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Cleavon Little
Cleavon Little

Cleavon Little

ActingBorn June 1, 1939Died October 22, 1992 (age 53)Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American film and theatre actor, known for his lead role as Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles and as the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland in the early 1970s sitcom Temperatures Rising. In 1978 he played "The Prince of Darkness" in the radio station comedy FM. He was also in the 1984 action film Toy Soldiers and acted out the role of Super Soul in the film Vanishing Point in 1971.

Filmography

2014Movie
2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2001
Back in the Saddle

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Separate But Equal

as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

Movie
1991
Separate but Equal

as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

TV
1991
Perfect Harmony

as Pastor Clarence Johnson

Movie
1990
Murder by Numbers

as David Selby

Movie
1990
True Colors

as Ron Freeman

TV
1990TV
1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")

TV
1989
Fletch Lives

as Calculus Entropy

Movie
1988
Dear John

as Tony Larkin

TV
1988
Lincoln

as Frederick Douglass

TV
1988
Tanner '88

as Rev. Billy Crier

TV
1986
ALF

as George Foley

TV
1985
The Gig

as Marshall WIlson

Movie
1985
Once Bitten

as Sebastian

Movie
1985
MacGyver

as Frank Colton

TV
1985TV
1984Movie
1984
Surf 2

as Daddy O

Movie
1982Movie
1982
Double Exposure

as Police Chief

Movie
1981
High Risk

as Rockney

Movie
1981
The Salamander

as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC

Movie
1980
The Sky Is Gray

as Monsieur Bayonne

Movie
1979
Scavenger Hunt

as Jackson

Movie
1979
Supertrain

as Preacher Ross

TV
1978
FM

as Prince

Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Andrew Hopkins

TV
1977Movie
1974
The Day the Earth Moved

as Harley Copeland

Movie
1974
The Rockford Files

as Billy Merrihew

TV
1974Movie
1973
Money to Burn

as Calvin Baker

Movie
1972
Temperatures Rising

as Jerry Noland

TV
1971Movie
1971
Vanishing Point

as Super Soul

Movie
1971TV
1970Movie
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee / Performer

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 1, 1939
Day of DeathOctober 22, 1992
Place of BirthChickasha, Oklahoma, USA
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