Chester Clute

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Orange, New Jersey, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

18 February 1891, 134 years old

Known For

Arsenic and Old Lace

Mildred Pierce

You Can't Take It with You

Yankee Doodle Dandy

This Gun for Hire

My Favorite Wife

Anchors Aweigh

Remember the Night

Dodge City

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Scared Stiff

Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)

1953

Colorado Sundown

Lawyer Davis

1952

All That I Have

Juror Meek

1951

Kentucky Jubilee

Horace Tilbury

1951

Stop That Cab

Lucy's Father

1951

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)

1950

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

1949

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

1948

On Our Merry Way

Bank Teller (uncredited)

1948

Mary Lou

Cheever Chesney

1948

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)

1947

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

1946

Sing Your Way Home

Mr. Heathcliffe

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

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

1945

The Town Went Wild

Mr. Kurtz

1944

The Falcon in Hollywood

Apartment Manager (uncredited)

1944

Nothing But Trouble

Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)

1944

San Diego I Love You

Percy Caldwell

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

1944

What a Woman

Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)

1943

Here Comes Elmer

Postelwaite

1943

Swing Fever

Milbane

1943

Swing Fever

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

1943

No Place for a Lady

'Yvonne', dress designer

1943

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)

1942

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

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

1940

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)

1939

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)

1938

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

1937

Crash Donovan

Mr. Horner (uncredited)

1936

Plane Crazy

Shy Husband

1933

Walking the Baby

1933

Along Came Ruth

Al - Hotel Social Director

1933

The Door Knocker

Clerk

1931

Personal Maid

Gary Family Servant (uncredited)

1931

Let's Go Stepping

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