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Lee Van Cleef

Acting · Born January 9, 1925 · Somerville, New Jersey, USA

Clarence LeRoy "Lee" Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American actor best known for his roles in Spaghetti Westerns such as For A Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Hatchet-faced with piercing eyes, he had declined to have his nose altered to play a sympathetic character in his film debut, High Noon, and was relegated to a non-speaking outlaw as a result. For a decade he was typecast as a minor villain, his sinister features overshadowing his acting skills. After suffering serious injuries in a car crash, Van Cleef began to lose interest in his apparently waning career by the time Sergio Leone gave him a major role in For a Few Dollars More. The film made him a box-office draw, especially in Europe.

Movies with Lee Van Cleef

• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) — Sentenza / Angel Eyes
• For a Few Dollars More (1965) — Col. Douglas Mortimer
• Escape from New York (1981) — Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
• High Noon (1952) — Jack Colby
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — Reese
• How the West Was Won (1962) — River Pirate
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) — Ed Bailey
• Death Rides a Horse (1967) — Ryan
• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) — Corp. Stone
• The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972) — Marshal Chris Adams
• The Young Lions (1958) — 1st Sgt. Rickett
• The Tin Star (1957) — Ed McGaffey

TV shows with Lee Van Cleef

• The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951)
• The Master (1984) — John Peter McAllister