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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 18, 1891
Died
April 2, 1956
Place of Birth
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- Chester Lamont Clute
Chester Clute
0.2 Popularity
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
6.4
Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)
Scared Stiff
1953
3.3
Lawyer Davis
Colorado Sundown
1952
5.0
Juror Meek
All That I Have
1951
5.0
Horace Tilbury
Kentucky Jubilee
1951
0.0
Lucy's Father
Stop That Cab
1951
0.0
Upperbottom
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
1950
6.1
Conventioneer
Lucky Losers
1950
6.3
Man Using Telephone (uncredited)
Kill the Umpire
1950
6.0
Meek Man (uncredited)
The Good Humor Man
1950
5.8
Mike Barton
Master Minds
1949
Credits
Scared Stiff
as Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)
1953
6.4
Colorado Sundown
as Lawyer Davis
1952
3.3
All That I Have
as Juror Meek
1951
5.0
Kentucky Jubilee
as Horace Tilbury
1951
5.0
Stop That Cab
as Lucy's Father
1951
0.0
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
as Upperbottom
1950
0.0
Lucky Losers
as Conventioneer
1950
6.1
Kill the Umpire
as Man Using Telephone (uncredited)
1950
6.3
The Good Humor Man
as Meek Man (uncredited)
1950
6.0
Master Minds
as Mike Barton
1949
5.8
Square Dance Jubilee
as Yes-Man
1949
4.0
Mary Ryan, Detective
as Chester Wiggin
1949
5.6
In the Good Old Summertime
as Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)
1949
6.6
🎬
Kimbar of the Jungle
as Dr. Beaseley
1949
0.0
Ringside
as Timid Man
1949
4.3
Blondie's Big Deal
as Mayor A.K. Ramsey
1949
6.2
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
as Worker
1948
0.0
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Fred Marlow
1948
6.0
Singin' Spurs
as Mr. Totter
1948
0.0
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Doniger
1948
6.0
🎬
Train to Alcatraz
as Conductor Yelvington
1948
6.0
Blondie's Reward
as Leroy J. Blodgett
1948
6.5
On an Island with You
1948
5.6
On Our Merry Way
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
1948
5.5
Mary Lou
as Cheever Chesney
1948
0.0
Always Together
as Furrier (uncredited)
1947
6.7
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
as Hotel Clerk
1947
6.0
The Perils of Pauline
as Willie Millick (uncredited)
1947
6.2
The Crimson Key
as Apartment House Desk Clerk
1947
4.3
Web of Danger
as Cornflake Eater
1947
4.8
A Likely Story
as Doctor Brown (uncredited)
1947
4.2
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Phillips (uncredited)
1947
7.0
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Waiter
1947
0.0
Suddenly It's Spring
as Workman (uncredited)
1947
4.3
The Time, The Place and The Girl
as Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)
1946
5.4
The Secret Heart
as Old Man
1946
6.3
That Brennan Girl
as Man in Night Club with Quarter
1946
5.3
Angel on My Shoulder
as Kramer (uncredited)
1946
6.4
Spook Busters
as Brown
1946
4.8
Down Missouri Way
as Prof. Shaw
1946
0.0
Two Guys from Milwaukee
as Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)
1946
4.8
Canyon Passage
as Portland Storekeeper (uncredited)
1946
6.6
Inside Job
as Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show
1946
5.6
One Exciting Week
as Mayor Clarence Teeple
1946
6.0
Two Sisters from Boston
as George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1946
6.0
To Each His Own
as Clarence Ingham
1946
6.8
Cinderella Jones
as Krencher
1946
3.3
Sing Your Way Home
as Mr. Heathcliffe
1945
5.2
She Went to the Races
as Wallace Mason
1945
5.5
Mildred Pierce
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
1945
7.6
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Mr. Burvis (uncredited)
1945
5.7
Arson Squad
as Sam Purdy
1945
0.0
Anchors Aweigh
as Iturbi's Assistant
1945
6.8
Lady on a Train
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1945
6.6
Guest Wife
as Urban Nichols
1945
6.2
On Stage Everybody
as Tupper (uncredited)
1945
0.0
Dangerous Partners
as The Diner (uncredited)
1945
6.3
The Clock
as Michael Henry
1945
7.2
Two O'Clock Courage
as Mr. Daniels (uncredited)
1945
6.1
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Mr. Weems
1945
5.0
The Man Who Walked Alone
as Herman Monroe
1945
5.5
She Gets Her Man
as Charlie., in Play
1945
3.7
The Town Went Wild
as Mr. Kurtz
1944
5.0
The Falcon in Hollywood
as Apartment Manager (uncredited)
1944
6.0
Nothing But Trouble
as Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)
1944
6.0
San Diego I Love You
as Percy Caldwell
1944
6.3
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Dr. Gilchrist
1944
7.6
Reckless Age
as Jerkins
1944
0.0
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Mr. Collins
1944
6.0
3 Men in White
as Mr. Burns (uncredited)
1944
6.0
Rationing
as Senator's Receptionist
1944
3.0
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
as Mr. Pollup
1944
0.0
What a Woman
as Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)
1943
5.6
Here Comes Elmer
as Postelwaite
1943
0.0
Swing Fever
as Milbane
1943
5.0
Swing Fever
as Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited)
1943
5.0
Princess O'Rourke
as Mr. Mookle (uncredited)
1943
6.3
Crazy House
as Fud
1943
5.0
So's Your Uncle
as Dinwiddle
1943
5.0
The West Side Kid
as Gwylim
1943
0.0
Someone to Remember
as Mr. Roseby
1943
7.0
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Dr. Pullit
1943
6.1
Crime Doctor
as Headwaiter
1943
6.2
False Faces
as Apartment Manager
1943
7.0
The Desperadoes
as Rollo
1943
5.7
Three Hearts for Julia
as Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)
1943
6.0
The More the Merrier
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1943
6.8
Chatterbox
as Wilfred Peckinpaugh
1943
0.0
Sagebrush Law
as Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)
1943
6.0
The Meanest Man in the World
as Lawyer
1943
6.4
No Place for a Lady
as 'Yvonne', dress designer
1943
6.0
George Washington Slept Here
as Apartment Hunter (uncredited)
1942
6.3
The Forest Rangers
as Judge (uncredited)
1942
0.0
Get Hep to Love
as Mr. Tolly
1942
4.0
Just Off Broadway
as Sperty, Juror-Roommate
1942
5.0
Pardon My Sarong
as Bus Company Checker (uncredited)
1942
6.5
My Favorite Spy
as Higgenbotham
1942
5.2
The Spoilers
as Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)
1942
6.2
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Goff
1942
7.1
Meet the Stewarts
as Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)
1942
6.0
The Wife Takes a Flyer
as Adolphe Bietjelboer
1942
4.5
This Gun for Hire
as Rooming House Manager
1942
6.9
Larceny, Inc.
as Mr. Buchanan
1942
6.9
The Remarkable Andrew
as Sam Marbery
1942
8.2
Valley of the Sun
as Wilber - Governor's Secretary
1942
5.8
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Pierre (uncredited)
1942
4.0
The Fleet's In
as Justice of the Peace
1942
7.0
All Through the Night
as Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1942
7.0
Wedding Worries
as Judge Martin (uncredited)
1941
6.0
New York Town
as Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)
1941
10.0
Three Girls About Town
as Frank - Magician
1941
5.3
Niagara Falls
as Potter
1941
6.8
Hold Back the Dawn
as Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)
1941
6.7
Sun Valley Serenade
as Process Server
1941
7.0
Unfinished Business
as Mr. Beck
1941
5.3
Scattergood Meets Broadway
as Quentin Van Deusen
1941
0.0
Manpower
as Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)
1941
6.7
She Knew All the Answers
as Butter and Egg Man
1941
6.3
Love Thy Neighbor
as Judge
1940
6.5
This Thing Called Love
1940
8.0
She Couldn't Say No
as Ezra Pine
1940
6.8
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1940
4.3
A Little Bit of Heaven
as Mr. Dixon
1940
1.0
Too Many Girls
as Lister
1940
5.7
Hired Wife
as Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace
1940
6.8
Public Deb No. 1
as Car Payment Man
1940
4.2
Dance, Girl, Dance
as Bailey #2
1940
6.4
Wildcat Bus
as Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)
1940
4.6
Millionaires in Prison
as Sidney Keats
1940
6.0
My Favorite Wife
as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
1940
7.0
Turnabout
as Briggs (uncredited)
1940
6.0
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Johnson
1940
6.4
Blondie on a Budget
as Ticket Agent (uncredited)
1940
6.0
Remember the Night
as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
1940
7.3
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Pompous Man
1940
4.0
Invisible Stripes
as Butler (uncredited)
1939
6.3
🎬
Laugh It Off
as Eliot Rigby
1939
2.0
Too Busy to Work
as Springer
1939
0.0
Television Spy
as Harry Payne
1939
5.0
Dancing Co-Ed
as Braddock
1939
6.2
Dust Be My Destiny
as Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)
1939
6.2
Miracles for Sale
as Waiter with Sugar
1939
6.4
The Spellbinder
as Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)
1939
6.0
Bachelor Mother
as Oliver (uncredited)
1939
7.1
Dodge City
as Coggins (uncredited)
1939
6.9
East Side of Heaven
as Phil (uncredited)
1939
7.1
Artists and Models Abroad
as Simpson
1938
4.5
Comet Over Broadway
as Willis
1938
5.0
Annabel Takes a Tour
as Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager
1938
5.0
Hard to Get
as Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)
1938
6.0
Service de Luxe
as Bridegroom
1938
6.5
Youth Takes a Fling
as Salesman
1938
1.0
Sing, You Sinners
as Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
1938
6.7
You Can't Take It with You
as Hammond (uncredited)
1938
7.5
Mr. Chump
as Ed Mason
1938
0.0
Rascals
as Mr. Roger Adams
1938
6.0
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
as Department Store Manager (uncredited)
1938
6.0
Go Chase Yourself
as Pushy Man in Bank (uncredited)
1938
4.5
He Couldn't Say No
as Musgrave
1938
5.5
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
as Henry Barber (uncredited)
1938
7.0
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Reporter (uncredited)
1938
5.8
The Jury's Secret
as Secretary
1938
4.5
Love Is a Headache
as Pants Salesman (uncredited)
1938
5.7
Change of Heart
as Tom Jones
1938
5.0
True Confession
as Juror (uncredited)
1937
5.8
Big Town Girl
as Assistant Hotel Manager
1937
6.0
Living on Love
as Jessup
1937
5.8
The Great Garrick
as M. Moreau
1937
5.9
Live, Love and Learn
as Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)
1937
5.8
The Wrong Road
as Dan O'Fearna
1937
4.4
Exclusive
as Garner
1937
6.0
Dance Charlie Dance
as Alvin Gussett
1937
6.0
Navy Blues
as Uncle Andrew
1937
5.0
Crash Donovan
as Mr. Horner (uncredited)
1936
0.0
Plane Crazy
as Shy Husband
1933
0.0
Walking the Baby
1933
5.5
Along Came Ruth
as Al - Hotel Social Director
1933
0.0
🎬
The Door Knocker
as Clerk
1931
0.0
Personal Maid
as Gary Family Servant (uncredited)
1931
3.0