Chester Clute
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 18, 1891, Orange, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- April 2, 1956
- Movies
- 180
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1953 | Scared Stiff | Man with Spaghetti (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Colorado Sundown | Lawyer Davis |
| 1951 | All That I Have | Juror Meek |
| 1951 | Kentucky Jubilee | Horace Tilbury |
| 1951 | Stop That Cab | Lucy's Father |
| 1950 | Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance | Upperbottom |
| 1950 | Lucky Losers | Conventioneer |
| 1950 | Kill the Umpire | Man Using Telephone (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Good Humor Man | Meek Man (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Master Minds | Mike Barton |
| 1949 | Square Dance Jubilee | Yes-Man |
| 1949 | Mary Ryan, Detective | Chester Wiggin |
| 1949 | In the Good Old Summertime | Sheet Music Customer (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Kimbar of the Jungle | Dr. Beaseley |
| 1949 | Ringside | Timid Man |
| 1949 | Blondie's Big Deal | Mayor A.K. Ramsey |
| 1948 | Jiggs and Maggie in Court | Worker |
| 1948 | The Strange Mrs. Crane | Fred Marlow |
| 1948 | Singin' Spurs | Mr. Totter |
| 1948 | Joe Palooka in Winner Take All | Doniger |
| 1948 | Train to Alcatraz | Conductor Yelvington |
| 1948 | Blondie's Reward | Leroy J. Blodgett |
| 1948 | On an Island with You | (uncredited) |
| 1948 | On Our Merry Way | Bank Teller (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Mary Lou | Cheever Chesney |
| 1947 | Always Together | Furrier (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Joe Palooka in the Knockout | Hotel Clerk |
| 1947 | The Perils of Pauline | Willie Millick (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Crimson Key | Apartment House Desk Clerk |
| 1947 | Web of Danger | Cornflake Eater |
| 1947 | A Likely Story | Doctor Brown (uncredited) |
| 1947 | It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Phillips (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Waiter |
| 1947 | Suddenly It's Spring | Workman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Time, The Place and The Girl | Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Secret Heart | Old Man |
| 1946 | That Brennan Girl | Man in Night Club with Quarter |
| 1946 | Angel on My Shoulder | Kramer (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Spook Busters | Brown |
| 1946 | Down Missouri Way | Prof. Shaw |
| 1946 | Two Guys from Milwaukee | Mr. Carruthers (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Canyon Passage | Portland Storekeeper (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Inside Job | Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show |
| 1946 | One Exciting Week | Mayor Clarence Teeple |
| 1946 | Two Sisters from Boston | George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | To Each His Own | Clarence Ingham |
| 1946 | Cinderella Jones | Krencher |
| 1945 | Sing Your Way Home | Mr. Heathcliffe, Heathcliffe (uncredited) |
| 1945 | She Went to the Races | Wallace Mason |
| 1945 | Mildred Pierce | Mr. Jones (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Mr. Burvis (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Arson Squad | Sam Purdy |
| 1945 | Anchors Aweigh | Iturbi's Assistant |
| 1945 | Lady on a Train | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Guest Wife | Urban Nichols |
| 1945 | On Stage Everybody | Tupper (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Dangerous Partners | The Diner (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Clock | Michael Henry |
| 1945 | Blonde Ransom | Clerk |
| 1945 | Two O'Clock Courage | Mr. Daniels (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Earl Carroll Vanities | Mr. Weems |
| 1945 | The Man Who Walked Alone | Herman Monroe |
| 1945 | She Gets Her Man | Charlie., in Play |
| 1944 | The Town Went Wild | Mr. Kurtz |
| 1944 | The Falcon in Hollywood | Hotel Manager (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Nothing But Trouble | Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited) |
| 1944 | San Diego I Love You | Percy |
| 1944 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Dr. Gilchrist |
| 1944 | Reckless Age | Jerkins |
| 1944 | Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Mr. Collins |
| 1944 | 3 Men in White | Mr. Burns (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Rationing | Senator's Receptionist |
| 1944 | Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout | Mr. Pollup |
| 1943 | What a Woman | Dormitory Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Here Comes Elmer | Postelwaite |
| 1943 | Swing Fever | Milbane, Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Princess O'Rourke | Mr. Mookle (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Crazy House | Fud |
| 1943 | So's Your Uncle | Dinwiddle |
| 1943 | The West Side Kid | Gwylim |
| 1943 | Someone to Remember | Mr. Roseby |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady | Dr. Pullit (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Crime Doctor | Headwaiter |
| 1943 | False Faces | Apartment Manager |
| 1943 | The Desperadoes | Rollo |
| 1943 | Three Hearts for Julia | Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The More the Merrier | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Chatterbox | Wilfred Peckinpaugh |
| 1943 | Sagebrush Law | Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Meanest Man in the World | Lawyer (uncredited) |
| 1943 | No Place for a Lady | 'Yvonne', dress designer |
| 1942 | George Washington Slept Here | Apartment Hunter (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Forest Rangers | Judge (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Get Hep to Love | Mr. Tolly |
| 1942 | Just Off Broadway | Sperty, Juror-Roommate |
| 1942 | Pardon My Sarong | Bus Company Checker (uncredited) |
| 1942 | My Favorite Spy | Higgenbotham |
| 1942 | The Spoilers | Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Goff |
| 1942 | Meet the Stewarts | Mr. Hamilton (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Wife Takes a Flyer | Adolphe Bietjelboer |
| 1942 | Larceny, Inc. | Mr. Buchanan |
| 1942 | This Gun for Hire | Rooming House Manager |
| 1942 | The Remarkable Andrew | Sam Marbery |
| 1942 | Valley of the Sun | Wilber (uncredited) |
| 1942 | A Tragedy at Midnight | Pierre (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Fleet's In | Justice of the Peace |
| 1942 | All Through the Night | Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Wedding Worries | Judge Martin (uncredited) |
| 1941 | New York Town | Mr. Cobbler (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Three Girls About Town | Frank - Magician |
| 1941 | Niagara Falls | Potter |
| 1941 | Hold Back the Dawn | Man in Climax Bar (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Sun Valley Serenade | Process Server |
| 1941 | Unfinished Business | Mr. Beck |
| 1941 | Scattergood Meets Broadway | Quentin Van Deusen |
| 1941 | Manpower | Drug Store Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1941 | She Knew All the Answers | Butter and Egg Man |
| 1941 | They Met in Argentina | B.A. Jackson, Hastings' Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Love Thy Neighbor | Judge |
| 1940 | This Thing Called Love | |
| 1940 | She Couldn't Say No | Ezra Pine |
| 1940 | Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Justice of the Peace (uncredited) |
| 1940 | A Little Bit of Heaven | Mr. Dixon |
| 1940 | Too Many Girls | Lister |
| 1940 | Hired Wife | Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 | Car Payment Man |
| 1940 | Dance, Girl, Dance | Bailey #2 |
| 1940 | Wildcat Bus | Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Millionaires in Prison | Sidney Keats |
| 1940 | Turnabout | Briggs (uncredited) |
| 1940 | My Favorite Wife | Shoe Salesman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Johnson |
| 1940 | Blondie on a Budget | Ticket Agent (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Remember the Night | Jewelry Salesman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Pompous Man |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes | Butler (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Laugh It Off | Eliot Rigby |
| 1939 | Too Busy to Work | Springer |
| 1939 | Television Spy | Harry Payne |
| 1939 | Dancing Co-Ed | Braddock |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny | Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Miracles for Sale | Waiter with Sugar |
| 1939 | The Spellbinder | Dr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Bachelor Mother | Oliver (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Coggins (uncredited) |
| 1939 | East Side of Heaven | Phil (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Artists and Models Abroad | Simpson |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway | Willis |
| 1938 | Annabel Takes a Tour | Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager |
| 1938 | Hard to Get | Mr. Pinkey (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Service de Luxe | Bridegroom |
| 1938 | Youth Takes a Fling | Salesman |
| 1938 | Sing, You Sinners | Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited) |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Hammond (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Mr. Chump | Ed Mason |
| 1938 | Rascals | Mr. Roger Adams |
| 1938 | Snow Gets in Your Eyes | Department Store Manager (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Go Chase Yourself | Pushy Little Man in Bank (uncredited) |
| 1938 | He Couldn't Say No | Musgrave |
| 1938 | Life in Sometown, U.S.A. | Henry Barber (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Arsène Lupin Returns | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Jury's Secret | Secretary |
| 1938 | Change of Heart | Tom Jones |
| 1938 | Love Is a Headache | Pants Salesman (uncredited) |
| 1937 | True Confession | Juror (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Big Town Girl | Assistant Hotel Manager |
| 1937 | Living on Love | Jessup |
| 1937 | The Great Garrick | M. Moreau |
| 1937 | Live, Love and Learn | Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Wrong Road | Dan O'Fearna |
| 1937 | Exclusive | Garner |
| 1937 | Dance Charlie Dance | Alvin Gussett |
| 1937 | Navy Blues | Uncle Andrew |
| 1936 | Crash Donovan | Mr. Horner (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Plane Crazy | Shy Husband |
| 1933 | Walking the Baby | |
| 1933 | Along Came Ruth | Al - Hotel Social Director |
| 1931 | The Door Knocker | Clerk |
| 1931 | Personal Maid | Gary Family Servant (uncredited) |
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