Acting
Chester Clute
Born 1891-02-18
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
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Mildred Pierce
1945
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You Can't Take It with You
1938
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
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This Gun for Hire
1942
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My Favorite Wife
1940
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Anchors Aweigh
1945
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Remember the Night
1940
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Dodge City
1939
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The More the Merrier
1943
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (183 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Scared Stiff | Man with Spaghetti (uncredited) | Movie | 1953 |
 | Colorado Sundown | Lawyer Davis | Movie | 1952 |
 | All That I Have | Juror Meek | Movie | 1951 |
 | Kentucky Jubilee | Horace Tilbury | Movie | 1951 |
 | Stop That Cab | Lucy's Father | Movie | 1951 |
 | Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance | Upperbottom | Movie | 1950 |
 | Lucky Losers | Conventioneer | Movie | 1950 |
 | Kill the Umpire | Man Using Telephone (uncredited) | Movie | 1950 |
 | The Good Humor Man | Meek Man (uncredited) | Movie | 1950 |
 | Master Minds | Mike Barton | Movie | 1949 |
 | Square Dance Jubilee | Yes-Man | Movie | 1949 |
 | Mary Ryan, Detective | Chester Wiggin | Movie | 1949 |
 | In the Good Old Summertime | Sheet Music Customer (uncredited) | Movie | 1949 |
| Kimbar of the Jungle | Dr. Beaseley | Movie | 1949 | |
 | Ringside | Timid Man | Movie | 1949 |
 | Blondie's Big Deal | Mayor A.K. Ramsey | Movie | 1949 |
 | Jiggs and Maggie in Court | Worker | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Strange Mrs. Crane | Fred Marlow | Movie | 1948 |
 | Singin' Spurs | Mr. Totter | Movie | 1948 |
 | Joe Palooka in Winner Take All | Doniger | Movie | 1948 |
| Train to Alcatraz | Conductor Yelvington | Movie | 1948 | |
 | Blondie's Reward | Leroy J. Blodgett | Movie | 1948 |
 | On an Island with You | (uncredited) | Movie | 1948 |
 | On Our Merry Way | Bank Teller (uncredited) | Movie | 1948 |
 | Mary Lou | Cheever Chesney | Movie | 1948 |
 | Always Together | Furrier (uncredited) | Movie | 1947 |
 | Joe Palooka in the Knockout | Hotel Clerk | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Perils of Pauline | Willie Millick (uncredited) | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Crimson Key | Apartment House Desk Clerk | Movie | 1947 |
 | Web of Danger | Cornflake Eater | Movie | 1947 |
 | A Likely Story | Doctor Brown (uncredited) | Movie | 1947 |
 | It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Phillips (uncredited) | Movie | 1947 |
 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Waiter | Movie | 1947 |
 | Suddenly It's Spring | Workman (uncredited) | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Time, The Place and The Girl | Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited) | Movie | 1946 |
 | The Secret Heart | Old Man | Movie | 1946 |
 | That Brennan Girl | Man in Night Club with Quarter | Movie | 1946 |
 | Angel on My Shoulder | Kramer (uncredited) | Movie | 1946 |
 | Spook Busters | Brown | Movie | 1946 |
 | Down Missouri Way | Prof. Shaw | Movie | 1946 |
 | Two Guys from Milwaukee | Mr. Carruthers (uncredited) | Movie | 1946 |
 | Canyon Passage | Portland Storekeeper (uncredited) | Movie | 1946 |
 | Inside Job | Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show | Movie | 1946 |
 | One Exciting Week | Mayor Clarence Teeple | Movie | 1946 |
 | Two Sisters from Boston | George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited) | Movie | 1946 |
 | To Each His Own | Clarence Ingham | Movie | 1946 |
 | Cinderella Jones | Krencher | Movie | 1946 |
 | Sing Your Way Home | Mr. Heathcliffe | Movie | 1945 |
| Sing Your Way Home | Heathcliffe (uncredited) | Movie | 1945 |
 | She Went to the Races | Wallace Mason | Movie | 1945 |
 | Mildred Pierce | Mr. Jones (uncredited) | Movie | 1945 |
 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Mr. Burvis (uncredited) | Movie | 1945 |
 | Arson Squad | Sam Purdy | Movie | 1945 |
 | Anchors Aweigh | Iturbi's Assistant | Movie | 1945 |
 | Lady on a Train | Train Conductor (uncredited) | Movie | 1945 |
 | Guest Wife | Urban Nichols | Movie | 1945 |
 | On Stage Everybody | Tupper (uncredited) | Movie | 1945 |
 | Dangerous Partners | The Diner (uncredited) | Movie | 1945 |
 | The Clock | Michael Henry | Movie | 1945 |
| Blonde Ransom | Clerk | Movie | 1945 | |
 | Two O'Clock Courage | Mr. Daniels (uncredited) | Movie | 1945 |
 | Earl Carroll Vanities | Mr. Weems | Movie | 1945 |
 | The Man Who Walked Alone | Herman Monroe | Movie | 1945 |
 | She Gets Her Man | Charlie., in Play | Movie | 1945 |
 | The Town Went Wild | Mr. Kurtz | Movie | 1944 |
 | The Falcon in Hollywood | Hotel Manager (uncredited) | Movie | 1944 |
 | Nothing But Trouble | Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited) | Movie | 1944 |
 | San Diego I Love You | Percy | Movie | 1944 |
 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Dr. Gilchrist | Movie | 1944 |
 | Reckless Age | Jerkins | Movie | 1944 |
 | Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Mr. Collins | Movie | 1944 |
 | 3 Men in White | Mr. Burns (uncredited) | Movie | 1944 |
 | Rationing | Senator's Receptionist | Movie | 1944 |
 | Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout | Mr. Pollup | Movie | 1944 |
 | What a Woman | Dormitory Clerk (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Here Comes Elmer | Postelwaite | Movie | 1943 |
 | Swing Fever | Milbane | Movie | 1943 |
| Swing Fever | Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Princess O'Rourke | Mr. Mookle (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Crazy House | Fud | Movie | 1943 |
 | So's Your Uncle | Dinwiddle | Movie | 1943 |
 | The West Side Kid | Gwylim | Movie | 1943 |
 | Someone to Remember | Mr. Roseby | Movie | 1943 |
 | Du Barry Was a Lady | Dr. Pullit (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Crime Doctor | Headwaiter | Movie | 1943 |
 | False Faces | Apartment Manager | Movie | 1943 |
 | The Desperadoes | Rollo | Movie | 1943 |
 | Three Hearts for Julia | Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | The More the Merrier | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Chatterbox | Wilfred Peckinpaugh | Movie | 1943 |
 | Sagebrush Law | Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | The Meanest Man in the World | Lawyer (uncredited) | Movie | 1943 |
 | No Place for a Lady | 'Yvonne', dress designer | Movie | 1943 |
 | George Washington Slept Here | Apartment Hunter (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Forest Rangers | Judge (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | Get Hep to Love | Mr. Tolly | Movie | 1942 |
 | Just Off Broadway | Sperty, Juror-Roommate | Movie | 1942 |
 | Pardon My Sarong | Bus Company Checker (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | My Favorite Spy | Higgenbotham | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Spoilers | Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Goff | Movie | 1942 |
 | Meet the Stewarts | Mr. Hamilton (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Wife Takes a Flyer | Adolphe Bietjelboer | Movie | 1942 |
 | Larceny, Inc. | Mr. Buchanan | Movie | 1942 |
 | This Gun for Hire | Rooming House Manager | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Remarkable Andrew | Sam Marbery | Movie | 1942 |
 | Valley of the Sun | Wilber (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | A Tragedy at Midnight | Pierre (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Fleet's In | Justice of the Peace | Movie | 1942 |
 | All Through the Night | Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
 | Wedding Worries | Judge Martin (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | New York Town | Mr. Cobbler (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | Three Girls About Town | Frank - Magician | Movie | 1941 |
 | Niagara Falls | Potter | Movie | 1941 |
 | Hold Back the Dawn | Man in Climax Bar (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | Sun Valley Serenade | Process Server | Movie | 1941 |
 | Unfinished Business | Mr. Beck | Movie | 1941 |
 | Scattergood Meets Broadway | Quentin Van Deusen | Movie | 1941 |
 | Manpower | Drug Store Clerk (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | She Knew All the Answers | Butter and Egg Man | Movie | 1941 |
 | They Met in Argentina | B.A. Jackson, Hastings' Secretary (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | Love Thy Neighbor | Judge | Movie | 1940 |
 | This Thing Called Love | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1940 |
 | She Couldn't Say No | Ezra Pine | Movie | 1940 |
 | Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Justice of the Peace (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | A Little Bit of Heaven | Mr. Dixon | Movie | 1940 |
 | Too Many Girls | Lister | Movie | 1940 |
 | Hired Wife | Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace | Movie | 1940 |
 | Public Deb No. 1 | Car Payment Man | Movie | 1940 |
 | Dance, Girl, Dance | Bailey #2 | Movie | 1940 |
 | Wildcat Bus | Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | Millionaires in Prison | Sidney Keats | Movie | 1940 |
 | Turnabout | Briggs (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | My Favorite Wife | Shoe Salesman (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Johnson | Movie | 1940 |
 | Blondie on a Budget | Ticket Agent (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | Remember the Night | Jewelry Salesman (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Pompous Man | Movie | 1940 |
 | Invisible Stripes | Butler (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
| Laugh It Off | Eliot Rigby | Movie | 1939 | |
 | Too Busy to Work | Springer | Movie | 1939 |
 | Television Spy | Harry Payne | Movie | 1939 |
 | Dancing Co-Ed | Braddock | Movie | 1939 |
 | Dust Be My Destiny | Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | Miracles for Sale | Waiter with Sugar | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Spellbinder | Dr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | Bachelor Mother | Oliver (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | Dodge City | Coggins (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | East Side of Heaven | Phil (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | Artists and Models Abroad | Simpson | Movie | 1938 |
 | Comet Over Broadway | Willis | Movie | 1938 |
 | Annabel Takes a Tour | Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager | Movie | 1938 |
 | Hard to Get | Mr. Pinkey (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
 | Service de Luxe | Bridegroom | Movie | 1938 |
 | Youth Takes a Fling | Salesman | Movie | 1938 |
 | Sing, You Sinners | Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
 | You Can't Take It with You | Hammond (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
 | Mr. Chump | Ed Mason | Movie | 1938 |
 | Rascals | Mr. Roger Adams | Movie | 1938 |
 | Snow Gets in Your Eyes | Department Store Manager (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
 | Go Chase Yourself | Pushy Little Man in Bank (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
 | He Couldn't Say No | Musgrave | Movie | 1938 |
 | Life in Sometown, U.S.A. | Henry Barber (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
 | Arsène Lupin Returns | Reporter (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Jury's Secret | Secretary | Movie | 1938 |
 | Change of Heart | Tom Jones | Movie | 1938 |
 | Love Is a Headache | Pants Salesman (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
 | True Confession | Juror (uncredited) | Movie | 1937 |
 | Big Town Girl | Assistant Hotel Manager | Movie | 1937 |
 | Living on Love | Jessup | Movie | 1937 |
 | The Great Garrick | M. Moreau | Movie | 1937 |
 | Live, Love and Learn | Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited) | Movie | 1937 |
 | The Wrong Road | Dan O'Fearna | Movie | 1937 |
 | Exclusive | Garner | Movie | 1937 |
 | Dance Charlie Dance | Alvin Gussett | Movie | 1937 |
 | Navy Blues | Uncle Andrew | Movie | 1937 |
 | Crash Donovan | Mr. Horner (uncredited) | Movie | 1936 |
 | Plane Crazy | Shy Husband | Movie | 1933 |
 | Walking the Baby | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1933 |
 | Along Came Ruth | Al - Hotel Social Director | Movie | 1933 |
| The Door Knocker | Clerk | Movie | 1931 | |
 | Personal Maid | Gary Family Servant (uncredited) | Movie | 1931 |
| Let's Go Stepping | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |