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Chester Clute

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Chester Clute

Born February 18, 1891 in Orange, New Jersey, USADied April 2, 1956181 films

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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.

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Mildred Pierce posterFirst watchMildred Pierce19457.6as Mr. Jones (uncredited)A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.View film

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Arsenic and Old Lace poster7.6Arsenic and Old Lace1944You Can't Take It with You poster7.5You Can't Take It with You1938Yankee Doodle Dandy poster7.0Yankee Doodle Dandy1942This Gun for Hire poster7.0This Gun for Hire1942My Favorite Wife poster7.0My Favorite Wife1940Remember the Night poster7.4Remember the Night1940Anchors Aweigh poster6.8Anchors Aweigh1945Dodge City poster6.9Dodge City1939

Filmography

181 films as actor
  1. TBALet's Go Stepping
  2. 1953Scared StiffMan with Spaghetti (uncredited)
  3. 1952Colorado SundownLawyer Davis
  4. 1951All That I HaveJuror Meek
  5. 1951Kentucky JubileeHorace Tilbury
  6. 1951Stop That CabLucy's Father
  7. 1950Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a ChanceUpperbottom
  8. 1950Lucky LosersConventioneer
  9. 1950Kill the UmpireMan Using Telephone (uncredited)
  10. 1950The Good Humor ManMeek Man (uncredited)
  11. 1949Master MindsMike Barton
  12. 1949Square Dance JubileeYes-Man
  13. 1949Mary Ryan, DetectiveChester Wiggin
  14. 1949In the Good Old SummertimeSheet Music Customer (uncredited)
  15. 1949Kimbar of the JungleDr. Beaseley
  16. 1949RingsideTimid Man
  17. 1949Blondie's Big DealMayor A.K. Ramsey
  18. 1948Jiggs and Maggie in CourtWorker
  19. 1948The Strange Mrs. CraneFred Marlow
  20. 1948Singin' SpursMr. Totter
  21. 1948Joe Palooka in Winner Take AllDoniger
  22. 1948Train to AlcatrazConductor Yelvington
  23. 1948Blondie's RewardLeroy J. Blodgett
  24. 1948On an Island with You(uncredited)
  25. 1948On Our Merry WayBank Teller (uncredited)
  26. 1948Mary LouCheever Chesney
  27. 1947Always TogetherFurrier (uncredited)
  28. 1947Joe Palooka in the KnockoutHotel Clerk
  29. 1947The Perils of PaulineWillie Millick (uncredited)
  30. 1947The Crimson KeyApartment House Desk Clerk
  31. 1947Web of DangerCornflake Eater
  32. 1947A Likely StoryDoctor Brown (uncredited)
  33. 1947It Happened on Fifth AvenuePhillips (uncredited)
  34. 1947Easy Come, Easy GoWaiter
  35. 1947Suddenly It's SpringWorkman (uncredited)
  36. 1946The Time, The Place and The GirlJeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)
  37. 1946The Secret HeartOld Man
  38. 1946That Brennan GirlMan in Night Club with Quarter
  39. 1946Angel on My ShoulderKramer (uncredited)
  40. 1946Spook BustersBrown
  41. 1946Down Missouri WayProf. Shaw
  42. 1946Two Guys from MilwaukeeMr. Carruthers (uncredited)
  43. 1946Canyon PassagePortland Storekeeper (uncredited)
  44. 1946Inside JobDisinterested Husband at Fashion Show
  45. 1946One Exciting WeekMayor Clarence Teeple
  46. 1946Two Sisters from BostonGeorge - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)
  47. 1946To Each His OwnClarence Ingham
  48. 1946Cinderella JonesKrencher
  49. 1945Sing Your Way HomeMr. Heathcliffe
  50. 1945She Went to the RacesWallace Mason
  51. 1945Mildred PierceMr. Jones (uncredited)
  52. 1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in HollywoodMr. Burvis (uncredited)
  53. 1945Arson SquadSam Purdy
  54. 1945Anchors AweighIturbi's Assistant
  55. 1945Lady on a TrainTrain Conductor (uncredited)
  56. 1945Guest WifeUrban Nichols
  57. 1945On Stage EverybodyTupper (uncredited)
  58. 1945Dangerous PartnersThe Diner (uncredited)
  59. 1945The ClockMichael Henry
  60. 1945Blonde RansomClerk
  61. 1945Two O'Clock CourageMr. Daniels (uncredited)
  62. 1945Earl Carroll VanitiesMr. Weems
  63. 1945The Man Who Walked AloneHerman Monroe
  64. 1945She Gets Her ManCharlie., in Play
  65. 1944The Town Went WildMr. Kurtz
  66. 1944The Falcon in HollywoodHotel Manager (uncredited)
  67. 1944Nothing But TroubleEmployment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)
  68. 1944San Diego I Love YouPercy
  69. 1944Arsenic and Old LaceDr. Gilchrist
  70. 1944Reckless AgeJerkins
  71. 1944Johnny Doesn't Live Here AnymoreMr. Collins
  72. 19443 Men in WhiteMr. Burns (uncredited)
  73. 1944RationingSenator's Receptionist
  74. 1944Henry Aldrich, Boy ScoutMr. Pollup
  75. 1943What a WomanDormitory Clerk (uncredited)
  76. 1943Here Comes ElmerPostelwaite
  77. 1943Swing FeverMilbane
  78. 1943Princess O'RourkeMr. Mookle (uncredited)
  79. 1943Crazy HouseFud
  80. 1943So's Your UncleDinwiddle
  81. 1943The West Side KidGwylim
  82. 1943Someone to RememberMr. Roseby
  83. 1943Du Barry Was a LadyDr. Pullit (uncredited)
  84. 1943Crime DoctorHeadwaiter
  85. 1943False FacesApartment Manager
  86. 1943The DesperadoesRollo
  87. 1943Three Hearts for JuliaMan with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)
  88. 1943The More the MerrierHotel Clerk (uncredited)
  89. 1943ChatterboxWilfred Peckinpaugh
  90. 1943Sagebrush LawCowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)
  91. 1943The Meanest Man in the WorldLawyer (uncredited)
  92. 1943No Place for a Lady'Yvonne', dress designer
  93. 1942George Washington Slept HereApartment Hunter (uncredited)
  94. 1942The Forest RangersJudge (uncredited)
  95. 1942Get Hep to LoveMr. Tolly
  96. 1942Just Off BroadwaySperty, Juror-Roommate
  97. 1942Pardon My SarongBus Company Checker (uncredited)
  98. 1942My Favorite SpyHiggenbotham
  99. 1942The SpoilersMr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)
  100. 1942Yankee Doodle DandyGoff
  101. 1942Meet the StewartsMr. Hamilton (uncredited)
  102. 1942The Wife Takes a FlyerAdolphe Bietjelboer
  103. 1942Larceny, Inc.Mr. Buchanan
  104. 1942This Gun for HireRooming House Manager
  105. 1942The Remarkable AndrewSam Marbery
  106. 1942Valley of the SunWilber (uncredited)
  107. 1942A Tragedy at MidnightPierre (uncredited)
  108. 1942The Fleet's InJustice of the Peace
  109. 1942All Through the NightWestmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
  110. 1941Wedding WorriesJudge Martin (uncredited)
  111. 1941New York TownMr. Cobbler (uncredited)
  112. 1941Three Girls About TownFrank - Magician
  113. 1941Niagara FallsPotter
  114. 1941Hold Back the DawnMan in Climax Bar (uncredited)
  115. 1941Sun Valley SerenadeProcess Server
  116. 1941Unfinished BusinessMr. Beck
  117. 1941Scattergood Meets BroadwayQuentin Van Deusen
  118. 1941ManpowerDrug Store Clerk (uncredited)
  119. 1941She Knew All the AnswersButter and Egg Man
  120. 1941They Met in ArgentinaB.A. Jackson, Hastings' Secretary (uncredited)