Cleavon Little
June 1, 1939 (85 years old) in Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
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
Credits
- 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
- 1991 · Separate but Equal as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
- 1991 · Separate But Equal as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
- 1991 · Perfect Harmony as Pastor Clarence Johnson
- 1990 · Murder by Numbers as David Selby
- 1990 · True Colors as Ron Freeman
- 1990 · Bagdad Cafe as
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Pack Brightman
- 1989 · Fletch Lives as Calculus Entropy
- 1988 · Dear John as Tony Larkin
- 1988 · Lincoln as Frederick Douglass
- 1988 · Tanner '88 as Rev. Billy Crier
- 1987 · ALF’s Special Christmas as George Foley
- 1986 · ALF as George Foley
- 1985 · The Gig as Marshall WIlson
- 1985 · Once Bitten as Sebastian
- 1985 · MacGyver as Frank Colton
- 1985 · 227 as
- 1984 · Toy Soldiers as Buck
- 1984 · Surf II: The End of the Trilogy as Daddy O
- 1984 · E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind as Edmundo
- 1982 · Jimmy the Kid as Herb
- 1982 · Double Exposure as Police Chief
- 1982 · A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion as Rolla
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige as Rabbit Thompson
- 1981 · High Risk as Rockney
- 1981 · 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
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Andrew Hopkins
- 1977 · Greased Lightning as Peewee
- 1976 · The Tony Randall Show as
- 1974 · The Day the Earth Moved as Harley Copeland
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Billy Merrihew
- 1974 · Blazing Saddles as Bart
- 1973 · Money to Burn as Calvin Baker
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1972 · The Waltons as
- 1972 · Temperatures Rising as Jerry Noland
- 1972 · The Rookies as
- 1971 · The Homecoming: A Christmas Story as Hawthorne Dooley
- 1971 · Vanishing Point as Super Soul
- 1971 · All in the Family as Coke
- 1970 · Cotton Comes to Harlem as Lo Boy
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as
- 1968 · What's So Bad About Feeling Good? as Phil
- 1966 · Felony Squad as
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee / Performer