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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

15

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-08-31

Day of Death

1998-05-01 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Wabbaseka, Arkansas, USA

Also Known As

Eldridge Leroy Cleaver

Leroy Eldridge Cleaver

Eldridge Cleaver

Biography

Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. In 1968, Cleaver wrote Soul on Ice, a collection of essays that, at the time of its publication, was praised by The New York Times Book Review as "brilliant and revealing".

Known For

Acting

Malcolm X

1972

Malcolm X

as

Self (archive footage)

The FBI's War on Black America

1990

The FBI's War on Black America

as

Self (archive footage)

1 P.M.

1971

1 P.M.

as

Self

Black Panthers

1968

Black Panthers

as

Self

A Huey P. Newton Story

2001

A Huey P. Newton Story

as

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

2015

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

as

Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)

Leaving Cleaver

1999

Leaving Cleaver

as

Self

All Power to the People!

1996

All Power to the People!

as

Self (archive footage)

Production

Crew

Directing