Cleavon Little
- Acting
- June 1, 1939 · Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
- October 22, 1992
Biography
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West · Self
- Mel Brooks: Make a Noise · Self
- Back in the Saddle · Self
- In the Nick of Time · Freddy
- Separate but Equal · Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
- Separate but Equal · Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
- Perfect Harmony · Pastor Clarence Johnson
- Murder by Numbers · David Selby
- True Colors · Ron Freeman
- Bagdad Cafe · Sal
- Goin' to Chicago
- Tales from the Crypt · Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
- Fletch Lives · Calculus Entropy
- Dear John · Tony Larkin
- Lincoln · Frederick Douglass
- Tanner '88 · Rev. Billy Crier
- ALF · George Foley
- The Gig · Marshall WIlson
- Once Bitten · Sebastian
- MacGyver · Frank Colton
- 227
- Toy Soldiers · Buck
- Surf 2 · Daddy O
- E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind · Edmundo
- Jimmy the Kid · Herb
- Double Exposure · Police Chief
- A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion · Rolla
- American Playhouse · Ned Shaw
- Simon & Simon
- Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige · Rabbit Thompson
- High Risk · Rockney
- The Salamander · Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
- The Sky Is Gray · Monsieur Bayonne
- Scavenger Hunt · Jackson
- Supertrain · Preacher Ross
- FM · Prince
- Once Upon a Brothers Grimm · Wolf
- The Love Boat · Andrew Hopkins
- Greased Lightning · Peewee
- The Tony Randall Show
- The Day the Earth Moved · Harley Copeland
- The Rockford Files · Billy Merrihew
- Blazing Saddles · Bart
- Money to Burn · Calvin Baker
- Police Story
- The Waltons
- Temperatures Rising · Jerry Noland
- The Rookies
- The Homecoming: A Christmas Story · Hawthorne Dooley
- Vanishing Point · Super Soul
- All in the Family · Coke
- Cotton Comes to Harlem · Lo Boy
- The Mod Squad
- What's So Bad About Feeling Good? · Phil
- Felony Squad
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- Tony Awards · Self