Chester Clute

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.

Partial filmography

• The Dentist (1932)
• The Great Garrick (1937)
• Dance, Charlie, Dance (1937)
• The Wrong Road (1937)
• Exclusive (1937)
• He Couldn't Say No (1938)
• Mr. Chump (1938)
• Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
• Service de Luxe (1938)
• Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
• Comet Over Broadway (1938)
• Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
• I Was a Convict (1939)
• Laugh It Off (1939)
• Invisible Stripes (1939)
• Television Spy (1939)
• The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
• Millionaires in Prison (1940)
• Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
• Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
• She Couldn't Say No (1940)
• Remember the Night (1940)
• Hired Wife (1940)
• My Favorite Wife (1940)
• Too Many Girls (1940)
• Footlight Fever (1941)
• Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
• Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
• Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941)
• Niagara Falls (1941)
• The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
• The Perfect Snob (1941)
• Manpower (1941)
• Larceny, Inc. (1942)
• The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
• My Favorite Spy (1942)
• Just Off Broadway (1942)
• The Forest Rangers (1942)
• Pardon My Sarong (1942)
• The Lady Is Willing (1942)
• Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
• This Gun for Hire (1942)
• Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
• Chatterbox (1943)
• Crazy House (1943)
• The Desperadoes (1943)
• Someone to Remember (1943)
• The Good Fellows (1943)
• So's Your Uncle (1943)
• Here Comes Elmer (1943)
• What a Woman (1943)
• Hat Check Honey (1944)
• Bermuda Mystery (1944)
• Rationing (1944)
• The Reckless Age (1944)
• Nothing But Trouble (1944)
• Lake Placid Serenade (1944)
• Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More (1944)
• San Diego, I Love You (1944)
• Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
• Anchors Aweigh (1945)
• Arson Squad (1945)
• Blonde Ransom (1945)
• Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
• Guest Wife (1945)
• The Clock (1945)
• The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
• Mildred Pierce (1945)
• She Gets Her Man (1945)
• She Went to the Races (1945)
• Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
• Roughly Speaking (1945)
• Wonder Man (1945)
• Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
• Cinderella Jones (1946)
• Down Missouri Way (1946)
• One Exciting Week (1946)
• Spook Busters (1946)
• No Leave, No Love (1946)
• Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)
• The Crimson Key (1947)
• Something in the Wind (1947)
• Web of Danger (1947)
• Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)
• The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948)
• Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)
• Blondie's Reward (1948)
• Train to Alcatraz (1948)
• Mary Lou (1948)
• Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)
• Ringside (1949)
• Blondie's Big Deal (1949)
• Square Dance Jubilee (1949)
• Master Minds (1949)
• Mary Ryan, Detective (1950)
• Colorado Sundown (1950)
• Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
• Stop That Cab (1951)
• Kentucky Jubilee (1951)
• All That I Have (1951)
• Scared Stiff (1953)

External links

• Chester Clute at IMDb
• Chester Clute at the Internet Broadway Database
• Chester Clute at Find a Grave