Cleavon Little
Biography
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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.
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Acting History
2014
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West as Self (archive footage)
2013Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage)
2001Back in the Saddle as Self (archive footage)
1991In the Nick of Time as Freddy
1991Separate But Equal as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
1991Separate but Equal as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
1991Perfect Harmony as Pastor Clarence Johnson
1990Murder by Numbers as David Selby
1990True Colors as Ron Freeman
1990Bagdad Cafe as Sal
1990Goin' to Chicago
1989Tales from the Crypt as Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
1989Fletch Lives as Calculus Entropy
1988Dear John as Tony Larkin
1988Lincoln as Frederick Douglass
1988Tanner '88 as Rev. Billy Crier
1987ALF’s Special Christmas as George Foley
1986ALF as George Foley
1985The Gig as Marshall WIlson
1985Once Bitten as Sebastian
1985MacGyver as Frank Colton
1985227
1984Toy Soldiers as Buck
1984Surf II: The End of the Trilogy as Daddy O
1984E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind as Edmundo
1982Jimmy the Kid as Herb
1982Double Exposure as Police Chief
1982A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion as Rolla
1981Simon & Simon
1981Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige as Rabbit Thompson
1981High Risk as Rockney
1981The Salamander as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
1980The Sky Is Gray as Monsieur Bayonne
1979Scavenger Hunt as Jackson
1978FM as Prince
1977Once Upon a Brothers Grimm as Wolf
1977The Love Boat as Andrew Hopkins
1977Greased Lightning as Peewee
1976The Tony Randall Show
1974The Day the Earth Moved as Harley Copeland
1974The Rockford Files as Billy Merrihew
1974Blazing Saddles as Bart
1973Money to Burn as Calvin Baker
1973Police Story
1972The Waltons
1972Temperatures Rising as Jerry Noland
1972The Rookies
1971The Homecoming: A Christmas Story as Hawthorne Dooley
1971Vanishing Point as Super Soul
1971All in the Family as Coke
1970Cotton Comes to Harlem as Lo Boy
1968The Mod Squad
1968What's So Bad About Feeling Good? as Phil
1966Felony Squad
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee / Performer