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ClydeScott

  • Actor
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Pop star, actor, artist and advertising creative — Clyde Scott's CV is as diverse as it is long. In the 60s the Lyttelton native was a bow tie and cardigan wearing singer. He presented pop shows In The Groove, Teen '63 and Swingin' Safari, acted on stage, and had a small role in 1964 road movie Runaway. While juggling an extended career in advertising, he went on to act in classic 1977 movie Sleeping Dogs, playing the cop who interrogates Sam Neill. He also co-starred in the 'After the Depression' episode of series Winners & Losers, as a man struggling to stay optimistic in hard times. Scott returned to painting in the early 1990s. 

Screenography

Runaway Revisited
1994 Subject Short film
Goodbye Pork Pie
1981 As: Traffic officer Film
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1980 As: Assistant Defence Counsel (first court case) Film
Nutcase
1980 As: Murphy (stuttering policeman) Film
Mortimer's Patch
1980 - 1984 As: Bert Series

“Because I had a background in amateur theatre and was avidly interested in film, when television started in New Zealand we were able to go straight into it. We had an advantage over the big ad agencies.”

— Clyde Scott on launching his own advertising agency, in a 12 August 2012 interview with The NZ Herald

Related images

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Bill Morrison (Clyde Scott) and his son (Cass Donaldson) in Winners & Losers episode After the Depression.
Stills Collection, Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision. Courtesy of Roger Donaldson Collection
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Jane Thomas John (née Dyver) and Clyde Scott play the couple setting out for a new job in Winners & Losers episode After the Depression. Cass Donaldson plays their son.
Stills Collection, Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision. Courtesy of Roger Donaldson Collection