About
Cleavon Little
Overview
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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
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| 2013 | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Back in the Saddle | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1991 | In the Nick of Time | Actor | Freddy | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Separate But Equal | Actor | Robert L. 'Bob' Carter | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Separate but Equal | Actor | Robert L. 'Bob' Carter | N/A N/A |
| 1991 | Perfect Harmony | Actor | Pastor Clarence Johnson | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Murder by Numbers | Actor | David Selby | 59 Average |
| 1990 | True Colors | Actor | Ron Freeman | 70 Good |
| 1990 | Bagdad Cafe | Actor | 68 Fair |
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| 1989 | Fletch Lives | Actor | Calculus Entropy | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Lincoln | Actor | Frederick Douglass | 70 Good |
| 1987 | ALF’s Special Christmas | Actor | George Foley | 59 Average |
| 1985 | The Gig | Actor | Marshall WIlson | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Once Bitten | Actor | Sebastian | 58 Average |
| 1984 | Toy Soldiers | Actor | Buck | 58 Average |
| 1984 | Surf II: The End of the Trilogy | Actor | Daddy O | 58 Average |
| 1984 | E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind | Actor | Edmundo | 59 Average |
| 1982 | Jimmy the Kid | Actor | Herb | 59 Average |
| 1982 | Double Exposure | Actor | Police Chief | 58 Average |
| 1982 | A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion | Actor | Rolla | 58 Average |
| 1981 | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige | Actor | Rabbit Thompson | 58 Average |
| 1981 | High Risk | Actor | Rockney | 59 Average |
| 1981 | The Salamander | Actor | Major Carl Malinowski, USMC | 58 Average |
| 1980 | The Sky Is Gray | Actor | Monsieur Bayonne | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | Scavenger Hunt | Actor | Jackson | 58 Average |
| 1978 | FM | Actor | Prince | 59 Average |
| 1977 | Once Upon a Brothers Grimm | Actor | Wolf | N/A N/A |
| 1977 | Greased Lightning | Actor | Peewee | 59 Average |
| 1974 | The Day the Earth Moved | Actor | Harley Copeland | 59 Average |
| 1974 | Blazing Saddles | Actor | Bart | 69 Fair |
| 1973 | Money to Burn | Actor | Calvin Baker | 59 Average |
| 1972 | Temperatures Rising | Actor | Jerry Noland | 69 Fair |
| 1971 | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Actor | Hawthorne Dooley | 59 Average |
| 1971 | Vanishing Point | Actor | Super Soul | 65 Fair |
| 1970 | Cotton Comes to Harlem | Actor | Lo Boy | 59 Average |
| 1968 | What's So Bad About Feeling Good? | Actor | Phil | 59 Average |