Chester Clute
Acting
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.
Born: February 18, 1891
Place of Birth: Orange, New Jersey, USA
Known For
New York Town
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.
This Thing Called Love
Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months to make sure they are truly compatible.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
Mildred Pierce
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
You Can't Take It with You
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Remember the Night
Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.
Bachelor Mother
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
East Side of Heaven
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.
The Clock
A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.
Yankee Doodle Dandy
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
Filmography
as Man with Spaghetti on Head (uncredited)
as Lawyer Davis
as Juror Meek
as Horace Tilbury
as Lucy's Father
as Upperbottom
as Conventioneer
as Man Using Telephone (uncredited)
as Meek Man (uncredited)
as Mike Barton
as Yes-Man
as Chester Wiggin
as Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)
as Timid Man
as Mayor A.K. Ramsey
as Worker
as Fred Marlow
as Mr. Totter
as Doniger
as Leroy J. Blodgett
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
as Cheever Chesney
as Furrier (uncredited)
as Hotel Clerk
as Willie Millick (uncredited)
as Apartment House Desk Clerk
as Cornflake Eater
as Doctor Brown (uncredited)
as Phillips (uncredited)
as Waiter
as Workman (uncredited)
as Jeff's Apartment manager (uncredited)
as Old Man
as Man in Night Club with Quarter
as Kramer (uncredited)
as Brown
as Prof. Shaw
as Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)
as Portland Storekeeper (uncredited)
as Disinterested Husband at Fashion Show
as Mayor Clarence Teeple
as George - Opera Stage Doorman (uncredited)
as Clarence Ingham
as Krencher
as Mr. Heathcliffe
as Wallace Mason
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
as Mr. Burvis (uncredited)
as Sam Purdy
as Iturbi's Assistant
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as Urban Nichols
as Tupper (uncredited)
as The Diner (uncredited)
as Michael Henry
as Mr. Daniels (uncredited)
as Mr. Weems
as Herman Monroe
as Charlie., in Play
as Mr. Kurtz
as Apartment Manager (uncredited)
as Employment Office Clerk - 1944 (uncredited)
as Percy Caldwell
as Dr. Gilchrist
as Jerkins
as Mr. Collins
as Mr. Burns (uncredited)
as Senator's Receptionist
as Mr. Pollup
as Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)
as Postelwaite
as Milbane
as Mr. Milbane, Manager of Telephone Company (uncredited)
as Mr. Mookle (uncredited)
as Fud
as Dinwiddle
as Gwylim
as Mr. Roseby
as Dr. Pullit (uncredited)
as Headwaiter
as Apartment Manager
as Rollo
as Man with Binoculars at Opera (uncredited)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
as Wilfred Peckinpaugh
as Cowhand with Whiskey Jug (uncredited)
as Lawyer
as 'Yvonne', dress designer
as Apartment Hunter (uncredited)
as Judge (uncredited)
as Mr. Tolly
as Sperty, Juror-Roommate
as Bus Company Checker (uncredited)
as Higgenbotham
as Mr. Montrose - Clerk (uncredited)
as Goff
as Mr. Hamilton (uncredited)
as Adolphe Bietjelboer
as Mr. Buchanan
as Rooming House Manager
as Sam Marbery
as Wilber (uncredited)
as Pierre (uncredited)
as Justice of the Peace
as Westmore Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
as Judge Martin (uncredited)
as Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)
as Frank - Magician
as Potter
as Man in Climax Bar (uncredited)
as Process Server
as Mr. Beck
as Quentin Van Deusen
as Drug Store Clerk (uncredited)
as Butter and Egg Man
as Judge
as Ezra Pine
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
as Mr. Dixon
as Lister
as Martin Peabody - Justice of the Peace
as Car Payment Man
as Bailey #2
as Man Reading Repossession Notice (uncredited)
as Sidney Keats
as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
as Briggs (uncredited)
as Johnson
as Ticket Agent (uncredited)
as Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
as Pompous Man
as Butler (uncredited)
as Springer
as Harry Payne
as Braddock
as Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)
as Waiter with Sugar
as Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)
as Oliver (uncredited)
as Coggins (uncredited)
as Phil (uncredited)
as Simpson
as Willis
as Pitcarin, Rodney-Marlborough Hotel Manager
as Mr. Pinkey (uncredited)
as Bridegroom
as Salesman
as Race Tout at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
as Hammond (uncredited)
as Ed Mason
as Mr. Roger Adams
as Department Store Manager (uncredited)
as Pushy Little Man in Bank (uncredited)
as Musgrave
as Henry Barber (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Secretary
as Pants Salesman (uncredited)
as Tom Jones
as Juror (uncredited)
as Assistant Hotel Manager
as Jessup
as M. Moreau
as Fake Art Critic Henderson (uncredited)
as Dan O'Fearna
as Garner
as Alvin Gussett
as Uncle Andrew
as Mr. Horner (uncredited)
as Shy Husband
as Al - Hotel Social Director
as Gary Family Servant (uncredited)