Cleavon Little
Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA — Jun 01 1939• Died Oct 22 1992
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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.
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Cleavon Little's Credits
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MacGyver
Frank Colton
The Waltons
The Love Boat
Andrew Hopkins
The Rockford Files
Billy Merrihew
Simon & Simon
ALF
George Foley
The Rookies
Tales from the Crypt
Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
All in the Family
Coke
Felony Squad
227
The Mod Squad
Dear John
Tony Larkin
Police Story
Temperatures Rising
Jerry Noland
The Tony Randall Show
True Colors
Ron Freeman
Blazing Saddles
Bart
Tanner '88
Rev. Billy Crier
Bagdad Cafe
Sal
Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
Separate but Equal
Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
Fletch Lives
Calculus Entropy
FM
Prince
Vanishing Point
Super Soul
Greased Lightning
Peewee
Scavenger Hunt
Jackson
The Day the Earth Moved
Harley Copeland
Once Bitten
Sebastian
The Salamander
Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
High Risk
Rockney
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self (archive footage)
Separate But Equal
Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
Phil
Toy Soldiers
Buck
Double Exposure
Police Chief
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Lo Boy
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Hawthorne Dooley
Jimmy the Kid
Herb
The Sky Is Gray
Monsieur Bayonne
Money to Burn
Calvin Baker
Perfect Harmony
Pastor Clarence Johnson
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
Rolla
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
Wolf
Surf II: The End of the Trilogy
Daddy O
Goin' to Chicago
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
Self (archive footage)
In the Nick of Time
Freddy
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Rabbit Thompson
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
Edmundo
The Gig
Marshall WIlson
Back in the Saddle
Self (archive footage)
Murder by Numbers
David Selby
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer