Charles Dierkop Dies: Actor From ‘The Sting’ Was 87

Charles Dierkop, best known for his roles in The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Police Woman, died Sunday at a Sherman Oaks Hospital. He was 87.

He reportedly suffered from a heart attack and a case of pneumonia.

The Wisconsin-born character actor got his start in an uncredited role opposite Paul Newman in The Hustler. He reunited with him in the 1969 flick Butch Cassidy and in the 1973 movie The Sting.

He found steady work in TV, with roles in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., The Andy Griffith Show, Star Trek, Batman, It Takes a Thief, Love, American Style and Mission: Impossible. He Detective Pete Royston on Police Woman.

His last credited role was in the 2018 film Heaven & Hell.

Dierkop is survived by his daughter, Lynn.