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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-02-18 (134 years old)

Place of Birth

Orange, New Jersey, USA

Chester Clute

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

Acting

1953

Scared Stiff as Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)

1952

Colorado Sundown as Lawyer Davis

1951

Kentucky Jubilee as Horace Tilbury
Stop That Cab as Lucy's Father
All That I Have as Juror Meek

1950

Kill the Umpire as Man Using Telephone (uncredited)
Lucky Losers as Conventioneer
The Good Humor Man as Meek Man (uncredited)

1949

In the Good Old Summertime as Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)
Mary Ryan, Detective as Chester Wiggin
Master Minds as Mike Barton
Ringside as Timid Man
Blondie's Big Deal as Mayor A.K. Ramsey
Kimbar of the Jungle as Dr. Beaseley

1948

Train to Alcatraz as Conductor Yelvington
The Strange Mrs. Crane as Fred Marlow
Singin' Spurs as Mr. Totter
On Our Merry Way as Bank Teller (uncredited)
Mary Lou as Cheever Chesney
Blondie's Reward as Leroy J. Blodgett

1947

A Likely Story as Doctor Brown (uncredited)
Suddenly It's Spring as Workman (uncredited)
The Perils of Pauline as Willie Millick (uncredited)
Web of Danger as Cornflake Eater
It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Phillips (uncredited)
Always Together as Furrier (uncredited)
The Crimson Key as Apartment House Desk Clerk

1946

One Exciting Week as Mayor Clarence Teeple
To Each His Own as Clarence Ingham
Spook Busters as Brown
Cinderella Jones as Krencher
Two Guys from Milwaukee as Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)
The Time, The Place and The Girl as Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)
Inside Job as Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show
The Secret Heart as Old Man
Angel on My Shoulder as Kramer (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl as Man in Night Club with Quarter
Two Sisters from Boston as George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Down Missouri Way as Prof. Shaw
Canyon Passage as Portland Storekeeper (uncredited)

1945

The Clock as Michael Henry
Guest Wife as Urban Nichols
Anchors Aweigh as Iturbi's Assistant
She Went to the Races as Wallace Mason
Lady on a Train as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Arson Squad as Sam Purdy
Mildred Pierce as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Dangerous Partners as The Diner (uncredited)
Two O'Clock Courage as Mr. Daniels (uncredited)
She Gets Her Man as Charlie., in Play
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Mr. Burvis (uncredited)
On Stage Everybody as Tupper (uncredited)
The Man Who Walked Alone as Herman Monroe
Sing Your Way Home as Mr. Heathcliffe

1944

Arsenic and Old Lace as Dr. Gilchrist
Nothing But Trouble as Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)
The Town Went Wild as Mr. Kurtz
Rationing as Senator's Receptionist
3 Men in White as Mr. Burns (uncredited)
San Diego I Love You as Percy Caldwell
The Falcon in Hollywood as Apartment Manager (uncredited)
Reckless Age as Jerkins

1943

Here Comes Elmer as Postelwaite
Swing Fever as Milbane
Three Hearts for Julia as Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)
Sagebrush Law as Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)
What a Woman as Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)
Someone to Remember as Mr. Roseby
Crime Doctor as Headwaiter
Chatterbox as Wilfred Peckinpaugh
The More the Merrier as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
False Faces as Apartment Manager
So's Your Uncle as Dinwiddle
Du Barry Was a Lady as Dr. Pullit
No Place for a Lady as 'Yvonne', dress designer
Princess O'Rourke as Mr. Mookle (uncredited)
Swing Fever as Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited)

1942

All Through the Night as Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc. as Mr. Buchanan
Just Off Broadway as Sperty, Juror-Roommate
A Tragedy at Midnight as Pierre (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire as Rooming House Manager
The Forest Rangers as Judge (uncredited)
George Washington Slept Here as Apartment Hunter (uncredited)
The Fleet's In as Justice of the Peace
Valley of the Sun as Wilber - Governor's Secretary
The Spoilers as Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)
The Wife Takes a Flyer as Adolphe Bietjelboer
The Remarkable Andrew as Sam Marbery
Get Hep to Love as Mr. Tolly
My Favorite Spy as Higgenbotham
Pardon My Sarong as Bus Company Checker (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts as Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)

1941

Manpower as Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)
Niagara Falls as Potter
Hold Back the Dawn as Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)
Scattergood Meets Broadway as Quentin Van Deusen
Sun Valley Serenade as Process Server
Three Girls About Town as Frank - Magician
New York Town as Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers as Butter and Egg Man
Wedding Worries as Judge Martin (uncredited)

1940

She Couldn't Say No as Ezra Pine
Millionaires in Prison as Sidney Keats
Remember the Night as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
Blondie on a Budget as Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Hired Wife as Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace
Dance, Girl, Dance as Bailey #2
Turnabout as Briggs (uncredited)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
My Favorite Wife as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Too Many Girls as Lister
Wildcat Bus as Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)
Public Deb No. 1 as Car Payment Man

1939

Television Spy as Harry Payne
East Side of Heaven as Phil (uncredited)
Dodge City as Coggins (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother as Oliver (uncredited)
The Spellbinder as Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)
Miracles for Sale as Waiter with Sugar
Dancing Co-Ed as Braddock
Dust Be My Destiny as Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Laugh It Off as Eliot Rigby
Too Busy to Work as Springer
Invisible Stripes as Butler (uncredited)

1938

Change of Heart as Tom Jones
He Couldn't Say No as Musgrave
Mr. Chump as Ed Mason
Go Chase Yourself as Pushy Man in Bank (uncredited)
Service de Luxe as Bridegroom
Annabel Takes a Tour as Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager
Life in Sometown, U.S.A. as Henry Barber (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache as Pants Salesman (uncredited)
Snow Gets in Your Eyes as Department Store Manager (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns as Reporter (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You as Hammond (uncredited)
Rascals as Mr. Roger Adams
Sing, You Sinners as Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
Hard to Get as Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)
The Jury's Secret as Secretary

1937

True Confession as Juror (uncredited)
The Wrong Road as Dan O'Fearna
Navy Blues as Uncle Andrew
Living on Love as Jessup
Live, Love and Learn as Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance as Alvin Gussett
Exclusive as Garner
Big Town Girl as Assistant Hotel Manager
The Great Garrick as M. Moreau

1936

Crash Donovan as Mr. Horner (uncredited)

1933

Plane Crazy as Shy Husband
Along Came Ruth as Al - Hotel Social Director

1931

Personal Maid as Gary Family Servant (uncredited)