Chester Clute Explained

Chester Clute
Birth Name:Chester Lamont Clute
Birth Date:February 18, 1891
Birth Place:Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Death Place:Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Resting Place:Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1930 - 1953

Chester Lamont 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.

Biography

Born Chester Lamont Clute in Orange, New Jersey, Clute died of a heart attack in Woodland Hills, California, aged 65.[1] He is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.[2]

Career

Clute's Broadway credits included Ceiling Zero (1935), Page Miss Glory (1934), Triplets (1932), Oh, Promise Me (1930), The New Yorkers (1927), and She Couldn't Say No (1926).[3]

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hans J. Wollstein . Chester Clute . . February 9, 2014.
  2. Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
  3. Web site: Chester Clute . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League . September 8, 2020 . https://archive.today/20200908011841/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/chester-clute-35694 . September 8, 2020.