Cleavon Little

Personal Info

Birthday

June 1, 1939

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

The Love Boat

MacGyver

The Rockford Files

ALF

Tales from the Crypt

All in the Family

Dear John

Blazing Saddles

Filmography

2014
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Back in the Saddle
as Self (archive footage)
1991
In the Nick of Time
as Freddy
Separate But Equal
as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
Perfect Harmony
as Pastor Clarence Johnson
1990
Murder by Numbers
as David Selby
1989
Fletch Lives
as Calculus Entropy
1987
ALF’s Special Christmas
as George Foley
1985
The Gig
as Marshall WIlson
Once Bitten
as Sebastian
1984
Toy Soldiers
as Buck
Surf II: The End of the Trilogy
as Daddy O
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
as Edmundo
1982
Jimmy the Kid
as Herb
Double Exposure
as Police Chief
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
as Rolla
1981
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
as Rabbit Thompson
High Risk
as Rockney
The Salamander
as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
1980
The Sky Is Gray
as Monsieur Bayonne
1979
Scavenger Hunt
as Jackson
1978
FM
as Prince
1977
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
as Wolf
Greased Lightning
as Peewee
1974
The Day the Earth Moved
as Harley Copeland
Blazing Saddles
as Bart
1973
Money to Burn
as Calvin Baker
1971
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
as Hawthorne Dooley
Vanishing Point
as Super Soul
1970
Cotton Comes to Harlem
as Lo Boy
1968
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
as Phil