Cleavon Little
Known for acting · Born 1 June 1939 · Died 22 October 1992 · aged 53 · Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
59 credits
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
Blazing Saddles
1974
Vanishing Point
1971
Once Bitten
1985
Temperatures Rising
1972
True Colors
1990
Toy Soldiers
1984
MacGyver
1985
Bagdad Cafe
1990
Fletch Lives
1989
Greased Lightning
1977
Scavenger Hunt
1979
High Risk
1981
Acting (59)
2014Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild WestSelf (archive footage)Film
2013Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelf (archive footage)Film
2001Back in the SaddleSelf (archive footage)Film
1991Separate but EqualRobert L. 'Bob' CarterFilm
1991Perfect HarmonyPastor Clarence JohnsonFilm
1991In the Nick of TimeFreddyFilm
1991Separate but EqualRobert L. 'Bob' Carter · 2 episodesSeries
1990Bagdad CafeSal · 15 episodesSeries
1990Murder by NumbersDavid SelbyFilm
1990Goin' to ChicagoFilm
1990True ColorsRon Freeman · 21 episodesSeries
1989Tales from the CryptPack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")Series
1989Fletch LivesCalculus EntropyFilm
1988Dear JohnTony LarkinSeries
1988LincolnFrederick Douglass · 2 episodesSeries
1988Tanner '88Rev. Billy CrierSeries
1986ALFGeorge FoleySeries
1985MacGyverFrank Colton · 2 episodesSeries
1985Once BittenSebastianFilm
1985227Series
1985The GigMarshall WIlsonFilm
1984Surf 2Daddy OFilm
1984Toy SoldiersBuckFilm
1984E. Nick: A Legend in His Own MindEdmundoFilm
1982Double ExposurePolice ChiefFilm
1982American PlayhouseNed ShawSeries
1982Jimmy the KidHerbFilm
1982A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's RebellionRollaFilm
1981Simon & SimonSeries
1981High RiskRockneyFilm
1981The SalamanderMajor Carl Malinowski, USMCFilm
1981Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" PaigeRabbit ThompsonFilm
1980The Sky Is GrayMonsieur BayonneFilm
1979Scavenger HuntJacksonFilm
1979SupertrainPreacher RossSeries
1978FMPrinceFilm
1977The Love BoatAndrew HopkinsSeries
1977Greased LightningPeeweeFilm
1977Once Upon a Brothers GrimmWolfFilm
1976The Tony Randall ShowSeries
1974Blazing SaddlesBartFilm
1974The Rockford FilesBilly MerrihewSeries
1974The Day the Earth MovedHarley CopelandFilm
1973Police StorySeries
1973Money to BurnCalvin BakerFilm
1972The WaltonsSeries
1972The RookiesSeries
1972Temperatures RisingJerry Noland · 47 episodesSeries
1971Vanishing PointSuper SoulFilm
1971All in the FamilyCokeSeries
1971The Homecoming: A Christmas StoryHawthorne DooleyFilm
1970Cotton Comes to HarlemLo BoyFilm
1968The Mod SquadSeries
1968What's So Bad About Feeling Good?PhilFilm
1966Felony Squad · 2 episodesSeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelfSeries
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelfSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee / PerformerSeries