Chester Clute

Chester Lamont 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.

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)
• The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
• 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)

References

External links

• Chester Clute on IMDb
• Chester Clute at the Internet Broadway Database
• Chester Clute at Find a Grave