Cleavon Little
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1 June 1939 · Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
- Died
- 22 October 1992
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).
Known for
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- 2014Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West as Self (archive footage)
- 2013Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage)
- 2001Back in the Saddle as Self (archive footage)
- 1991In the Nick of Time as Freddy
- 1991Separate but Equal as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
- 1991Perfect Harmony as Pastor Clarence Johnson
- 1990Murder by Numbers as David Selby
- 1990Goin' to Chicago
- 1989Fletch Lives as Calculus Entropy
- 1987ALF’s Special Christmas as George Foley
- 1985The Gig as Marshall WIlson
- 1985Once Bitten as Sebastian
- 1984Toy Soldiers as Buck
- 1984Surf 2 as Daddy O
- 1984E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind as Edmundo
- 1982Jimmy the Kid as Herb
- 1982Double Exposure as Police Chief
- 1982A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion as Rolla
- 1981Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige as Rabbit Thompson
- 1981High Risk as Rockney
- 1981The Salamander as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
- 1980The Sky Is Gray as Monsieur Bayonne
- 1979Scavenger Hunt as Jackson
- 1978FM as Prince
- 1977Once Upon a Brothers Grimm as Wolf
- 1977Greased Lightning as Peewee
- 1974The Day the Earth Moved as Harley Copeland
- 1974Blazing Saddles as Bart
- 1973Money to Burn as Calvin Baker
- 1971The Homecoming: A Christmas Story as Hawthorne Dooley
- 1971Vanishing Point as Super Soul
- 1970Cotton Comes to Harlem as Lo Boy
- 1968What's So Bad About Feeling Good? as Phil
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self · 2 episodes