Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 21, 1916
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Sid Clute
- Sidney Klute
Sidney Clute
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.
Known For - Movies
...And Justice for All
as Polic
F.I.S.T.
as Company Negotiator
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)
Spider-Man Strikes Back
as Inspector DeCarlo
Executive Action
as Depository Clerk
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Sting II
as Ticket Clerk
Walking Tall
as Sheldon Levine
The Big Heat
as Retreat Bartender (uncredited)
Helter Skelter
as Reporter
