# Chester Clute

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

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

## Career

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).

## Selected filmography

* 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)
* 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)