Cleavon Little

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Cleavon Little

Acting June 1, 1939

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 a…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

7.2 1974 Movie
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
MacGyver

MacGyver

7.7 1985 TV Show
ALF

ALF

7.6 1986 TV Show
The Love Boat

The Love Boat

6.3 1977 TV Show
Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

8.0 1989 TV Show
The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

6.8 1962 TV Show
The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

7.6 1974 TV Show
The Waltons

The Waltons

7.1 1972 TV Show
Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point

7.1 1971 Movie
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956 TV Show

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2014
    Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2013
    Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2001
    Back in the Saddle

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 1991
    In the Nick of Time

    Movie Freddy

  5. 1991
    Separate but Equal

    Movie Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

  6. 1991
    Separate but Equal

    TV show Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

  7. 1991
    Perfect Harmony

    Movie Pastor Clarence Johnson

  8. 1990
    Murder by Numbers

    Movie David Selby

  9. 1990
    True Colors

    TV show Ron Freeman

  10. 1990
    Bagdad Cafe

    TV show Sal

  11. 1990
    Goin' to Chicago

    Movie

  12. 1989
    Tales from the Crypt

    TV show Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")

  13. 1989
    Fletch Lives

    Movie Calculus Entropy

  14. 1988
    Dear John

    TV show Tony Larkin

  15. 1988
    Lincoln

    TV show Frederick Douglass

  16. 1988
    Tanner '88

    TV show Rev. Billy Crier

More credits
  1. 1986
    ALF

    TV show George Foley

  2. 1985
    The Gig

    Movie Marshall WIlson

  3. 1985
    Once Bitten

    Movie Sebastian

  4. 1985
    MacGyver

    TV show Frank Colton

  5. 1985
    227

    TV show

  6. 1984
    Toy Soldiers

    Movie Buck

  7. 1984
    Surf 2

    Movie Daddy O

  8. 1984
    E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind

    Movie Edmundo

  9. 1982
    Jimmy the Kid

    Movie Herb

  10. 1982
    Double Exposure

    Movie Police Chief

  11. 1982
    A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion

    Movie Rolla

  12. 1982
    American Playhouse

    TV show Ned Shaw

  13. 1981
    Simon & Simon

    TV show

  14. 1981
    Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

    Movie Rabbit Thompson

  15. 1981
    High Risk

    Movie Rockney

  16. 1981
    The Salamander

    Movie Major Carl Malinowski, USMC

  17. 1980
    The Sky Is Gray

    Movie Monsieur Bayonne

  18. 1979
    Scavenger Hunt

    Movie Jackson

  19. 1979
    Supertrain

    TV show Preacher Ross

  20. 1978
    FM

    Movie Prince

  21. 1977
    Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

    Movie Wolf

  22. 1977
    The Love Boat

    TV show Andrew Hopkins

  23. 1977
    Greased Lightning

    Movie Peewee

  24. 1976
    The Tony Randall Show

    TV show