Cleavon Little
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).
Filmography
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Back in the Saddle
2001
as Self (archive footage)
In the Nick of Time
1991
as Freddy
Separate but Equal
1991
as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
Perfect Harmony
1991
as Pastor Clarence Johnson
Murder by Numbers
1990
as David Selby
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Goin' to Chicago
1990
Fletch Lives
1989
as Calculus Entropy
The Gig
1985
as Marshall WIlson
Once Bitten
1985
as Sebastian
Toy Soldiers
1984
as Buck
Surf 2
1984
as Daddy O
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
1984
as Edmundo
Jimmy the Kid
1982
as Herb
Double Exposure
1982
as Police Chief
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982
as Rolla
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
as Rabbit Thompson
High Risk
1981
as Rockney
The Salamander
1981
as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
The Sky Is Gray
1980
as Monsieur Bayonne
Scavenger Hunt
1979
as Jackson
FM
1978
as Prince
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977
as Wolf