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