Cleavon Little
Actor
- Born
- June 1, 1939 · Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
- Died
- October 22, 1992 (age 53)
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).
Known for
Blazing Saddles
February 7, 1974
Vanishing Point
January 15, 1971
Once Bitten
November 15, 1985
Fletch Lives
March 17, 1989
Cotton Comes to Harlem
May 27, 1970
Greased Lightning
July 1, 1977
Scavenger Hunt
December 21, 1979
High Risk
May 1, 1981
The Salamander
April 25, 1981
Surf 2
January 13, 1984
Double Exposure
September 3, 1982
Toy Soldiers
November 1, 1984
Acting32
- 2014Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West as Self (archive footage)
- 2013Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage)
- 2001Back in the Saddle as Self (archive footage)
- 1991In the Nick of Time as Freddy
- 1991Separate but Equal as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
- 1991Perfect Harmony as Pastor Clarence Johnson
- 1990Murder by Numbers as David Selby
- 1990Goin' to Chicago
- 1989Fletch Lives as Calculus Entropy
- 1985The Gig