Cleavon Little
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Blazing Saddles
1974
as Bart
Vanishing Point
1971
as Super Soul
Once Bitten
1985
as Sebastian
Fletch Lives
1989
as Calculus Entropy
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970
as Lo Boy
Greased Lightning
1977
as Peewee
The Salamander
1981
as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
FM
1978
as Prince
High Risk
1981
as Rockney
Scavenger Hunt
1979
as Jackson
Toy Soldiers
1984
as Buck
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968
as Phil
Double Exposure
1982
as Police Chief
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977
as Wolf
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Surf 2
1984
as Daddy O
Back in the Saddle
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
as Rabbit Thompson
Separate But Equal
1991
as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
as Hawthorne Dooley