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Cleavon Little
Born: 1939-06-01 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
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 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles (1974) and as the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland in the early-1970s sitcom Temperatures Rising. He also starred in the comedy films FM (1978) and Once Bitten (1985) and the action films Vanishing Point (1971) and the Toy Soldiers (1984).
Rated Filmography (31)
Sorted by Score9.0
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977
8.1
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
7.3
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
7.2
Blazing Saddles
1974
7.2
The Gig
1985
7.1
Vanishing Point
1971
7.0
The Day the Earth Moved
1974
7.0
The Sky Is Gray
1980
7.0
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982
6.8
FM
1978
6.7
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968
6.6
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
6.5
Back in the Saddle
2001
6.5
Separate but Equal
1991
6.4
Greased Lightning
1977
6.2
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970
6.2
Perfect Harmony
1991
6.1
Jimmy the Kid
1982
6.0
Fletch Lives
1989
6.0
Money to Burn
1973
5.9
High Risk
1981
5.8
Once Bitten
1985
5.6
Scavenger Hunt
1979
5.5
The Salamander
1981
5.3
In the Nick of Time
1991
4.8
Surf 2
1984
4.6
Toy Soldiers
1984
4.5
Double Exposure
1982
3.3
Murder by Numbers
1990
3.0
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
1984
1.0
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014