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Chester Clute 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.
Birth Name
Chester Lamont Clute
Born
Wednesday, 18 February 1891
Died
Monday, 02 April 1956
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Scared Stiff | Man with Spaghetti on Head | 1953 |
| Colorado Sundown | Lawyer Davis | 1952 |
| All That I Have | Juror Meek | 1951 |
| So You Want to Be a Bachelor | Organist at Wedding | 1951 |
| Kentucky Jubilee | Mayor Horace Tilbury / Horace Tilbury | 1951 |
| Stop That Cab | Lucy's Father | 1951 |
| Belle Le Grand | Secretary | 1951 |
| The Stu Erwin Show | 1950 | |
| Hit Parade of 1951 | Haberdashery Clerk | 1950 |
| All Star Revue | Self | 1950 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Scared Stiff | Man with Spaghetti on Head | 1953 |
| Colorado Sundown | Lawyer Davis | 1952 |
| All That I Have | Juror Meek | 1951 |
| So You Want to Be a Bachelor | Organist at Wedding | 1951 |
| Kentucky Jubilee | Mayor Horace Tilbury / Horace Tilbury | 1951 |
| Stop That Cab | Lucy's Father | 1951 |
| Belle Le Grand | Secretary | 1951 |
| The Stu Erwin Show | 1950 | |
| Hit Parade of 1951 | Haberdashery Clerk | 1950 |
| All Star Revue | Self | 1950 |
| Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance | Upperbottom | 1950 |
| Lucky Losers | Conventioneer | 1950 |
| Kill the Umpire | Man Talking to Wife on Phone / Man Using Telephone | 1950 |
| The Good Humor Man | Meek Man | 1950 |
| The Alan Young Show | Self | 1950 |
| The Cisco Kid | Doc | 1950 |
| Bodyhold | Little Wrestling Fan | 1949 |
| Master Minds | Mike Barton | 1949 |
| The Great Lover | Passenger Drinking in Cabin | 1949 |
| Bride for Sale | Mr. Baker | 1949 |
| Square Dance Jubilee | Yes-Man | 1949 |
| Mary Ryan, Detective | Chester Wiggin | 1949 |
| In the Good Old Summertime | Sheet Music Customer | 1949 |
| Mighty Joe Young | Doctor | 1949 |
| The Girl from Jones Beach | Collection Agent | 1949 |
| Ringside | Timid Man | 1949 |
| My Dream Is Yours | Party Guest | 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 | Train Conductor Yelvington / Conductor Yelvington | 1948 |
| Blondie's Reward | Leroy J. Blodgett | 1948 |
| Best Man Wins | Villager | 1948 |
| On an Island with You | Tommy | 1948 |
| On Our Merry Way | Bank Teller | 1948 |
| Mary Lou | Cheever Chesney | 1948 |
| Always Together | Furrier | 1947 |
| Joe Palooka in the Knockout | Hotel Clerk | 1947 |
| Something in the Wind | Albert Beamis | 1947 |
| The Perils of Pauline | Willie Millick | 1947 |
| The Crimson Key | Hotel Clerk / Apartment House Desk Clerk | 1947 |
| Web of Danger | Cornflakes Eater / Cornflake Eater | 1947 |
| Living in a Big Way | Union Leader | 1947 |
| Copacabana | Hotel Night Clerk | 1947 |
| A Likely Story | Doctor Brown | 1947 |
| It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Phillips | 1947 |
| Hit Parade of 1947 | Radio Station Assistant | 1947 |
| Suddenly It's Spring | Workman | 1947 |
| Easy Come, Easy Go | Waiter | 1947 |
| Meet Mr. Mischief | John Wilson | 1947 |
| The Time, the Place and the Girl | Jeff's Apartment Manager | 1946 |
| The Secret Heart | Old Man | 1946 |
| That Brennan Girl | Man in Night Club with Quarter | 1946 |
| No Leave, No Love | Mr. Tansey | 1946 |
| Angel on My Shoulder | Kramer | 1946 |
| Spook Busters | Brown | 1946 |
| Down Missouri Way | Prof. Shaw | 1946 |
| Two Guys from Milwaukee | Manicure Customer - Mr. Carruthers | 1946 |
| Night and Day | Music Publisher | 1946 |
| Canyon Passage | Portland Storekeeper | 1946 |
| Inside Job | Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show / Husband | 1946 |
| One Exciting Week | Mayor Clarence Teeple | 1946 |
| Two Sisters from Boston | George - Opera Stage Doorman | 1946 |
| To Each His Own | Clarence Ingham | 1946 |
| Cinderella Jones | Krencher | 1946 |
| The Gentleman Misbehaves | Quackenbush | 1946 |
| The Sailor Takes a Wife | Lone Diner | 1945 |
| Saratoga Trunk | Hotel Clerk | 1945 |
| Sing Your Way Home | Heathcliffe / Mr. Heathcliffe | 1945 |
| She Went to the Races | Wallace Mason | 1945 |
| Mildred Pierce | Mr. Jones | 1945 |
| Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Mr. Burvis | 1945 |
| Arson Squad | Sam Purdy | 1945 |
| Anchors Aweigh | Iturbi's Assistant | 1945 |
| Lady on a Train | Train Conductor | 1945 |
| Guest Wife | Urban Nichols | 1945 |
| On Stage Everybody | Tupper | 1945 |
| Blonde from Brooklyn | Mr. Weams | 1945 |
| Wonder Man | Man on Bus | 1945 |
| Dangerous Partners | The Diner | 1945 |
| The Clock | Michael Henry | 1945 |
| Swing Out, Sister | Mr. Gaston | 1945 |
| Blonde Ransom | Clerk | 1945 |
| Two O'Clock Courage | Mr. Daniels | 1945 |
| Earl Carroll Vanities | Mr. Weems | 1945 |
| The Man Who Walked Alone | Mr. Monroe / Herman Monroe | 1945 |
| Roughly Speaking | The Proprietor | 1945 |
| She Gets Her Man | Charlie, in Play / Charlie., in Play | 1945 |
| Lake Placid Serenade | Haines | 1944 |
| The Town Went Wild | Mr. Kurtz | 1944 |
| The Falcon in Hollywood | Hotel Manager | 1944 |
| Nothing But Trouble | Employment agency clerk / Employment Office Clerk - 1944 | 1944 |
| My Gal Loves Music | Doctor | 1944 |
| San Diego I Love You | Percy Caldwell | 1944 |
| Ever Since Venus | Milquetoast Customer | 1944 |
| Arsenic and Old Lace | Dr. Gilchrist | 1944 |
| Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Mr. Collins | 1944 |
| 3 Men in White | Mr. Burns | 1944 |
| Bermuda Mystery | Angela's Father | 1944 |
| Rationing | Senator's Receptionist / Roberts | 1944 |
| Hat Check Honey | Uniformed Officer | 1944 |
| Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout | Mr. Pollup | 1944 |
| Sing a Jingle | Hendricks | 1944 |
| What a Woman! | Dormitory Clerk | 1943 |
| Here Comes Elmer | Postelwaite | 1943 |
| Swing Fever | Milbane / Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company | 1943 |
| Princess O'Rourke | Mr. Mookle | 1943 |
| Crazy House | Fud | 1943 |
| So's Your Uncle | Dinwiddle | 1943 |
| I Dood It | Hotel Manager With Flowers | 1943 |
| The West Side Kid | Gwylim | 1943 |
| Someone to Remember | Mr. Roseby | 1943 |
| The Good Fellows | Abner Merritt | 1943 |
| Crime Doctor | Headwaiter | 1943 |
| Du Barry Was a Lady | Dr. Pullit | 1943 |
| False Faces | Apartment Manager | 1943 |
| The Desperadoes | Rollo | 1943 |
| Three Hearts for Julia | Man with Binoculars | 1943 |
| The More the Merrier | Hotel Clerk | 1943 |
| Chatterbox | Wilfred Peckinpaugh | 1943 |
| Sagebrush Law | Cowhand with Whiskey Jug | 1943 |
| The Meanest Man in the World | Lawyer | 1943 |
| No Place for a Lady | Yvonne / 'Yvonne', dress designer | 1943 |
| George Washington Slept Here | Apartment Hunter | 1942 |
| The Forest Rangers | Judge | 1942 |
| Get Hep to Love | Mr. Tolly | 1942 |
| Henry Aldrich, Editor | Drug Store Clerk | 1942 |
| Just Off Broadway | Sperty / Sperty, Juror-Roommate | 1942 |
| Pardon My Sarong | Bus Company Checker | 1942 |
| Tales of Manhattan | Mr. Langehanke (Fields sequence) | 1942 |
| Joan of Ozark | Salesman | 1942 |
| The Spoilers | Mr. Montrose - Clerk | 1942 |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy | Goff | 1942 |
| My Favorite Spy | Higgenbotham | 1942 |
| Meet the Stewarts | Mr. Hamilton, Club Manager / 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 |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | Air-Raid Warden - Bob Hope Skit | 1942 |
| The Remarkable Andrew | Sam Marbery | 1942 |
| The Lady Is Willing | Income Tax Man | 1942 |
| Valley of the Sun | Wilber - Governor's Secretary / Wilbur | 1942 |
| A Tragedy at Midnight | Pierre | 1942 |
| The Fleet's In | Justice of the Peace | 1942 |
| Right to the Heart | Secretary | 1942 |
| All Through the Night | Westmore Hotel Clerk | 1942 |
| Bedtime Story | Second Desk Clerk | 1941 |
| The Perfect Snob | Nibsie Nicholson | 1941 |
| Look Who's Laughing | Mr. Blaize | 1941 |
| New York Town | Mr. Cobbler | 1941 |
| Three Girls About Town | Frank - Magician | 1941 |
| Niagara Falls | Potter | 1941 |
| Hold Back the Dawn | Man in Climax Bar | 1941 |
| The Smiling Ghost | Homely Woman's Husband | 1941 |
| Sun Valley Serenade | Process Server | 1941 |
| Unfinished Business | Mr. Beck | 1941 |
| Scattergood Meets Broadway | Quentin Van Deusen | 1941 |
| Manpower | Drug Store Clerk | 1941 |
| Hurry, Charlie, Hurry | Cardwell - Daniel's Secretary | 1941 |
| She Knew All the Answers | Butter and Egg Man | 1941 |
| They Met in Argentina | B.A. Jackson, Hastings' Secretary | 1941 |
| Footlight Fever | Mr. Holly - Parker's Secretary | 1941 |
| Tall, Dark and Handsome | Floorwalker | 1941 |
| This Thing Called Love | Bit Part | 1941 |
| Love Thy Neighbor | Judge | 1940 |
| She Couldn't Say No | Ezra Pine | 1940 |
| Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Justice of the Peace | 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 | 1940 |
| Millionaires in Prison | Sidney Keats | 1940 |
| Turnabout | Briggs | 1940 |
| My Favorite Wife | Shoe Salesman | 1940 |
| The Doctor Takes a Wife | Johnson | 1940 |
| Blondie on a Budget | Ticket Agent | 1940 |
| The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Pompous Man | 1940 |
| Remember the Night | Jewelry Salesman | 1940 |
| Thou Shalt Not Kill | Waiter | 1939 |
| The Honeymoon's Over | Higginsby | 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 | 1939 |
| Miracles for Sale | Waiter with Sugar | 1939 |
| The Spellbinder | Dr. Hillary Schunk / Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited) | 1939 |
| Bachelor Mother | Oliver - Man in Park | 1939 |
| Dodge City | Coggins | 1939 |
| East Side of Heaven | Phil | 1939 |
| I Was a Convict | Evans | 1939 |
| Pardon Our Nerve | Mr. Flemingwell | 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 | 1938 |
| Service de Luxe | Chester Bainbridge / Bridegroom | 1938 |
| Touchdown, Army | Mr. Rawlings | 1938 |
| Youth Takes a Fling | Salesman | 1938 |
| Personal Secretary | Levering | 1938 |
| You Can't Take It with You | Hammond | 1938 |
| Sing, You Sinners | Race Tout at Lunch Counter | 1938 |
| Mr. Chump | Ed Mason | 1938 |
| Letter of Introduction | Guest at Cocktail Party | 1938 |
| Rascals | Mr. Roger Adams | 1938 |
| Go Chase Yourself | Pushy Little Man in Bank | 1938 |
| Mr. Moto's Gamble | Ticket Theft Victim | 1938 |
| He Couldn't Say No | Musgrave | 1938 |
| Reckless Living | Sucker | 1938 |
| Life in Sometown, U.S.A. | Henry Barber | 1938 |
| Arsène Lupin Returns | Reporter | 1938 |
| The Jury's Secret | Secretary | 1938 |
| Love Is a Headache | Pants Salesman | 1938 |
| Change of Heart | Tom Jones | 1938 |
| True Confession | Juror | 1937 |
| Big Town Girl | Assistant Hotel Manager | 1937 |
| 45 Fathers | Timid Juror | 1937 |
| Thoroughbreds Don't Cry | Man with Toupee | 1937 |
| Living on Love | Jessup | 1937 |
| Live, Love and Learn | Fake Art Critic Henderson | 1937 |
| The Great Garrick | M. Moreau | 1937 |
| The Wrong Road | Dan O'Fearna | 1937 |
| She Asked for It | Photographer | 1937 |
| Exclusive | Garner | 1937 |
| Dance Charlie Dance | Alvin Gussett | 1937 |
| There Goes My Girl | Stu Parker - Whelan's Idea Man | 1937 |
| Navy Blues | Uncle Andrew | 1937 |
| Crash Donovan | Mr. Horner | 1936 |
| Plane Crazy | Shy Husband | 1933 |
| Walking the Baby | Harry | 1933 |
| Your Hat | Joe | 1932 |
| The Babbling Book | Mystery Customer | 1932 |
| Oh, My Operation | Dr. Cookingham | 1931 |
| Personal Maid | Gary Family Servant | 1931 |
| 100% Service | Desk Clerk | 1931 |
| Once Over, Light | Tie Snipper | 1931 |
| The Antique Shop | Sales clerk | 1931 |
| Pulling a Bone | Swimsuit Salesman | 1931 |
| Believe It or Not #5 | Henpecked Husband | 1930 |
