Sidney Clute

Acting

Born April 21, 1916, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Sidney Richard Clute (April 21, 1916 – October 2, 1985) was an American film and television actor. He was notable for playing Detective Paul La Guardia in 57 episodes of the American police procedural drama Cagney & Lacey (1982–85). He also played Detective Simms in 10 episodes of McCloud. Clute guest-starred in numerous television programs including Hawaii Five-O, Emergency!, The Rockford Files, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, All in the Family, Adam-12 and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He also appeared in a few episodes of Lou Grant, Wagon Train, Hogan's Heroes, My Three Sons and Cannon. Clute died on October 2, 1985, of cancer at the St. George Hospital in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 69.

Filmography

• 1983Inspector Perez — Officer
• 1983The Sting II — Ticket Clerk
• Cagney & Lacey — Paul La Guardia
• 1981Terror Among Us — Collins
• 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story — Miller
• Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story — Miller
• 1980Fugitive Family — Sam Todd
• 1979...And Justice for All — Polic
• Battlestar Galactica — Stone
• 1978F.I.S.T. — Company Negotiator
• 1978Spider-Man Strikes Back — Inspector DeCarlo
• The Amazing Spider-Man
• 1978The Big Fix — Mr. Johnson
• Code R — Dr. Warner
• Fish
• Lou Grant — National Editor Jim
• Charlie's Angels — Lembeck
• 1976Helter Skelter — Reporter
• 1975Breakout — Henderson
• 1975Mitchell — Rudy Moran
• 1975The Bionic Woman
• 1974The Death Squad — Driver
• 1974The Legend of Hillbilly John — Charles
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Mr. Schwartz
• 1974Thursday's Game — Camp Director
• 1973Executive Action — Depository Clerk
• Kojak — Det. Cahan, Barney Sullivan, Det. Jackson Kilpatrick
• 1973Walking Tall — Sheldon Levine
• 1972The Outside Man — Motel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• 1971Terror in the Sky — Mr. Swenson
• McCloud — Simms
• Night Gallery — David Garrick (segment "Make Me Laugh")
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show — Everett Edwards
• The Odd Couple — Barney
• Hawaii Five-O — Bradford
• Marcus Welby, M.D. — Hanson
• 1969Sam Whiskey — Clem
• Adam-12 — Farrel
• Here's Lucy — Lieutenant Turner
• 1968I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! — Mechanic
• The Doris Day Show — Howard
• Dragnet — Sam Golden
• Ironside — Leone
• The Second Hundred Years — Police Sergeant
• Mission: Impossible — Rudy
• That Girl
• 1966The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! — Townsman (uncredited)
• Get Smart — Transmanian Chaperone
• Hogan's Heroes — Sparrow, Max, Kurt
• I Dream of Jeannie — Mike
• Bewitched
• Wendy and Me
• 1963Cry of Battle — Col. Ryker
• Petticoat Junction — Waiter
• The Fugitive — Bartender, Joe - Newmark Aide
• The Beverly Hillbillies — Producer #2
• Ben Casey — Sam
• 1960Five Branded Women — Milan
• My Three Sons
• 1959Crime and Punishment USA — Doctor
• 1959The Wild and the Innocent — Political Leader (uncredited)
• 77 Sunset Strip — Lou Lewis
• Wanted: Dead or Alive — Bartender (uncredited)
• Perry Mason — Taxi Driver
• Wagon Train — Winnybill, Doc Simpson
• 19565 Steps to Danger — Mechanic (uncredited)
• 1956Mohawk — Settler (uncredited)
• 1956The Rack — Hotel Clerk
• Gunsmoke — Spencer
• 1953The Big Heat — Retreat Bartender (uncredited)
• 1952The Red Ball Express — Military Police Captain (uncredited)
• Dragnet
• 1946The Best Years of Our Lives — Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)