Actor profile

Cleavon Little

1st June 1939 Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA Acting

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).

31 Movies 27 TV Shows 59 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West poster

Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West 6th May 2014 as Self (archive footage)

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise poster

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise 20th May 2013 as Self (archive footage)

Back in the Saddle poster

Back in the Saddle 19th June 2001 as Self (archive footage)

In the Nick of Time poster

In the Nick of Time 16th December 1991 as Freddy

Separate but Equal poster

Separate but Equal 7th April 1991 as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

Perfect Harmony poster

Perfect Harmony 31st March 1991 as Pastor Clarence Johnson

Murder by Numbers poster

Murder by Numbers 30th September 1990 as David Selby

Fletch Lives poster

Fletch Lives 17th March 1989 as Calculus Entropy

The Gig poster

The Gig 25th November 1985 as Marshall WIlson

Once Bitten poster

Once Bitten 15th November 1985 as Sebastian

Toy Soldiers poster

Toy Soldiers 1st November 1984 as Buck

Surf 2 poster

Surf 2 13th January 1984 as Daddy O

E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind poster

E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind 1st January 1984 as Edmundo

Jimmy the Kid poster

Jimmy the Kid 12th November 1982 as Herb

Double Exposure poster

Double Exposure 3rd September 1982 as Police Chief

A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion poster

A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion 17th February 1982 as Rolla

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige poster

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige 31st May 1981 as Rabbit Thompson

High Risk poster

High Risk 1st May 1981 as Rockney

The Salamander poster

The Salamander 25th April 1981 as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC

The Sky Is Gray poster

The Sky Is Gray 1st January 1980 as Monsieur Bayonne

Scavenger Hunt poster

Scavenger Hunt 21st December 1979 as Jackson

FM poster

FM 28th April 1978 as Prince

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm poster

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm 23rd November 1977 as Wolf

Greased Lightning poster

Greased Lightning 1st July 1977 as Peewee

The Day the Earth Moved poster

The Day the Earth Moved 18th September 1974 as Harley Copeland

Blazing Saddles poster

Blazing Saddles 7th February 1974 as Bart

Money to Burn poster

Money to Burn 27th October 1973 as Calvin Baker

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story poster

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story 19th December 1971 as Hawthorne Dooley

Vanishing Point poster

Vanishing Point 15th January 1971 as Super Soul

Cotton Comes to Harlem poster

Cotton Comes to Harlem 27th May 1970 as Lo Boy

What's So Bad About Feeling Good? poster

What's So Bad About Feeling Good? 24th May 1968 as Phil

Separate but Equal poster

Separate but Equal 7th April 1991 as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

True Colors poster

True Colors 2nd September 1990 as Ron Freeman

Bagdad Cafe poster

Bagdad Cafe 30th March 1990 as Sal

Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt 10th June 1989 as Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")

Dear John poster

Dear John 6th October 1988 as Tony Larkin

Lincoln poster

Lincoln 27th March 1988 as Frederick Douglass

Tanner '88 poster

Tanner '88 15th February 1988 as Rev. Billy Crier

ALF poster

ALF 22nd September 1986 as George Foley

MacGyver poster

MacGyver 29th September 1985 as Frank Colton

227 poster

227 14th September 1985

American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse 12th January 1982 as Ned Shaw

Simon & Simon poster

Simon & Simon 24th November 1981

Supertrain poster

Supertrain 7th February 1979 as Preacher Ross

The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat 24th September 1977 as Andrew Hopkins

The Tony Randall Show poster

The Tony Randall Show 23rd September 1976

The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files 13th September 1974 as Billy Merrihew

Police Story poster

Police Story 20th March 1973

The Waltons poster

The Waltons 14th September 1972

Temperatures Rising poster

Temperatures Rising 12th September 1972 as Jerry Noland

The Rookies poster

The Rookies 11th September 1972

All in the Family poster

All in the Family 12th January 1971 as Coke

The Mod Squad poster

The Mod Squad 24th September 1968

Felony Squad poster

Felony Squad 12th September 1966

The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show 1st October 1962 as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1st October 1962 as Self

The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show 11th December 1961 as Self

Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards 1st April 1956 as Self - Nominee / Performer