Portrait of Cleavon Little

Cleavon Little

Acting

Biography

​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.

Born: June 1, 1939

Place of Birth: Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA

Filmography

2014
2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

as Self (archive footage)

2001
Back in the Saddle

as Self (archive footage)

1991
1991
Separate But Equal

as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

1991
Separate but Equal

as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

1991
Perfect Harmony

as Pastor Clarence Johnson

1990
Murder by Numbers

as David Selby

1990
True Colors

as Ron Freeman

1990
1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")

1989
Fletch Lives

as Calculus Entropy

1988
Dear John

as Tony Larkin

1988
Lincoln

as Frederick Douglass

1988
Tanner '88

as Rev. Billy Crier

1987
1986
ALF

as George Foley

1985
The Gig

as Marshall WIlson

1985
Once Bitten

as Sebastian

1985
MacGyver

as Frank Colton

1985
1984
1982
1982
Double Exposure

as Police Chief

1981
High Risk

as Rockney

1981
The Salamander

as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC

1980
The Sky Is Gray

as Monsieur Bayonne

1979
Scavenger Hunt

as Jackson

1978
FM

as Prince

1977
The Love Boat

as Andrew Hopkins

1977
1974
The Day the Earth Moved

as Harley Copeland

1974
The Rockford Files

as Billy Merrihew

1974
1973
Money to Burn

as Calvin Baker

1971
1971
Vanishing Point

as Super Soul

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee / Performer