Cleavon Little
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).
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Films (32)
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Back in the Saddle
2001 · Self (archive footage)
In the Nick of Time
1991 · Freddy
Separate but Equal
1991 · Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
Perfect Harmony
1991 · Pastor Clarence Johnson
Murder by Numbers
1990 · David Selby
Goin' to Chicago
1990
Fletch Lives
1989 · Calculus Entropy
The Gig
1985 · Marshall WIlson
Once Bitten
1985 · Sebastian
Toy Soldiers
1984 · Buck
Surf 2
1984 · Daddy O
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
1984 · Edmundo
Jimmy the Kid
1982 · Herb
Double Exposure
1982 · Police Chief
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982 · Rolla
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981 · Rabbit Thompson
High Risk
1981 · Rockney
The Salamander
1981 · Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
The Sky Is Gray
1980 · Monsieur Bayonne
Scavenger Hunt
1979 · Jackson
FM
1978 · Prince
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977 · Wolf
Greased Lightning
1977 · Peewee
The Day the Earth Moved
1974 · Harley Copeland
Blazing Saddles
1974 · Bart
Money to Burn
1973 · Calvin Baker
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971 · Hawthorne Dooley
Vanishing Point
1971 · Super Soul
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970 · Lo Boy
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968 · Phil
Séries (27)
Separate but Equal
1991 · Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
True Colors
1990 · Ron Freeman
Bagdad Cafe
1990 · Sal
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
Dear John
1988 · Tony Larkin
Lincoln
1988 · Frederick Douglass
Tanner '88
1988 · Rev. Billy Crier
ALF
1986 · George Foley
MacGyver
1985 · Frank Colton
227
1985
American Playhouse
1982 · Ned Shaw
Simon & Simon
1981
Supertrain
1979 · Preacher Ross
La croisière s'amuse
1977 · Andrew Hopkins
The Tony Randall Show
1976
The Rockford Files
1974 · Billy Merrihew
Police Story
1973
The Waltons
1972
Temperatures Rising
1972 · Jerry Noland
The Rookies
1972
All in the Family
1971 · Coke
The Mod Squad
1968
Felony Squad
1966
The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee / Performer