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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

57

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-06-01

Day of Death

1992-10-22 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA

Also Known As

Cleavon Jake Little

Cleavon Little

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

Acting

Blazing Saddles

1974

Blazing Saddles

as

Bart

Scavenger Hunt

1979

Scavenger Hunt

as

Jackson

Vanishing Point

1971

Vanishing Point

as

Super Soul

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

2013

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

as

Self (archive footage)

Greased Lightning

1977

Greased Lightning

as

Peewee

Fletch Lives

1989

Fletch Lives

as

Calculus Entropy

Jimmy the Kid

1982

Jimmy the Kid

as

Herb

High Risk

1981

High Risk

as

Rockney

Back in the Saddle

2001

Back in the Saddle

as

Self (archive footage)

Once Bitten

1985

Once Bitten

as

Sebastian

Double Exposure

1982

Double Exposure

as

Police Chief

Perfect Harmony

1991

Perfect Harmony

as

Pastor Clarence Johnson

Separate But Equal

1991

Separate But Equal

as

Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

The Gig

1985

The Gig

as

Marshall WIlson

Money to Burn

1973

Money to Burn

as

Calvin Baker

The Day the Earth Moved

1974

The Day the Earth Moved

as

Harley Copeland

FM

1978

FM

as

Prince

The Salamander

1981

The Salamander

as

Major Carl Malinowski, USMC

ALF’s Special Christmas

1987

ALF’s Special Christmas

as

George Foley

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

1971

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

as

Hawthorne Dooley

Murder by Numbers

1990

Murder by Numbers

as

David Selby

Toy Soldiers

1984

Toy Soldiers

as

Buck

The Sky Is Gray

1980

The Sky Is Gray

as

Monsieur Bayonne

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

as

Andrew Hopkins

227

227

as

MacGyver

MacGyver

as

Frank Colton

True Colors

True Colors

as

Ron Freeman

Lincoln

Lincoln

as

Frederick Douglass

ALF

ALF

as

George Foley

Temperatures Rising

Temperatures Rising

as

Jerry Noland

Tanner '88

Tanner '88

as

Rev. Billy Crier

Separate but Equal

Separate but Equal

as

Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

as

Billy Merrihew

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

as

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

Dear John

Dear John

as

Tony Larkin

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as

Self - Nominee / Performer

Production

Crew

Directing