Person Details

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Aliases: Cleavon Jake Little

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA

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Movie Involvements: 19

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

MacGyver
Average
8

MacGyver

(1985) Frank Colton
The Rockford Files
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7

The Rockford Files

(1974) Billy Merrihew
Tony Awards
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5

Tony Awards

(1956) Self - Nominee / Performer
Vanishing Point
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7

Vanishing Point

(1971) Super Soul
Temperatures Rising
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5

Temperatures Rising

(1972) Jerry Noland
Double Exposure
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4

Double Exposure

(1982) Police Chief
Lincoln
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7

Lincoln

(1988) Frederick Douglass
Toy Soldiers
Average
4

Toy Soldiers

(1984) Buck

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2013 Self (archive footage)
2001 Self (archive footage)
1991 Freddy
Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
Pastor Clarence Johnson
1990 David Selby
Ron Freeman
N/A
1989 Pack Brightman
Calculus Entropy
1988 Frederick Douglass
Rev. Billy Crier
1987 George Foley
1986 George Foley
1985 Marshall WIlson
Sebastian
Frank Colton
N/A
1984 Buck
Daddy O
Edmundo
1982 Herb
Police Chief
Rolla
1981 N/A
Rabbit Thompson
Rockney
Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
1980 Monsieur Bayonne
1979 Jackson
1978 Prince of Darkness
1977 Wolf
Andrew Hopkins
Peewee
1976 N/A
1974 Harley Copeland
Billy Merrihew
Bart
1973 Calvin Baker
N/A
1972 N/A
Jerry Noland
N/A
1971 Hawthorne Dooley
Super Soul
Coke
1970 Lo Boy
1968 N/A
Phil
1966 N/A
1962 Self
1956 Self - Nominee / Performer
Year Character Movie/Tv

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