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Cleavon Little

Acting · Born June 1, 1939 · Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA

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).

Movies with Cleavon Little

• Blazing Saddles (1974) — Bart
• Vanishing Point (1971) — Super Soul
• Once Bitten (1985) — Sebastian
• Fletch Lives (1989) — Calculus Entropy
• Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) — Lo Boy
• Surf 2 (1984) — Daddy O
• The Salamander (1981) — Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
• Scavenger Hunt (1979) — Jackson
• The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) — Hawthorne Dooley
• Greased Lightning (1977) — Peewee
• What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968) — Phil
• Double Exposure (1982) — Police Chief

TV shows with Cleavon Little

• Temperatures Rising (1972) — Jerry Noland
• True Colors (1990) — Ron Freeman
• Bagdad Cafe (1990) — Sal