Actor
Cleavon Little
Born June 1, 1939 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, USADied October 22, 199229 films
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).
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First watchBlazing Saddles19747.2as BartCrafty railroad worker Bart becomes the first Black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad.View filmEssential films
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29 films as actor- 1991In the Nick of TimeFreddy
- 1991Separate but EqualRobert L. 'Bob' Carter
- 1991Perfect HarmonyPastor Clarence Johnson
- 1990Murder by NumbersDavid Selby
- 1990Goin' to Chicago
- 1989Fletch LivesCalculus Entropy
- 1985The GigMarshall WIlson
- 1985Once BittenSebastian
- 1984Toy SoldiersBuck
- 1984Surf 2Daddy O
- 1984E. Nick: A Legend in His Own MindEdmundo
- 1982Jimmy the KidHerb
- 1982Double ExposurePolice Chief
- 1982A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's RebellionRolla
- 1981Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" PaigeRabbit Thompson
- 1981High RiskRockney
- 1981The SalamanderMajor Carl Malinowski, USMC
- 1980The Sky Is GrayMonsieur Bayonne
- 1979Scavenger HuntJackson
- 1978FMPrince
- 1977Once Upon a Brothers GrimmWolf
- 1977Greased LightningPeewee
- 1974The Day the Earth MovedHarley Copeland
- 1974Blazing SaddlesBart
- 1973Money to BurnCalvin Baker
- 1971The Homecoming: A Christmas StoryHawthorne Dooley
- 1971Vanishing PointSuper Soul
- 1970Cotton Comes to HarlemLo Boy
- 1968What's So Bad About Feeling Good?Phil