Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 1, 1939
Place of Birth
Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
- Cleavon Jake Little
Cleavon Little
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.
Known For - Movies
Blazing Saddles
as Bart
Vanishing Point
as Super Soul
The Salamander
as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
Once Bitten
as Sebastian
Fletch Lives
as Calculus Entropy
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
Double Exposure
as Police Chief
Scavenger Hunt
as Jackson
Greased Lightning
as Peewee
FM
as Prince
