Chester Clute
Chester Lamont Clute was an American character 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, Page Miss Glory, Triplets, Oh, Promise Me, The New Yorkers, and She Couldn't Say No.
Selected filmography
The Dentist Crash Donovan - Mr. Horner Navy Blues - Uncle AndrewThere Goes My Girl - Stu Parker - Whelan's Idea ManDance, Charlie, Dance - Alvin GussettExclusive - GarnerShe Asked for It - Photographer The Wrong Road - Dan O'FearnaThe Great Garrick - M. MoreauLive, Love and Learn - Fake Art Critic Henderson Living on Love - JessupThoroughbreds Don't Cry - Man with Toupee 45 Fathers - Timid Juror Big Town Girl - Assistant Hotel Manager True Confession - Juror Change of Heart - Tom Jones Love Is a Headache - Pants Salesman The Jury's Secret - Secretary Arsène Lupin Returns - Reporter Reckless Living - Sucker He Couldn't Say No - MusgraveMr. Moto's Gamble - Ticket Theft Victim Go Chase Yourself - Pushy Little Man in Bank Rascals - Mr. Roger AdamsLetter of Introduction - Guest at Cocktail Party Mr. Chump - Ed MasonKeep Smiling - Auctioneer Sing You Sinners - Race Tout at Lunch Counter You Can't Take It with You - Hammond Personal Secretary - Levering Youth Takes a Fling - SalesmanTouchdown, Army - Mr. Rawlings Service de Luxe - Chester BainbridgeHard to Get - Mr. Pinkey Annabel Takes a Tour - Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel ManagerComet Over Broadway - WillisArtists and Models Abroad - SimpsonPardon Our Nerve - Mr. FlemingwellI Was a Convict - EvansDodge City - Coggins East Side of Heaven - Phil Bachelor Mother - Oliver - Man in Park The Spellbinder - Dr. Hillary Schunk Miracles for Sale - Waiter with Sugar Dust Be My Destiny - Movie Theatre Manager Dancing Co-Ed - BraddockTelevision Spy - Harry PayneToo Busy to Work - SpringerLaugh It Off - Eliot RigbyThe Honeymoon's Over - Higginsby Thou Shalt Not Kill - Waiter Invisible Stripes Remember the Night - Jewelry Salesman The Man Who Wouldn't Talk - Pompous Man Blondie on a Budget - Ticket Agent The Doctor Takes a Wife - JohnsonMy Favorite Wife - Shoe Salesman Turnabout - Briggs Millionaires in Prison - Sidney KeatsWildcat Bus - Man Reading Repossession Notice Dance, Girl, Dance - Bailey #2Hired Wife - Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace Public Deb No. 1 - Car Payment Man Too Many Girls - ListerA Little Bit of Heaven - Mr. DixonWho Killed Aunt Maggie? - Justice of the Peace She Couldn't Say No - Ezra PineLove Thy Neighbor - JudgeThis Thing Called Love - Bit Part Tall, Dark and Handsome - Floorwalker Footlight Fever - Mr. Holly - Parker's Secretary They Met in Argentina - B.A. Jackson, Hastings' Secretary She Knew All the Answers - Butter and Egg ManHurry, Charlie, Hurry - Cardwell, Daniel's Secretary Manpower - Drug Store Clerk Sun Valley Serenade - Process ServerScattergood Meets Broadway - Quentin Van DeusenUnfinished Business - Mr. Beck The Smiling Ghost - Homely Woman's Husband Hold Back the Dawn - Man in Climax Bar Niagara Falls - PotterThree Girls About Town - Frank - Magician New York Town - Mr. Cobbler Look Who's Laughing - Mr. Blaize The Perfect Snob - Nibsie NicholsonBedtime Story - Second Desk Clerk All Through the Night - Westmore Hotel Clerk The Fleet's In - Justice of the Peace A Tragedy at Midnight - Pierre Valley of the Sun - Wilbur The Lady Is Willing - Income Tax Man The Remarkable Andrew - Sam Marbery Larceny, Inc. - Mr. BuchananThe Wife Takes a Flyer - Adolphe BietjelboerThe Spoilers - Mr. Montrose - Clerk This Gun for Hire - Rooming House ManagerMeet the Stewarts - Mr. Hamilton, Club Manager My Favorite Spy - HiggenbothamYankee Doodle Dandy - Harold GoffJoan of Ozark - Salesman Tales of Manhattan - Mr. Langehanke Pardon My Sarong - Bus Company Checker Just Off Broadway - SpertyHenry Aldrich, Editor - Drug Store ClerkGet Hep to Love - Mr. Tolly The Forest Rangers - Judge George Washington Slept Here - Apartment Hunter Star Spangled Rhythm - Air-Raid Warden - Bob Hope Skit No Place for a Lady - YvonneThe Meanest Man in the World - Lawyer Sagebrush Law - Cowhand with Whiskey Jug Chatterbox - Wilfred PeckinpaughThe More the Merrier - Hotel Clerk Three Hearts for Julia - Man with Binoculars The Desperadoes - Rollo False Faces - Apartment ManagerDu Barry Was a Lady - Dr. Pullit Crime Doctor - Headwaiter The Good Fellows - Abner Merritt Someone to Remember - Mr. RosebyThe West Side Kid - GwylimSo's Your Uncle - DinwiddleI Dood It - Hotel Manager With Flowers Crazy House - FudPrincess O'Rourke - Mr. Mookle Swing Fever - Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company Here Comes Elmer - PostelwaiteWhat a Woman - Dormitory Clerk Sing a Jingle - Hendricks Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout - Mr. Pollup Hat Check Honey - Uniformed OfficerRationing - RobertsBermuda Mystery - Angela's Father 3 Men in White - Mr. Burns Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More - Mr. CollinsReckless Age - JerkinsArsenic and Old Lace - Dr. GilchristEver Since Venus - Milquetoast Customer San Diego, I Love You - Percy CaldwellMy Gal Loves Music - Doctor Nothing but Trouble - Clerk in 1944 The Falcon in Hollywood - Hotel Manager The Town Went Wild - Mr. Kurtz Lake Placid Serenade - Haines Nothing But the Truth She Gets Her Man - Charlie, in PlayRoughly Speaking - The Proprietor The Man Who Walked Alone - Mr. MonroeThe Clock - Michael Henry, Judge's Clerk Earl Carroll Vanities - Mr. WeemsTwo O'Clock Courage - Mr. Daniels Swing Out, Sister - Mr. Gaston Blonde Ransom - ClerkDangerous Partners - The Diner Wonder Man - Man on Bus Blonde from Brooklyn - Mr. Weams On Stage Everybody - Tupper Anchors Aweigh - Iturbi's AssistantGuest Wife - Urban NicholsLady on a Train - Train Conductor Arson Squad - Sam PurdyMildred Pierce - Mr. Jones Abbott and Costello in Hollywood - Mr. Burvis She Went to the Races - Wallace MasonSing Your Way Home - Heathcliffe Saratoga Trunk - Hotel Clerk The Sailor Takes a Wife - Lone Diner The Gentleman Misbehaves - Quackenbush Cinderella Jones - KrencherTo Each His Own - Clarence Ingham Two Sisters from Boston - George - Opera Stage Doorman One Exciting Week - Mayor Clarence TeepleInside Job - Husband Night and Day - Music Publisher Canyon Passage - Portland Storekeeper Two Guys from Milwaukee - Manicure Customer - Mr. Carruthers Down Missouri Way - Prof. ShawSpook Busters - BrownAngel on My Shoulder - Kramer No Leave, No Love - Mr. Tansey That Brennan Girl - Man in Night Club with Quarter The Secret Heart - Old Man The Time, the Place and the Girl - Jeff's Apartment Manager Easy Come, Easy Go - Waiter Suddenly It's Spring - Workman Hit Parade of 1947 - Radio Station Assistant It Happened on Fifth Avenue - Phillips A Likely Story - Doctor Brown Copacabana - Hotel Night Clerk Web of Danger - Cornflakes EaterLiving in a Big Way - Union Leader The Crimson Key - Hotel Clerk The Perils of Pauline - Willie Millick Something in the Wind - Albert Beamis Joe Palooka in the Knockout - Hotel ClerkAlways Together - Furrier Mary Lou - Cheever ChesneyOn Our Merry Way - Bank Teller On an Island with You - Tommy Best Man Wins - Villager Blondie's Reward - Leroy J. BlodgettTrain to Alcatraz - Train Conductor YelvingtonJoe Palooka in Winner Take All - DonigerSingin' Spurs - Mr. TotterThe Strange Mrs. Crane - Fred MarlowJiggs and Maggie in Court - WorkerBlondie's Big Deal - Mayor A.K. RamseyMy Dream Is Yours - Party Guest Ringside - Timid ManThe Girl from Jones Beach - Collection Agent Mighty Joe Young - Doctor In the Good Old Summertime - Sheet Music Customer Mary Ryan, Detective - Chester Wiggin Square Dance Jubilee - Yes-ManBride for Sale - Mr. Baker Master Minds - Mike BartonThe Great Lover - Passenger Drinking in Cabin Bodyhold - Little Spectator in Crowd The Good Humor Man - Meek Man Kill the Umpire - Man Talking to Wife on Phone Lucky Losers - Conventioneer from PaducahJoe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance - UpperbottomHit Parade of 1951 - Haberdashery Clerk Belle Le Grand - Secretary Stop That Cab - Lucy's FatherKentucky Jubilee - Mayor Horace TilburyAll That I Have - Juror MeekColorado Sundown - Lawyer DavisScared Stiff - Man with Spaghetti on Head