desk Clerk
Web of Danger
Cornflake Eater
A Likely Story
Doctor Brown (uncredited)
Easy Come, Easy Go
Waiter
Suddenly It's Spring
Workman (uncredited)
- 1946
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)
The Secret Heart
Old Man
That Brennan Girl
Man in Night Club with Quarter
Spook Busters
Brown
Down Missouri Way
Prof. Shaw
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)
Inside Job
Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show
One Exciting Week
Mayor Clarence Teeple
Two Sisters from Boston
George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Cinderella Jones
Krencher
- 1945
Sing Your Way Home
Mr. Heathcliffe, Heathcliffe (uncredited)
She Went to the Races
Wallace Mason
Arson Squad
Sam Purdy
Lady on a Train
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Guest Wife
Urban Nichols
On Stage Everybody
Tupper (uncredited)
Dangerous Partners
The Diner (uncredited)
Two O'Clock Courage
Mr. Daniels (uncredited)
Earl Carroll Vanities
Mr. Weems
She Gets Her Man
Charlie., in Play
- 1944
The Town Went Wild
Mr. Kurtz
The Falcon in Hollywood
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Nothing But Trouble
Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)
San Diego I Love You
Percy
Reckless Age
Jerkins
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Mr. Collins
3 Men in White
Mr. Burns (uncredited)
Rationing
Senator's Receptionist
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
Mr. Pollup
- 1943
What a Woman
Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)
Here Comes Elmer
Postelwaite
Princess O'Rourke
Mr. Mookle (uncredited)
Crazy House
Fud
So's Your Uncle
Dinwiddle
The West Side Kid
Gwylim
Someone to Remember
Mr. Roseby
Crime Doctor
Headwaiter
False Faces
Apartment Manager
Three Hearts for Julia
Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)
The More the Merrier
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Chatterbox
Wilfred Peckinpaugh
Sagebrush Law
Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)
The Meanest Man in the World
Lawyer (uncredited)
No Place for a Lady
'Yvonne', dress designer
- 1942
George Washington Slept Here
Apartment Hunter (uncredited)
Get Hep to Love
Mr. Tolly
Just Off Broadway
Sperty, Juror-Roommate
Meet the Stewarts
Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Adolphe Bietjelboer
This Gun for Hire
Rooming House Manager
The Remarkable Andrew
Sam Marbery
Valley of the Sun
Wilber (uncredited)
A Tragedy at Midnight
Pierre (uncredited)
The Fleet's In
Justice of the Peace
- 1941
Wedding Worries
Judge Martin (uncredited)
New York Town
Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town
Frank - Magician
Niagara Falls
Potter
Hold Back the Dawn
Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)
Sun Valley Serenade
Process Server
Unfinished Business
Mr. Beck
Scattergood Meets Broadway
Quentin Van Deusen
Manpower
Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers
Butter and Egg Man
They Met in Argentina
B.A. Jackson, Hastings' Secretary (uncredited)
- 1940
Love Thy Neighbor
Judge
This Thing Called Love
Movie
She Couldn't Say No
Ezra Pine
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
A Little Bit of Heaven
Mr. Dixon
Too Many Girls
Lister
Hired Wife
Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace
Public Deb No. 1
Car Payment Man
Dance, Girl, Dance
Bailey #2
Wildcat Bus
Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)
Millionaires in Prison
Sidney Keats
Turnabout
Briggs (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Johnson
Blondie on a Budget
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Pompous Man
1930s
- 1939
Too Busy to Work
Springer
Television Spy
Harry Payne
Dancing Co-Ed
Braddock
Dust Be My Destiny
Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Miracles for Sale
Waiter with Sugar
The Spellbinder
Dr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
Oliver (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven
Phil (uncredited)
- 1938
Artists and Models Abroad
Simpson
Comet Over Broadway
Willis
Annabel Takes a Tour
Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager
Hard to Get
Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)
Service de Luxe
Bridegroom
Youth Takes a Fling
Salesman
Sing, You Sinners
Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
Mr. Chump
Ed Mason
Rascals
Mr. Roger Adams
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Department Store Manager (uncredited)
Go Chase Yourself
Pushy Little Man in Bank (uncredited)
He Couldn't Say No
Musgrave
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
Henry Barber (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
Reporter (uncredited)
The Jury's Secret
Secretary
Change of Heart
Tom Jones
Love Is a Headache
Pants Salesman (uncredited)
- 1937
True Confession
Juror (uncredited)
Big Town Girl
Assistant Hotel Manager
Living on Love
Jessup
The Great Garrick
M. Moreau
Live, Love and Learn
Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)
The Wrong Road
Dan O'Fearna
Exclusive
Garner
Dance Charlie Dance
Alvin Gussett
Navy Blues
Uncle Andrew
- 1936
Crash Donovan
Mr. Horner (uncredited)
- 1933
Plane Crazy
Shy Husband
Walking the Baby
Movie
Along Came Ruth
Al - Hotel Social Director
- 1931
Personal Maid
Gary Family Servant (uncredited)
