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Cleavon Little
Actor· Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
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
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
25 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1991 | Perfect Harmony | Pastor Clarence Johnson | Film |
| 1991 | Separate but Equal | Robert L. 'Bob' Carter | Film |
| 1990 | True Colors | Ron Freeman | TV |
| 1989 | Fletch Lives | Calculus Entropy | Film |
| 1988 | Lincoln | Frederick Douglass | TV |
| 1985 | Once Bitten | Sebastian | Film |
| 1985 | The Gig | Marshall WIlson | Film |
| 1984 | Toy Soldiers | Buck | Film |
| 1984 | Surf 2 | Daddy O | Film |
| 1982 | Jimmy the Kid | Herb | Film |
| 1982 | Double Exposure | Police Chief | Film |
| 1982 | A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion | Rolla | Film |
| 1981 | The Salamander | Major Carl Malinowski, USMC | Film |
| 1981 | High Risk | Rockney | Film |
| 1979 | Scavenger Hunt | Jackson | Film |
| 1978 | FM | Prince | Film |
| 1977 | Greased Lightning | Peewee | Film |
| 1977 | Once Upon a Brothers Grimm | Wolf | Film |
| 1974 | The Day the Earth Moved | Harley Copeland | Film |
| 1974 | Blazing Saddles | Bart | Film |
| 1972 | Temperatures Rising | Jerry Noland | TV |
| 1971 | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Hawthorne Dooley | Film |
| 1971 | Vanishing Point | Super Soul | Film |
| 1970 | Cotton Comes to Harlem | Lo Boy | Film |
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