Cleavon Little
Date of birth: 1939-06-01
Place of birth: Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Cleavon Jake 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.
Movie Credits
Blazing Saddles
1974-02-07
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab
Surf II: The End of the Trilogy
1984-01-13
Evil Nerd Menlo wants to get revenge on some surfers by selling a bad batch of soda called Buzz Cola
Scavenger Hunt
1979-12-21
An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of doll
Vanishing Point
1971-01-15
Kowalski works for a car delivery service, and takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to drive fr
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013-05-20
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live tel
Greased Lightning
1977-07-01
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier N
Fletch Lives
1989-03-17
Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion
Jimmy the Kid
1982-11-12
Gang of bumbling crooks kidnap a bratty little kid, find out they got more than they bargained for.
High Risk
1981-05-01
Four American friends, badly needing money, decide to make a commando-like raid into a South America
Back in the Saddle
2001-06-19
The cast of "Blazing Saddles" discusses salient points of the movie and its place in modern culture.
Once Bitten
1985-11-15
Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them,
Double Exposure
1982-09-03
A photographer for a men's magazine is haunted by disturbing dreams, in which he slaughters his mode
Perfect Harmony
1991-03-31
During the 1950s, a private school in the south undergoes racial tension as it experiences desegrega
Separate But Equal
1991-04-07
A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroye
The Gig
1985-11-25
Six amateur musicians accept an offer to play a 2-week gig in the Catskills. When the bass player su
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977-11-23
While traveling to meet with the Hessian King, the famed Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, travel t
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968-05-24
A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while
Money to Burn
1973-10-27
A convict who managed to print $1 million in counterfeit bills in the prison print shop hatches a sc
The Day the Earth Moved
1974-09-18
An aerial photography team tries to alert a small town about an impending earthquake, but no one bel
FM
1978-04-20
When a liberal music station's owners decide to introduce army recruitment ads, despite the protests
The Salamander
1981-04-25
An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left
ALF’s Special Christmas
1987-12-14
The Tanners decide to spend Christmas in a cabin in the woods but ALF soon gets trapped in a box of
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971-12-19
It's Christmas Eve, early 1930s on Walton's Mountain. As the family prepares for the holiday, they a
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970-05-27
Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
1984-01-01
In this spoof of Playboy, E. 'Nick' Vanacuzzi is a video magazine mogul who's invited several famous
In the Nick of Time
1991-12-16
Santa Claus is up for retirement after his 300 years, and he searches New York City for a replacemen
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981-05-31
The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s,
Murder by Numbers
1990-09-30
Hired by the deceased's ex-wife, a private eye checks out the death of a gay man who had AIDS.
Toy Soldiers
1984-11-01
While on a vacation in Central America, some American teenagers are kidnapped by terrorists. A rescu
The Sky Is Gray
1980-01-01
From Ernest J. Gaines, author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," comes a deceptively simpl
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
1982-02-17
Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to sei
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014-05-06
A documentary about Mel Brooks' legendary 1974 comedy «Blazing Saddles».
Goin' to Chicago
1990-03-10
About left wing students in 1964.