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
Scavenger Hunt
as Jackson
Fletch Lives
as Calculus Entropy
Greased Lightning
as Peewee
Vanishing Point
as Super Soul
Once Bitten
as Sebastian
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
Separate But Equal
as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
High Risk
as Rockney
Cotton Comes to Harlem
as Lo Boy
Known For - TV Shows
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
MacGyver
as Frank Colton
The Love Boat
as Andrew Hopkins
The Waltons
The Rockford Files
as Billy Merrihew
ALF
as George Foley
Simon & Simon
Tales from the Crypt
as Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
All in the Family
as Coke