Birthday
1891/02/18
Day of death
1956/04/02 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
Chester Lamont Clute
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.
(1944) Arsenic and Old Lace
as Dr. Gilchrist
(1941) Manpower
as Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)
(1942) Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Goff
(1943) Here Comes Elmer
as Postelwaite
(1946) One Exciting Week
as Mayor Clarence Teeple
(1937) True Confession
as Juror (uncredited)
(1944) Nothing But Trouble
as Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)
(1950) Kill the Umpire
as Man Using Telephone (uncredited)
(1942) All Through the Night
as Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
(1942) Larceny, Inc.
as Mr. Buchanan
(1944) The Town Went Wild
as Mr. Kurtz
(1946) To Each His Own
as Clarence Ingham
(1945) The Clock
as Michael Henry
(1942) Just Off Broadway
as Sperty, Juror-Roommate
(1948) Train to Alcatraz
as Conductor Yelvington
(1938) Change of Heart
as Tom Jones
(1933) Plane Crazy
as Shy Husband
(1952) Colorado Sundown
as Lawyer Davis
(1945) Guest Wife
as Urban Nichols
(1942) A Tragedy at Midnight
as Pierre (uncredited)
(1933) Walking the Baby
as ---
(1941) Niagara Falls
as Potter
(1938) He Couldn't Say No
as Musgrave
(1940) Love Thy Neighbor
as Judge
(1940) She Couldn't Say No
as Ezra Pine
(1938) Mr. Chump
as Ed Mason
(1943) Swing Fever
as Milbane
(1950) Lucky Losers
as Conventioneer
(1944) Rationing
as Senator's Receptionist
(1931) The Door Knocker
as Clerk
(1937) The Wrong Road
as Dan O'Fearna
(1943) The Desperadoes
as Rollo
(1937) Navy Blues
as Uncle Andrew
(1947) Easy Come, Easy Go
as Waiter
(1938) Go Chase Yourself
as Pushy Man in Bank (uncredited)
(1938) Artists and Models Abroad
as Simpson
(1938) Comet Over Broadway
as Willis
(1938) Service de Luxe
as Bridegroom
(1946) Spook Busters
as Brown
(1945) Anchors Aweigh
as Iturbi's Assistant
(1945) She Went to the Races
as Wallace Mason
(1951) Kentucky Jubilee
as Horace Tilbury
(1938) Annabel Takes a Tour
as Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager
(1940) Millionaires in Prison
as Sidney Keats
(1951) Stop That Cab
as Lucy's Father
(1939) Television Spy
as Harry Payne
(1943) Three Hearts for Julia
as Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)
(1940) A Little Bit of Heaven
as Mr. Dixon
(1940) The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Johnson
(1937) Living on Love
as Jessup
(1938) Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
as Henry Barber (uncredited)
(1938) Youth Takes a Fling
as Salesman
(1937) Live, Love and Learn
as Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)
(1938) Love Is a Headache
as Pants Salesman (uncredited)
(1937) Dance Charlie Dance
as Alvin Gussett
(1938) Snow Gets in Your Eyes
as Department Store Manager (uncredited)
(1937) Exclusive
as Garner
(1946) Cinderella Jones
as Krencher
(1944) Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
as Mr. Pollup
(1939) East Side of Heaven
as Phil (uncredited)
(1939) Dodge City
as Coggins (uncredited)
(1939) Bachelor Mother
as Oliver (uncredited)
(1939) The Spellbinder
as Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)
(1939) Miracles for Sale
as Waiter with Sugar
(1939) Dancing Co-Ed
as Braddock
(1939) Dust Be My Destiny
as Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)
(1938) Arsène Lupin Returns
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1949) In the Good Old Summertime
as Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)
(1940) The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Pompous Man
(1945) Lady on a Train
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1947) A Likely Story
as Doctor Brown (uncredited)
(1938) You Can't Take It with You
as Hammond (uncredited)
(1944) 3 Men in White
as Mr. Burns (uncredited)
(1945) Arson Squad
as Sam Purdy
(1945) Mildred Pierce
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
(1940) Remember the Night
as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
(1940) Blondie on a Budget
as Ticket Agent (uncredited)
(1949) Mary Ryan, Detective
as Chester Wiggin
(1941) Hold Back the Dawn
as Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)
(1945) Dangerous Partners
as The Diner (uncredited)
(1942) This Gun for Hire
as Rooming House Manager
(1941) Scattergood Meets Broadway
as Quentin Van Deusen
(1943) The West Side Kid
as Gwylim
(1943) Sagebrush Law
as Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)
(1942) The Forest Rangers
as Judge (uncredited)
(1938) Rascals
as Mr. Roger Adams
(1941) Sun Valley Serenade
as Process Server
(1940) Hired Wife
as Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace
(1940) Dance, Girl, Dance
as Bailey #2
(1938) Sing, You Sinners
as Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
(1953) Scared Stiff
as Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)
(1940) Turnabout
as Briggs (uncredited)
(1940) Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
(1940) My Favorite Wife
as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
(1940) Too Many Girls
as Lister
(1944) San Diego I Love You
as Percy Caldwell
(1949) Master Minds
as Mike Barton
(1940) This Thing Called Love
as ---
(1940) Wildcat Bus
as Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)
(1948) The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Fred Marlow
(1939) Laugh It Off
as Eliot Rigby
(1946) Two Guys from Milwaukee
as Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)
(1945) Two O'Clock Courage
as Mr. Daniels (uncredited)
(1943) What a Woman
as Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)
(1947) Suddenly It's Spring
as Workman (uncredited)
(1946) The Time, The Place and The Girl
as Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)
(1943) Someone to Remember
as Mr. Roseby
(1947) The Perils of Pauline
as Willie Millick (uncredited)
(1942) George Washington Slept Here
as Apartment Hunter (uncredited)
(1945) Earl Carroll Vanities
as Mr. Weems
(1943) Crime Doctor
as Headwaiter
(1941) Three Girls About Town
as Frank - Magician
(1942) The Fleet's In
as Justice of the Peace
(1948) Singin' Spurs
as Mr. Totter
(1944) Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Mr. Collins
(1942) Valley of the Sun
as Wilber - Governor's Secretary
(1942) The Spoilers
as Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)
(1949) Square Dance Jubilee
as Yes-Man
(1944) The Falcon in Hollywood
as Apartment Manager (uncredited)
(1948) On Our Merry Way
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
(1942) The Wife Takes a Flyer
as Adolphe Bietjelboer
(1943) Chatterbox
as Wilfred Peckinpaugh
(1937) Big Town Girl
as Assistant Hotel Manager
(1941) New York Town
as Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)
(1948) Mary Lou
as Cheever Chesney
(1942) The Remarkable Andrew
as Sam Marbery
(1942) Get Hep to Love
as Mr. Tolly
(1946) Inside Job
as Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show
(1941) Unfinished Business
as Mr. Beck
(1942) My Favorite Spy
as Higgenbotham
(1949) Ringside
as Timid Man
(1940) Public Deb No. 1
as Car Payment Man
(1943) The More the Merrier
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
(1943) False Faces
as Apartment Manager
(1947) Web of Danger
as Cornflake Eater
(1951) All That I Have
as Juror Meek
(1941) She Knew All the Answers
as Butter and Egg Man
(1943) So's Your Uncle
as Dinwiddle
(1945) She Gets Her Man
as Charlie., in Play
(1947) It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Phillips (uncredited)
(1941) Wedding Worries
as Judge Martin
(1939) Too Busy to Work
as Springer
(1943) Du Barry was a Lady
as Dr. Pullit
(1943) Crazy House
as Fud
(1943) No Place for a Lady
as 'Yvonne', dress designer
(1943) Princess O'Rourke
as Mr. Mookle (uncredited)
(1948) On an Island with You
as ---
(1938) Hard to Get
as Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)
(1938) The Jury's Secret
as Secretary
(1936) Crash Donovan
as Mr. Horner (uncredited)
(1944) Reckless Age
as Jerkins
(1948) Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Doniger
(1946) The Secret Heart
as Old Man
(1946) Angel on My Shoulder
as Kramer (uncredited)
(1947) Always Together
as Furrier (uncredited)
(1950) The Good Humor Man
as Meek Man (uncredited)
(1942) Pardon My Sarong
as Bus Company Checker (uncredited)
(1945) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Mr. Burvis (uncredited)
(1946) That Brennan Girl
as Man in Night Club with Quarter
(1945) On Stage Everybody
as Tupper (uncredited)
(1946) Two Sisters from Boston
as George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)
(1945) The Man Who Walked Alone
as Herman Monroe
(1947) Joe Palooka in the Knockout
as Hotel Clerk
(1943) Swing Fever
as Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited)
(1950) Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
as Upperbottom
(1931) Personal Maid
as Gary Family Servant (uncredited)
(1949) Blondie's Big Deal
as Mayor A.K. Ramsey
(1948) Blondie's Reward
as Leroy J. Blodgett
(1946) Down Missouri Way
as Prof. Shaw
(1943) The Meanest Man in the World
as Lawyer
(1937) The Great Garrick
as M. Moreau
(1947) The Crimson Key
as Apartment House Desk Clerk
(1948) Jiggs and Maggie in Court
as Worker
(1942) Meet the Stewarts
as Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)
(1945) Sing Your Way Home
as Mr. Heathcliffe
(1949) Kimbar of the Jungle
as Dr. Beaseley
(1946) Canyon Passage
as Portland Storekeeper (uncredited)
(1933) Along Came Ruth
as Al - Hotel Social Director
(1939) Invisible Stripes
as Butler (uncredited)