Cleavon Little
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jun 1, 1939 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
| 2014 | Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild WestSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2013 | Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | Back in the SaddleSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1991 | Perfect HarmonyPastor Clarence Johnson | |
| 1991 | Separate But EqualRobert L. 'Bob' Carter | |
| 1991 | In the Nick of TimeFreddy | |
| 1991 | Separate but EqualRobert L. 'Bob' Carter | |
| 1990 | Murder by NumbersDavid Selby | |
| 1990 | Goin' to Chicago | |
| 1990 | True ColorsRon Freeman | |
| 1990 | Bagdad CafeSal | |
| 1989 | Fletch LivesCalculus Entropy | |
| 1989 | Tales from the CryptPack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya") | |
| 1988 | LincolnFrederick Douglass | |
| 1988 | Tanner '88Rev. Billy Crier | |
| 1988 | Dear JohnTony Larkin | |
| 1986 | ALFGeorge Foley | |
| 1985 | Once BittenSebastian | |
| 1985 | The GigMarshall WIlson | |
| 1985 | 227 | |
| 1985 | MacGyverFrank Colton | |
| 1984 | Surf 2Daddy O | |
| 1984 | E. Nick: A Legend in His Own MindEdmundo | |
| 1984 | Toy SoldiersBuck | |
| 1982 | Jimmy the KidHerb | |
| 1982 | Double ExposurePolice Chief | |
| 1982 | A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's RebellionRolla | |
| 1981 | High RiskRockney | |
| 1981 | The SalamanderMajor Carl Malinowski, USMC | |
| 1981 | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" PaigeRabbit Thompson | |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | |
| 1980 | The Sky Is GrayMonsieur Bayonne | |
| 1979 | Scavenger HuntJackson | |
| 1979 | SupertrainPreacher Ross | |
| 1978 | FMPrince | |
| 1977 | Greased LightningPeewee | |
| 1977 | Once Upon a Brothers GrimmWolf | |
| 1977 | The Love BoatAndrew Hopkins | |
| 1976 | The Tony Randall Show | |
| 1974 | Blazing SaddlesBart | |
| 1974 | The Day the Earth MovedHarley Copeland | |
| 1974 | The Rockford FilesBilly Merrihew | |
| 1973 | Money to BurnCalvin Baker | |
| 1973 | Police Story | |
| 1972 | The Rookies | |
| 1972 | The Waltons | |
| 1972 | Temperatures RisingJerry Noland | |
| 1971 | Vanishing PointSuper Soul | |
| 1971 | The Homecoming: A Christmas StoryHawthorne Dooley | |
| 1971 | All in the FamilyCoke | |
| 1970 | Cotton Comes to HarlemLo Boy | |
| 1968 | What's So Bad About Feeling Good?Phil | |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee / Performer |