Chester Clute

Chester Clute

Known for

Acting

Born

February 18, 1891

Birthplace

Orange, New Jersey, USA

Died

April 2, 1956 (aged 65)

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.

Best known work

Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
1945
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire
1942
My Favorite Wife
My Favorite Wife
1940
Anchors Aweigh
Anchors Aweigh
1945
Remember the Night
Remember the Night
1940
Dodge City
Dodge City
1939
The More the Merrier
The More the Merrier
1943

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Let's Go Stepping
  2. 1953

    Scared Stiff

    as Man with Spaghetti (uncredited)

  3. 1952

    Colorado Sundown

    as Lawyer Davis

  4. 1951

    All That I Have

    as Juror Meek

  5. 1951

    Kentucky Jubilee

    as Horace Tilbury

  6. 1951

    Stop That Cab

    as Lucy's Father

  7. 1950

  8. 1950

    Lucky Losers

    as Conventioneer

  9. 1950

    Kill the Umpire

    as Man Using Telephone (uncredited)

  10. 1950

    The Good Humor Man

    as Meek Man (uncredited)

  11. 1949

    Master Minds

    as Mike Barton

  12. 1949

  13. 1949

    Mary Ryan, Detective

    as Chester Wiggin

  14. 1949

    In the Good Old Summertime

    as Sheet Music Customer (uncredited)

  15. 1949

    Kimbar of the Jungle

    as Dr. Beaseley

  16. 1949

    Ringside

    as Timid Man

  17. 1949

    Blondie's Big Deal

    as Mayor A.K. Ramsey

  18. 1948

  19. 1948

  20. 1948

    Singin' Spurs

    as Mr. Totter

  21. 1948

  22. 1948

    Train to Alcatraz

    as Conductor Yelvington

  23. 1948

    Blondie's Reward

    as Leroy J. Blodgett

  24. 1948

    On an Island with You

    as (uncredited)

  25. 1948

    On Our Merry Way

    as Bank Teller (uncredited)

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