Cleavon Little
29 movies · 23 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 1, 1939
- Died
- Oct 22, 1992 (age 53)
- Place of birth
- Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
- Also known as
- Cleavon Jake Little
Biography
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 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles (1974) and as the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland in the early-1970s sitcom Temperatures Rising. He also starred in the comedy films FM (1978) and Once Bitten (1985) and the action films Vanishing Point (1971) and the Toy Soldiers (1984).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Cleavon Little: movies and TV shows
Acting (52)
- 1991 In the Nick of Time
as Freddy
- 1991 Separate but Equal
as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
- 1991
- 1991 Perfect Harmony
as Pastor Clarence Johnson
- 1990 Murder by Numbers
as David Selby
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990
- 1989
- 1989 Fletch Lives
as Calculus Entropy
- 1988
- 1988
- 1988
- 1986
- 1985 The Gig
as Marshall WIlson
- 1985 Once Bitten
as Sebastian
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984 Toy Soldiers
as Buck
- 1984 Surf 2
as Daddy O
- 1984 E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
as Edmundo
- 1982 Jimmy the Kid
as Herb
- 1982 Double Exposure
as Police Chief
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981 Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
as Rabbit Thompson
- 1981 High Risk
as Rockney
- 1981 The Salamander
as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
- 1980 The Sky Is Gray
as Monsieur Bayonne
- 1979 Scavenger Hunt
as Jackson
- 1979
- 1978 FM
as Prince
- 1977 Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
as Wolf
- 1977
- 1977 Greased Lightning
as Peewee
- 1976
- 1974 The Day the Earth Moved
as Harley Copeland
- 1974
- 1974 Blazing Saddles
as Bart
- 1973 Money to Burn
as Calvin Baker
- 1973
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
as Hawthorne Dooley
- 1971 Vanishing Point
as Super Soul
- 1971
- 1970 Cotton Comes to Harlem
as Lo Boy
- 1968
- 1968
- 1966
Talk shows and appearances (7)
- 2014
- 2013
- 2001
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
2 episodes
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
1 episode
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode
- 1956 Tony Awards
1 episode