Cleavon Little
Known for ActingBorn 1939-06-01 — died 1992-10-22Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
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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
Blazing Saddles
1974 · as Bart
Vanishing Point
1971 · as Super Soul
Once Bitten
1985 · as Sebastian
Surf 2
1984 · as Daddy O
Fletch Lives
1989 · as Calculus Entropy
The Salamander
1981 · as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
Scavenger Hunt
1979 · as Jackson
Double Exposure
1982 · as Police Chief
Toy Soldiers
1984 · as Buck
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982 · as Rolla
Greased Lightning
1977 · as Peewee
High Risk
1981 · as Rockney
Separate but Equal
1991 · as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970 · as Lo Boy
Perfect Harmony
1991 · as Pastor Clarence Johnson
The Sky Is Gray
1980 · as Monsieur Bayonne
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013 · as Self (archive footage)
Money to Burn
1973 · as Calvin Baker