Chester Clute

Chester Clute
Chester Clute
	Clute in Navy Blues (1937)
Born	Chester Lamont Clute; February 18, 1891; Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	April 2, 1956 (aged 65); Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Resting place	Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930–1953

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.

Biography[edit]

Born Chester Lamont Clute in Orange, New Jersey, Clute died of a heart attack in Woodland Hills, California, aged 65.^[1] He is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.^[2]

Career[edit]

Clute's Broadway credits included Ceiling Zero (1935), Page Miss Glory (1934), Triplets (1932), Oh, Promise Me (1930), The New Yorkers (1927), and She Couldn't Say No (1926).^[3]

Selected filmography[edit]

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[edit]

^ Hans J. Wollstein. "Chester Clute". AllMovie. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
^ "Chester Clute". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

External links[edit]

Chester Clute at IMDb
Chester Clute at the Internet Broadway Database

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[allmovie-1] Hans J. Wollstein. "Chester Clute". AllMovie. Retrieved February 9, 2014.

[2] Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

[3] "Chester Clute". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

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