Cleavon Little
Acting
Born: 1939-06-01 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Love Boat
Andrew Hopkins
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
MacGyver
Frank Colton
The Merv Griffin Show
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The Waltons
The Rockford Files
Billy Merrihew
Simon & Simon
American Playhouse
Ned Shaw
Tales from the Crypt
Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
ALF
George Foley
All in the Family
Coke
Dear John
Tony Larkin
The Rookies
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Felony Squad
The Mod Squad
Police Story
Blazing Saddles
Bart
Supertrain
Preacher Ross
The Tony Randall Show
True Colors
Ron Freeman
Temperatures Rising
Jerry Noland
Vanishing Point
Super Soul
Fletch Lives
Calculus Entropy
Bagdad Cafe
Sal
Tanner '88
Rev. Billy Crier
Once Bitten
Sebastian
Greased Lightning
Peewee
Surf 2
Daddy O
High Risk
Rockney
Scavenger Hunt
Jackson
Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
The Salamander
Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Lo Boy
Separate but Equal
Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
FM
Prince
Toy Soldiers
Buck
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
Phil