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Cleavon Jake Little 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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Filmography
all 55
Movies 32
TV Shows 23
self 4
Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
Movie
Super Soul
Audioslave: Audioslave (2003)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Back in the Saddle (2001)
Movie
Freddy
In the Nick of Time (1991)
Movie
Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
Separate but Equal (1991)
TV
Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
Separate But Equal (1991)
Movie
Pastor Clarence Johnson
Perfect Harmony (1991)
Movie
David Selby
Murder by Numbers (1990)
Movie
Ron Freeman
True Colors (1990)
TV
Sal
Bagdad Cafe (1990)
TV
Pack Brightman
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
TV
6.4
Calculus Entropy
Fletch Lives (1989)
Movie
6.18
Frederick Douglass
Lincoln (1988)
TV
Rev. Billy Crier
Tanner '88 (1988)
TV
George Foley
ALF’s Special Christmas (1987)
Movie
George Foley
ALF (1986)
TV
7.2
Marshall Wilson
The Gig (1985)
Movie
Sebastian
Once Bitten (1985)
Movie
Frank Colton
MacGyver (1985)
TV
5.87
227 (1985)
TV
6
Buck
Toy Soldiers (1984)
Movie
Daddy O
Surf II: The End of the Trilogy (1984)
Movie
Edmundo
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind (1984)
Movie
Herb
Jimmy the Kid (1982)
Movie
Police Chief
Double Exposure (1982)
Movie
Rolla
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion (1982)
Movie
Jimmy
One of the Boys (1982)
TV
Simon & Simon (1981)
TV
6
Rabbit
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)
Movie
Rockney
High Risk (1981)
Movie
4
Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
The Salamander (1981)
Movie
Monsieur Bayonne
The Sky Is Gray (1980)
Movie
Jackson
Scavenger Hunt (1979)
Movie
Prince
FM (1978)
Movie
Wolf
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (1977)
Movie
Andrew Hopkins
The Love Boat (1977)
TV
6.85
Peewee
Greased Lightning (1977)
Movie
The Tony Randall Show (1976)
TV
Harley Copeland
The Day the Earth Moved (1974)
Movie
Billy Merrihew
The Rockford Files (1974)
TV
7
Bart
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Movie
6.75
Calvin Baker
Money to Burn (1973)
Movie
Police Story (1973)
TV
The Waltons (1972)
TV
6
Dr. Jerry Noland
Temperatures Rising (1972)
TV
The Rookies (1972)
TV
Hawthorne Dooley
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
Movie
Super Soul
Vanishing Point (1971)
Movie
1
Coke
All in the Family (1971)
TV
6.8
Lo Boy
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Movie
The Mod Squad (1968)
TV
6
Phil
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)
Movie
Felony Squad (1966)
TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
TV
6
Self - Nominee / Performer
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Ratings
Average 6.24
Based on 430 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1956
1974
1982
1977
2013
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1939-06-01
Deathday1992-10-22 (53 years old)
Birth PlaceChickasha, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesOklahoma, United States of America
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
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