Cleavon Little
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.
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- Born:
- Jun 1, 1939 In Chickasha - Oklahoma - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 31
- First Appeared:
- In the series Another World 1964-05-04
- Latest Project:
- Movie Mel Brooks: Make a Noise 2013-05-20
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self (archive footage) | 2013-05-20 |
| Movie | Back in the Saddle | Self (archive footage) | 2001-06-19 |
| Movie | Perfect Harmony | Pastor Clarence Johnson | 1991-03-31 |
| Movie | Separate But Equal | Robert L. 'Bob' Carter | 1991-04-07 |
| Series | Bagdad Cafe | 1990-03-30 | |
| Series | True Colors | Ron Freeman | 1990-09-02 |
| Movie | Fletch Lives | Calculus Entropy | 1989-03-17 |
| Series | Lincoln | Frederick Douglass | 1988-03-27 |
| Movie | The Gig | Marshall WIlson | 1985-11-25 |
| Movie | Once Bitten | Sebastian | 1985-11-15 |
| Movie | E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind | Edmundo | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Surf II: The End of the Trilogy | Daddy O | 1984-01-13 |
| Movie | Toy Soldiers | Buck | 1984-11-01 |
| Movie | Double Exposure | Police Chief | 1982-09-03 |
| Movie | Jimmy the Kid | Herb | 1982-11-12 |
| Movie | The Salamander | Major Carl Malinowski, USMC | 1981-04-25 |
| Movie | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige | Rabbit Thompson | 1981-05-31 |
| Movie | High Risk | Rockney | 1981-05-01 |
| Movie | Scavenger Hunt | Jackson | 1979-12-21 |
| Movie | FM | Prince | 1978-04-20 |
| Movie | Greased Lightning | Peewee | 1977-07-01 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Brothers Grimm | Wolf | 1977-11-23 |
| Movie | Blazing Saddles | Bart | 1974-02-07 |
| Movie | The Day the Earth Moved | Harley Copeland | 1974-09-18 |
| Movie | Money to Burn | Calvin Baker | 1973-10-27 |
| Series | Temperatures Rising | Jerry Noland | 1972-09-12 |
| Movie | Vanishing Point | Super Soul | 1971-01-15 |
| Movie | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Hawthorne Dooley | 1971-12-19 |
| Movie | Cotton Comes to Harlem | Lo Boy | 1970-05-27 |
| Movie | What's So Bad About Feeling Good? | Phil | 1968-05-24 |
| Series | Another World | 1964-05-04 |