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Chester Clute

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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedFeb 18, 1891 (Died at 65)
Zodiac Sign♒Aquarius
Place of BirthOrange, New Jersey, USA
Career Span1931 – 1956
Known Credits175 Titles
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Chester Clute

Also known as:Chester Lamont Clute
Total Works

175

175 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

6.7 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Arsenic and Old Lace
7.6
as Dr. Gilchrist
You Can't Take It with You
7.5
as Hammond (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
7.6
Mildred Pierce
1945•movie
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
7.0
as Goff

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 175 titles featuring Chester Clute

Arsenic and Old Lace
7.6

as Dr. Gilchrist

You Can't Take It with You
7.5

as Hammond (uncredited)

Mildred Pierce
7.6
Mildred Pierce
1945•movie

as Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Yankee Doodle Dandy
7.0

as Goff

This Gun for Hire
7.0
This Gun for Hire
1942•movie

as Rooming House Manager

My Favorite Wife
7.0
My Favorite Wife
1940•movie

as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh
6.8
Anchors Aweigh
1945•movie

as Iturbi's Assistant

Remember the Night
7.3
Remember the Night
1940•movie

as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)

Dodge City
6.9
Dodge City
1939•movie

as Coggins (uncredited)

The More the Merrier
6.9

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

It Happened on Fifth Avenue
7.1

as Phillips (uncredited)

Bachelor Mother
7.2
Bachelor Mother
1939•movie

as Oliver (uncredited)

All Through the Night
6.7

as Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Dance, Girl, Dance
6.4
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940•movie

as Bailey #2

Canyon Passage
6.8
Canyon Passage
1946•movie

as Portland Storekeeper (uncredited)

The Spoilers
6.2
The Spoilers
1942•movie

as Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)

Lady on a Train
6.6
Lady on a Train
1945•movie

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

The Clock
7.1
The Clock
1945•movie

as Michael Henry

Hold Back the Dawn
6.7
Hold Back the Dawn
1941•movie

as Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)

Angel on My Shoulder
6.5

as Kramer (uncredited)

Scared Stiff
6.5
Scared Stiff
1953•movie

as Man with Spaghetti (uncredited)

In the Good Old Summertime
6.7

as Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)

Larceny, Inc.
7.1
Larceny, Inc.
1942•movie

as Mr. Buchanan

To Each His Own
7.0
To Each His Own
1946•movie

as Clarence Ingham

The Desperadoes
5.9
The Desperadoes
1943•movie

as Rollo

Sun Valley Serenade
7.1

as Process Server

Pardon My Sarong
6.5
Pardon My Sarong
1942•movie

as Bus Company Checker (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
5.8

as Mr. Burvis (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes
6.2
Invisible Stripes
1939•movie

as Butler (uncredited)

Two O'Clock Courage
6.3

as Mr. Daniels (uncredited)

Nothing But Trouble
6.4

as Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)

True Confession
6.1
True Confession
1937•movie

as Juror (uncredited)

Princess O'Rourke
6.5
Princess O'Rourke
1943•movie

as Mr. Mookle (uncredited)

Dust Be My Destiny
6.5
Dust Be My Destiny
1939•movie

as Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Manpower
6.5
Manpower
1941•movie

as Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)

George Washington Slept Here
6.5

as Apartment Hunter (uncredited)

Miracles for Sale
6.4
Miracles for Sale
1939•movie

as Waiter with Sugar

On Our Merry Way
5.7
On Our Merry Way
1948•movie

as Bank Teller (uncredited)

Du Barry Was a Lady
6.5

as Dr. Pullit (uncredited)

On an Island with You
5.9

as (uncredited)

Guest Wife
6.4
Guest Wife
1945•movie

as Urban Nichols

Turnabout
6.0
Turnabout
1940•movie

as Briggs (uncredited)

Too Many Girls
5.9
Too Many Girls
1940•movie

as Lister

Crime Doctor
6.4
Crime Doctor
1943•movie

as Headwaiter

The Falcon in Hollywood
6.2

as Hotel Manager (uncredited)

That Brennan Girl
5.5
That Brennan Girl
1946•movie

as Man in Night Club with Quarter

3 Men in White
6.4
3 Men in White
1944•movie

as Mr. Burns (uncredited)

The Great Garrick
6.6
The Great Garrick
1937•movie

as M. Moreau

Service de Luxe
6.6
Service de Luxe
1938•movie

as Bridegroom

The Perils of Pauline
6.7

as Willie Millick (uncredited)

The Secret Heart
6.5
The Secret Heart
1946•movie

as Old Man

The Doctor Takes a Wife
6.8

as Johnson

Blondie on a Budget
6.2

as Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Two Guys from Milwaukee
4.9

as Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)

The Wrong Road
4.8
The Wrong Road
1937•movie

as Dan O'Fearna

Living on Love
6.1
Living on Love
1937•movie

as Jessup

Live, Love and Learn
5.6

as Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)

Arsène Lupin Returns
6.3

as Reporter (uncredited)

Mary Ryan, Detective
5.3

as Chester Wiggin

Sing, You Sinners
7.0
Sing, You Sinners
1938•movie

as Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)

Master Minds
6.5
Master Minds
1949•movie

as Mike Barton

Wildcat Bus
5.4
Wildcat Bus
1940•movie

as Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)

Suddenly It's Spring
4.2

as Workman (uncredited)

Inside Job
5.9
Inside Job
1946•movie

as Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show

Kill the Umpire
6.9
Kill the Umpire
1950•movie

as Man Using Telephone (uncredited)

Millionaires in Prison
6.1

as Sidney Keats

East Side of Heaven
7.4

as Phil (uncredited)

The Good Humor Man
6.3
The Good Humor Man
1950•movie

as Meek Man (uncredited)

Blondie's Big Deal
6.6
Blondie's Big Deal
1949•movie

as Mayor A.K. Ramsey

Niagara Falls
6.7
Niagara Falls
1941•movie

as Potter

Lucky Losers
6.6
Lucky Losers
1950•movie

as Conventioneer

Go Chase Yourself
5.7
Go Chase Yourself
1938•movie

as Pushy Little Man in Bank (uncredited)

Artists and Models Abroad
4.8

as Simpson

Spook Busters
5.5
Spook Busters
1946•movie

as Brown

Dancing Co-Ed
6.5
Dancing Co-Ed
1939•movie

as Braddock

A Likely Story
4.8
A Likely Story
1947•movie

as Doctor Brown (uncredited)

Hired Wife
6.8
Hired Wife
1940•movie

as Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace

The Time, The Place and The Girl
5.7

as Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)

Valley of the Sun
6.3
Valley of the Sun
1942•movie

as Wilber (uncredited)

The Wife Takes a Flyer
5.5

as Adolphe Bietjelboer

My Favorite Spy
5.7
My Favorite Spy
1942•movie

as Higgenbotham

Wedding Worries
6.3
Wedding Worries
1941•movie

as Judge Martin (uncredited)

Hard to Get
6.3
Hard to Get
1938•movie

as Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston
6.3

as George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Blondie's Reward
6.8
Blondie's Reward
1948•movie

as Leroy J. Blodgett

The Crimson Key
4.5
The Crimson Key
1947•movie

as Apartment House Desk Clerk

Just Off Broadway
5.8
Just Off Broadway
1942•movie

as Sperty, Juror-Roommate

Colorado Sundown
5.0
Colorado Sundown
1952•movie

as Lawyer Davis

A Tragedy at Midnight
5.2

as Pierre (uncredited)

She Went to the Races
6.0

as Wallace Mason

Cinderella Jones
3.8
Cinderella Jones
1946•movie

as Krencher

Dangerous Partners
6.8
Dangerous Partners
1945•movie

as The Diner (uncredited)

San Diego I Love You
6.8

as Percy

This Thing Called Love
8.4
What a Woman
6.3
What a Woman
1943•movie

as Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)

Earl Carroll Vanities
5.4

as Mr. Weems

Ringside
5.0
Ringside
1949•movie

as Timid Man

Public Deb No. 1
4.9
Public Deb No. 1
1940•movie

as Car Payment Man

She Knew All the Answers
6.6

as Butter and Egg Man

The Man Who Walked Alone
5.9

as Herman Monroe

The Meanest Man in the World
6.9

as Lawyer (uncredited)

Sing Your Way Home
5.6
Sing Your Way Home
1945•movie

as Mr. Heathcliffe

He Couldn't Say No
6.5
He Couldn't Say No
1938•movie

as Musgrave

Swing Fever
6.0
Swing Fever
1943•movie

as Milbane

Rationing
4.0
Rationing
1944•movie

as Senator's Receptionist

Kentucky Jubilee
6.0
Kentucky Jubilee
1951•movie

as Horace Tilbury

Love Is a Headache
6.5
Love Is a Headache
1938•movie

as Pants Salesman (uncredited)

Snow Gets in Your Eyes
6.5

as Department Store Manager (uncredited)

The Spellbinder
6.2
The Spellbinder
1939•movie

as Dr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited)

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
5.5

as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Three Girls About Town
6.5

as Frank - Magician

The Fleet's In
6.0
The Fleet's In
1942•movie

as Justice of the Peace

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
7.0

as Mr. Collins

The Remarkable Andrew
7.4

as Sam Marbery

Unfinished Business
6.5

as Mr. Beck

She Gets Her Man
5.2
She Gets Her Man
1945•movie

as Charlie., in Play

Crazy House
6.0
Crazy House
1943•movie

as Fud

The Jury's Secret
5.0
The Jury's Secret
1938•movie

as Secretary

Always Together
7.2
Always Together
1947•movie

as Furrier (uncredited)

Meet the Stewarts
5.5
Meet the Stewarts
1942•movie

as Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)

They Met in Argentina
5.2

as B.A. Jackson, Hastings' Secretary (uncredited)

The Town Went Wild
7.0
The Town Went Wild
1944•movie

as Mr. Kurtz

Walking the Baby
6.3
Walking the Baby
1933•movie
Love Thy Neighbor
7.3
Love Thy Neighbor
1940•movie

as Judge

She Couldn't Say No
7.5

as Ezra Pine

Comet Over Broadway
5.7

as Willis

Annabel Takes a Tour
5.7

as Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager

Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
7.3

as Henry Barber (uncredited)

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
5.3

as Pompous Man

Sagebrush Law
6.7
Sagebrush Law
1943•movie

as Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)

The Strange Mrs. Crane
6.3

as Fred Marlow

Someone to Remember
7.7

as Mr. Roseby

Square Dance Jubilee
5.0

as Yes-Man

Web of Danger
5.5
Web of Danger
1947•movie

as Cornflake Eater

False Faces
8.0
False Faces
1943•movie

as Apartment Manager

No Place for a Lady
6.0

as 'Yvonne', dress designer

One Exciting Week
6.5
One Exciting Week
1946•movie

as Mayor Clarence Teeple

Change of Heart
7.0
Change of Heart
1938•movie

as Tom Jones

Navy Blues
6.0
Navy Blues
1937•movie

as Uncle Andrew

Stop That Cab
9.0
Stop That Cab
1951•movie

as Lucy's Father

Television Spy
7.5
Television Spy
1939•movie

as Harry Payne

Three Hearts for Julia
6.5

as Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)

A Little Bit of Heaven
4.5

as Mr. Dixon

Youth Takes a Fling
5.5

as Salesman

Dance Charlie Dance
8.0

as Alvin Gussett

Exclusive
7.0
Exclusive
1937•movie

as Garner

Scattergood Meets Broadway
7.5

as Quentin Van Deusen

Rascals
7.0
Rascals
1938•movie

as Mr. Roger Adams

Big Town Girl
7.0
Big Town Girl
1937•movie

as Assistant Hotel Manager

New York Town
8.5
New York Town
1941•movie

as Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)

Get Hep to Love
7.0
Get Hep to Love
1942•movie

as Mr. Tolly

All That I Have
6.0
All That I Have
1951•movie

as Juror Meek

So's Your Uncle
6.0
So's Your Uncle
1943•movie

as Dinwiddle

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
7.5

as Doniger

Joe Palooka in the Knockout
8.0

as Hotel Clerk

Personal Maid
6.5
Personal Maid
1931•movie

as Gary Family Servant (uncredited)

Here Comes Elmer
10.0
Here Comes Elmer
1943•movie

as Postelwaite

Plane Crazy
10.0
Plane Crazy
1933•movie

as Shy Husband

Mr. Chump
10.0
Mr. Chump
1938•movie

as Ed Mason

Easy Come, Easy Go
7.0
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947•movie

as Waiter

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
7.0

as Mr. Pollup

Arson Squad
9.0
Arson Squad
1945•movie

as Sam Purdy

The Forest Rangers
9.0
The Forest Rangers
1942•movie

as Judge (uncredited)

Singin' Spurs
7.0
Singin' Spurs
1948•movie

as Mr. Totter

Chatterbox
10.0
Chatterbox
1943•movie

as Wilfred Peckinpaugh

Mary Lou
Mary Lou
1948•movie

as Cheever Chesney

Too Busy to Work
10.0
Too Busy to Work
1939•movie

as Springer

Crash Donovan
8.0
Crash Donovan
1936•movie

as Mr. Horner (uncredited)

Reckless Age
9.0
Reckless Age
1944•movie

as Jerkins

On Stage Everybody
8.0
On Stage Everybody
1945•movie

as Tupper (uncredited)

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
7.0

as Upperbottom

Down Missouri Way
8.0
Down Missouri Way
1946•movie

as Prof. Shaw

Jiggs and Maggie in Court
8.0

as Worker

Along Came Ruth
7.0
Along Came Ruth
1933•movie

as Al - Hotel Social Director

The West Side Kid
The West Side Kid
1943•movie

as Gwylim