Cleavon Little

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

MacGyver

The Love Boat

Tony Awards

The Waltons

The Rockford Files

The Rookies

All Movies (32)

• Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mel Brooks: Make a Noise2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Back in the Saddle2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• In the Nick of Time1991 · as Freddy
• Separate But Equal1991 · as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
• Perfect Harmony1991 · as Pastor Clarence Johnson
• Murder by Numbers1990 · as David Selby
• Goin' to Chicago1990
• Fletch Lives1989 · as Calculus Entropy
• The Gig1985 · as Marshall WIlson
• Once Bitten1985 · as Sebastian
• Toy Soldiers1984 · as Buck
• Surf 21984 · as Daddy O
• E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind1984 · as Edmundo
• Jimmy the Kid1982 · as Herb
• Double Exposure1982 · as Police Chief
• A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion1982 · as Rolla
• Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige1981 · as Rabbit Thompson
• High Risk1981 · as Rockney
• The Salamander1981 · as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
• The Sky Is Gray1980 · as Monsieur Bayonne
• Scavenger Hunt1979 · as Jackson
• FM1978 · as Prince
• Once Upon a Brothers Grimm1977 · as Wolf
• Greased Lightning1977 · as Peewee
• The Day the Earth Moved1974 · as Harley Copeland
• Blazing Saddles1974 · as Bart
• Money to Burn1973 · as Calvin Baker
• The Homecoming: A Christmas Story1971 · as Hawthorne Dooley
• Vanishing Point1971 · as Super Soul
• Cotton Comes to Harlem1970 · as Lo Boy
• What's So Bad About Feeling Good?1968 · as Phil

All TV Shows (26)

• Separate but Equal1991 · as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
• True Colors1990 · as Ron Freeman
• Bagdad Cafe1990 · as Sal
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
• Dear John1988 · as Tony Larkin
• Lincoln1988 · as Frederick Douglass
• Tanner '881988 · as Rev. Billy Crier
• ALF1986 · as George Foley
• MacGyver1985 · as Frank Colton
• 2271985
• Simon & Simon1981
• Supertrain1979 · as Preacher Ross
• The Love Boat1977 · as Andrew Hopkins
• The Tony Randall Show1976
• The Rockford Files1974 · as Billy Merrihew
• Police Story1973
• The Waltons1972
• Temperatures Rising1972 · as Jerry Noland
• The Rookies1972
• All in the Family1971 · as Coke
• The Mod Squad1968
• Felony Squad1966
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee / Performer