
Sidney Clute
Acting • Born 1916-04-21 – Died 1985-10-02
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.
Filmography
74 credits
Walking Tall
Movie • 1973
Sheldon Levine

Executive Action
Movie • 1973
Depository Clerk

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
Movie • 1968
Mechanic

Spider-Man Strikes Back
Movie • 1978
Inspector DeCarlo

The Legend of Hillbilly John
Movie • 1974
Charles

Mohawk
Movie • 1956
Settler (uncredited)

The Wild and the Innocent
Movie • 1959
Political Leader (uncredited)

Fugitive Family
Movie • 1980
Sam Todd

Cry of Battle
Movie • 1963
Col. Ryker

The Best Years of Our Lives
Movie • 1946
Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)

Thursday's Game
Movie • 1974
Camp Director

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Movie • 1980
Miller

The Big Heat
Movie • 1953
Retreat Bartender (uncredited)

The Red Ball Express
Movie • 1952
Military Police Captain (uncredited)

Sam Whiskey
Movie • 1969
Clem

The Sting II
Movie • 1983
Ticket Clerk

The Death Squad
Movie • 1974
Driver

Breakout
Movie • 1975
Henderson

Terror Among Us
Movie • 1981
Collins

Helter Skelter
Movie • 1976
Reporter

Five Branded Women
Movie • 1960
Milan

5 Steps to Danger
Movie • 1956
Mechanic (uncredited)

Terror in the Sky
Movie • 1971
Mr. Swenson

F.I.S.T.
Movie • 1978
Company Negotiator

The Outside Man
Movie • 1972
Motel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Movie • 1966
Townsman (uncredited)

Mitchell
Movie • 1975
Rudy Moran

Inspector Perez
Movie • 1983
Officer

The Big Fix
Movie • 1978
Mr. Johnson

The Bionic Woman
Movie • 1975

The Rack
Movie • 1956
Hotel Clerk

...And Justice for All
Movie • 1979
Polic

My Three Sons
TV • 1960

That Girl
TV • 1966

Dragnet
TV • 1951

Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Spencer

Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Paul La Guardia

Bewitched
TV • 1964

Fish
TV • 1977

The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Bartender

The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Joe - Newmark Aide

Wendy and Me
TV • 1964

Night Gallery
TV • 1970
David Garrick (segment "Make Me Laugh")

Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Bartender (uncredited)

Hogan's Heroes
TV • 1965
Sparrow

The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Producer #2

Adam-12
TV • 1968
Farrel

Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Waiter

McCloud
TV • 1970
Simms

Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Bradford

The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Mr. Schwartz

Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Lieutenant Turner

Hogan's Heroes
TV • 1965
Kurt

Hogan's Heroes
TV • 1965
Max

Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Taxi Driver

Kojak
TV • 1973
Det. Cahan

Code R
TV • 1977
Dr. Warner

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV • 1970
Everett Edwards

Kojak
TV • 1973
Barney Sullivan

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
TV • 1980
Miller

Kojak
TV • 1973
Det. Jackson Kilpatrick

The Amazing Spider-Man
TV • 1978

The Odd Couple
TV • 1970
Barney

I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Mike

Battlestar Galactica
TV • 1978
Stone

Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Winnybill

Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV • 1969
Hanson

Dragnet
TV • 1967
Sam Golden

Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Doc Simpson

The Second Hundred Years
TV • 1967
Police Sergeant

Ironside
TV • 1967
Leone

Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Sam

Get Smart
TV • 1965
Transmanian Chaperone

Lou Grant
TV • 1977
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