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
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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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asEdward Doyle
asDave Rudabaugh
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asFrank
asFred Grant
asGolias
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asIke Milton
asDallas Clancy
asEd Murdock
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asJumbo Kane
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asTracey
asLuke Cragg
asAl Sanders
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asJohn Peter McAllister
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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
Production
Crew
Directing