Lee Van Cleef
Biography
Clarence LeRoy "Lee" Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American actor best known for his roles in Spaghetti Westerns such as For A Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Hatchet-faced with piercing eyes, he had declined to have his nose altered to play a sympathetic character in his film debut, High Noon, and was relegated to a non-speaking outlaw as a result. For a decade he was typecast as a minor villain, his sinister features overshadowing his acting skills. After suffering serious injuries in a car crash, Van Cleef began to lose interest in his apparently waning career by the time Sergio Leone gave him a major role in For a Few Dollars More. The film made him a box-office draw, especially in Europe.
Despite suffering from heart disease from the late 1970s and having a pacemaker installed in the early 1980s, Van Cleef continued to work in films until his death on December 16, 1989, at age 64. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, California, with an inscription on his grave marker referring to his many acting performances as a villain: "BEST OF THE BAD". Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Van Cleef, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Acting
1952
asJack Colby
1965
asCol. Douglas Mortimer
1981
asPolice Commissioner Bob Hauk
1957
asEd McGaffey
1952
asTony Romano
1957
asEd Bailey
1955
asFante
1956
asGus
1980
asMcCarn
1970
asTravis
1989
asGrandfather
1956
asDr. Tom Anderson
1968
asBilly Joe Cudlip
1959
asFrank
1958
as1st Sgt. Rickett
1953
asCorp. Stone
1974
asDakota
2014
as(archive footage)
1957
asFaro
1956
asPolice Sgt. Emmett Lackey
1972
asMarshal Chris Adams
1958
asAlfonso Parral
1972
asSheriff Clayton
1975
asKiefer
1955
asAl Drucker
1967
asJonathan Corbett
1986
asBurt Roth
1990
asSergio Danielo Christophero
1967
asRyan
1969
asSabata
1971
asSabata / Major
1973
asFrankie
1979
asSelf
1956
asFat Jones
1958
asMiguel
1967
asFrank Talby
1953
asPete Monty
1970
asJaroo
1957
asMaj. Cham
1976
asMcClain
1984
asJulot
1976
asFather John / Lewis
1985
asWarren
1971
asRoy King
1968
asMSgt. Sullivan
1952
asDirk Hanley
1971
asCapt. Apache
1953
asNerva
1953
asSmitty
1954
asHank
1980
asMcNeal
1957
asDamon Pardee
1988
asCol. Mazzarini
1954
asTillotson Henchman
1984
asArchie 'China' Travers
1954
asEarl Ferris
1954
asHakar (uncredited)
1977
asHarry Chapman
1952
asDave Chittun
1954
asFire Knife
1957
asAdam Grant
1955
asFrank Emmett
1955
asJay Lord
1957
asShad Donaphin
1957
asDoug Sadler
1953
asPvt. Reno Benton
1957
asKirby
1954
asAce Winton
1953
asBolt Mackay
1957
asSteve Margolies
1978
asChris Gretchko / Ray Sloan
1960
asSam Bass
1962
asReese
2003
as
1953
asMarv
1961
asLeo
1966
asSentenza / Angel Eyes
1955
asClanton
2000
asCol. Douglas Mortimer (archive footage)
1962
asRiver Pirate (uncredited)
1956
asChepei
1985
asJohn Peter McAllister
1955
asFlash Logan
1990
asSelf (archive footage)
1954
asPaul Clayton/Buck Clayton
1955
asPecos Larry
1985
asJohn Peter McAllister
1977
asIke Scanlon
1984
asJohn Peter McAllister
1958
asJake Hayes
1953
asBrutus Allen
1959
asMike Bennett
1955
asHarry Goldish (uncredited)
2024
asSelf (archive footage)
asSkip
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asRad
asEdward Doyle
asDave Rudabaugh
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asFrank
asFred Grant
asGolias
as
asIke Milton
asDallas Clancy
asEd Murdock
as
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asFrank Sandoe
as
asJumbo Kane
as
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asTracey
asLuke Cragg
asAl Sanders
as
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asJohn Peter McAllister
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asPeak
as
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asBull Harper
asCherokee Kid
asDeputy Clyde Wilson
asMort Clio
asFrank Diamond
asDeck Sommers
asBen Fraser
asBraden
asJohn Hooker
asIke Jeffords
as1st Mate Hawl Finch
asWink
asSheriff
asLarkin
asCowboy
asBob Wheeler aka Sonora Kid
asJango
asStanley Perrin
asAppling
asSam Carver
asCorbin
asMajeski
asHarry Bittercreek Bartender
asFrank Parnessa
asRufe Beal
asHod - Henchman
asHenchman Ray
asAmos Belcher
asTommy
asTim Brennan
asJesse James
asLin Hyatt
asCaptain Jansen
asLou
asSteinhart
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