Cleavon Little
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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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- Born:
- Jun 1, 1939 In Chickasha - Oklahoma - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 49
- First Appeared:
- In the series Another World 1964-05-04
- Latest Project:
- Movie Mel Brooks: Make a Noise 2013-05-20
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self (archive footage) | 2013-05-20 |
| Movie | Back in the Saddle | Self (archive footage) | 2001-06-19 |
| Movie | Perfect Harmony | Pastor Clarence Johnson | 1991-03-31 |
| Movie | In the Nick of Time | Freddy | 1991-12-16 |
| Movie | Separate But Equal | Robert L. 'Bob' Carter | 1991-04-07 |
| Series | Bagdad Cafe | 1990-03-30 | |
| Movie | Murder by Numbers | David Selby | 1990-09-30 |
| Series | True Colors | Ron Freeman | 1990-09-02 |
| Movie | Fletch Lives | Calculus Entropy | 1989-03-17 |
| Series | Lincoln | Frederick Douglass | 1988-03-27 |
| Movie | ALF’s Special Christmas | George Foley | 1987-12-14 |
| Series | ALF | Unknown | 1986-09-22 |
| Series | 227 | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
| Movie | The Gig | Marshall WIlson | 1985-11-25 |
| Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
| Movie | Once Bitten | Sebastian | 1985-11-15 |
| Movie | E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind | Edmundo | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Surf II: The End of the Trilogy | Daddy O | 1984-01-13 |
| Movie | Toy Soldiers | Buck | 1984-11-01 |
| Movie | A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion | Rolla | 1982-02-17 |
| Movie | Double Exposure | Police Chief | 1982-09-03 |
| Movie | Jimmy the Kid | Herb | 1982-11-12 |
| Movie | The Salamander | Major Carl Malinowski, USMC | 1981-04-25 |
| Movie | High Risk | Rockney | 1981-05-01 |
| Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
| Movie | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige | Rabbit Thompson | 1981-05-31 |
| Movie | The Sky Is Gray | Monsieur Bayonne | 1980-01-01 |
| Movie | Scavenger Hunt | Jackson | 1979-12-21 |
| Movie | FM | Prince | 1978-04-20 |
| Movie | Greased Lightning | Peewee | 1977-07-01 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Brothers Grimm | Wolf | 1977-11-23 |
| Series | The Tony Randall Show | Unknown | 1976-09-23 |
| Movie | Blazing Saddles | Bart | 1974-02-07 |
| Movie | The Day the Earth Moved | Harley Copeland | 1974-09-18 |
| Series | The Rockford Files | Billy Merrihew | 1974-09-13 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | Money to Burn | Calvin Baker | 1973-10-27 |
| Series | The Waltons | Unknown | 1972-09-14 |
| Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
| Series | Temperatures Rising | Jerry Noland | 1972-09-12 |
| Movie | Vanishing Point | Super Soul | 1971-01-15 |
| Series | All in the Family | Unknown | 1971-01-12 |
| Movie | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Hawthorne Dooley | 1971-12-19 |
| Movie | Cotton Comes to Harlem | Lo Boy | 1970-05-27 |
| Movie | What's So Bad About Feeling Good? | Phil | 1968-05-24 |
| Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
| Series | Felony Squad | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
| Series | Another World | 1964-05-04 |