Person
Cleavon Little
Acting · 1939–1992 · Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
Biography
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 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles (1974) and as the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland in the early-1970s sitcom Temperatures Rising. He also starred in the comedy films FM (1978) and Once Bitten (1985) and the action films Vanishing Point (1971) and the Toy Soldiers (1984).
Known for
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
The Love Boat
Andrew Hopkins
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
MacGyver
Frank Colton
Simon & Simon
1981
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Waltons
1972
The Rockford Files
Billy Merrihew
American Playhouse
Ned Shaw
Filmography
- 2014Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild WestSelf (archive footage)
- 2013Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelf (archive footage)
- 2001Back in the SaddleSelf (archive footage)
- 1991In the Nick of TimeFreddy
- 1991Separate but EqualRobert L. 'Bob' Carter
- 1991Separate but EqualRobert L. 'Bob' Carter
- 1991Perfect HarmonyPastor Clarence Johnson
- 1990Murder by NumbersDavid Selby
- 1990True ColorsRon Freeman
- 1990Bagdad CafeSal
- 1990Goin' to Chicago
- 1989Tales from the CryptPack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
- 1989Fletch LivesCalculus Entropy
- 1988Dear JohnTony Larkin
- 1988LincolnFrederick Douglass
- 1988Tanner '88Rev. Billy Crier
- 1986ALFGeorge Foley
- 1985The GigMarshall WIlson
- 1985Once BittenSebastian
- 1985MacGyverFrank Colton
- 1985227
- 1984Toy SoldiersBuck
- 1984Surf 2Daddy O
- 1984E. Nick: A Legend in His Own MindEdmundo
- 1982Jimmy the KidHerb
- 1982Double ExposurePolice Chief
- 1982A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's RebellionRolla
- 1982American PlayhouseNed Shaw
- 1981Simon & Simon
- 1981Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" PaigeRabbit Thompson
- 1981High RiskRockney
- 1981The SalamanderMajor Carl Malinowski, USMC
- 1980The Sky Is GrayMonsieur Bayonne
- 1979Scavenger HuntJackson
- 1979SupertrainPreacher Ross
- 1978FMPrince
- 1977Once Upon a Brothers GrimmWolf
- 1977The Love BoatAndrew Hopkins
- 1977Greased LightningPeewee
- 1976The Tony Randall Show
- 1974The Day the Earth MovedHarley Copeland
- 1974The Rockford FilesBilly Merrihew
- 1974Blazing SaddlesBart
- 1973Money to BurnCalvin Baker
- 1973Police Story
- 1972The Waltons
- 1972Temperatures RisingJerry Noland
- 1972The Rookies
- 1971The Homecoming: A Christmas StoryHawthorne Dooley
- 1971Vanishing PointSuper Soul
- 1971All in the FamilyCoke
- 1970Cotton Comes to HarlemLo Boy
- 1968The Mod Squad
- 1968What's So Bad About Feeling Good?Phil
- 1966Felony Squad
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee / Performer
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