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