
Sidney Clute
ActingAlso Known As
Sid Clute, Sidney Klute
Biography
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.
Movies
(32 total)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)

...And Justice for All
as Polic

The Big Heat
as Retreat Bartender (uncredited)

F.I.S.T.
as Company Negotiator

Walking Tall
as Sheldon Levine

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Townsman (uncredited)

Breakout
as Henderson

Spider-Man Strikes Back
as Inspector DeCarlo

Helter Skelter
as Reporter

The Outside Man
as Motel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Sting II
as Ticket Clerk

Executive Action
as Depository Clerk

Mitchell
as Rudy Moran

The Big Fix
as Mr. Johnson

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
as Mechanic

Sam Whiskey
as Clem

The Rack
as Hotel Clerk

The Wild and the Innocent
as Political Leader (uncredited)

Five Branded Women
as Milan

The Red Ball Express
as Military Police Captain (uncredited)
TV Shows
(42 total)
I Dream of Jeannie
as Mike

Get Smart
as Transmanian Chaperone

The Six Million Dollar Man
as Mr. Schwartz

Battlestar Galactica
as Stone

Hogan's Heroes
as Sparrow

Hogan's Heroes
as Max

Hogan's Heroes
as Kurt

Hawaii Five-O
as Bradford

Kojak
as Det. Cahan

Kojak
as Barney Sullivan

Kojak
as Det. Jackson Kilpatrick

Perry Mason
as Taxi Driver

The Beverly Hillbillies
as Producer #2

Gunsmoke
as Spencer

Night Gallery
as David Garrick (segment "Make Me Laugh")

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Everett Edwards

Cagney & Lacey
as Paul La Guardia

Ironside
as Leone

The Odd Couple
as Barney
