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      Cleavon Little

      Cleavon Little

      Highest Rated: 89% Blazing Saddles (1974)

      Lowest Rated: 10% Once Bitten (1985)

      Birthday: Jun 1, 1939

      Birthplace: Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA

      Stage-trained African-American comic actor who garnered international acclaim for his portrayal of Black Bart, the unlikely sheriff, in Mel Brooks' Western spoof "Blazing Saddles" (1974). Little's big break came with a turn in Peter Yates' "John and Mary" (1969), alongside Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow. In 1970, he starred on stage in Ossie Davis' musical "Purlie," for which he won a Tony and a Drama Desk Award, and appeared in Davis' landmark black independent film, "Cotton Comes to Harlem." Throughout his career, Little displayed a manic, live wire comic energy and a flamboyant, streetwise style of line delivery.

      Highest rated movies

      Blazing Saddles
      Separate But Equal
      Vanishing Point
      John and Mary
      Fletch Lives
      FM
      Once Bitten

      Photos

      BLAZING SADDLES, Cleavon Little, 1974 BLAZING SADDLES, Cleavon Little, 1974 THE GIG, Cleavon Little, 1985, (c)Castle Hill Productions BLAZING SADDLES, right: Cleavon Little, 1974. BLAZING SADDLES, from left: Cleavon Little, Charles McGregor, 1974 GREASED LIGHTNING, Cleavon Little, Richard Pryor, 1977 VANISHING POINT, Cleavon Little, 1971 FM, Cassie Yates, Cleavon Little, Martin Mull, Alex Carras, Eileen Brennan, Michael Brandon, 1978. (c) Universal Pictures. BLAZING SADDLES, Cleavon Little, 1974. BLAZING SADDLES, David Huddleston, Cleavon Little, 1974 GREASED LIGHTNING, Cleavon Little, Richie Havens, Richard Pryor, 1977 BLAZING SADDLES, Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, 1974 BLAZING SADDLES, Robert Ridgely, Cleavon Little, 1974 BLAZING SADDLES, Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, 1974 BLAZING SADDLES, Cleavon Little, Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman, 1974 BLAZING SADDLES, Cleavon Little, 1974 ONCE BITTEN, Cleavon Little, Lauren Hutton, 1985. ©Samuel Goldwyn Films BLAZING SADDLES, David Huddleston, Cleavon Little, John Hillerman, Liam Dunn, 1974 ONCE BITTEN, Cleavon Little, Lauren Hutton, 1985. ©Samuel Goldwyn Films BLAZING SADDLES, Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, 1974
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      83% 79% Separate But Equal Unknown (Character) - 1991
      35% 55% Fletch Lives Calculus Entropy (Character) $32.9M 1989
      10% 39% Once Bitten Sebastian (Character) $10.9M 1985
      No Score Yet 80% The Gig Marshall Wilson (Character) - 1985
      No Score Yet 48% Toy Soldiers Buck (Character) - 1984
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion Unknown (Character) - 1982
      No Score Yet 4% Double Exposure Police Chief (Character) - 1982
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Jimmy the Kid Herb (Character) - 1982
      No Score Yet 40% The Salamander Major Carl Malinowski (Character) - 1981
      No Score Yet 49% High Risk Rockney (Character) - 1981
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy Satchel Paige Rabbit (Character) - 1981
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sky Is Gray Monsieur Bayonne (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet 75% Scavenger Hunt Jackson (Character) - 1979
      20% 63% FM Prince (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet 52% Greased Lightning Peewee (Character) - 1977
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Day the Earth Moved Harley Copeland (Character) - 1974
      89% 91% Blazing Saddles Bart (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Money to Burn Calvin Baker (Character) - 1973
      79% 81% Vanishing Point Super Soul (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet 87% The Homecoming: A Christmas Story Hawthorne Dooley (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet 66% Cotton Comes to Harlem Lo Boy (Character) - 1970
      38% 52% John and Mary The Film Director (Character) - 1969

      TV

      Credit
      82% 96% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet True Colors Ronald Freeman (Character) 1991-1992
      No Score Yet 73% MacGyver Unknown (Guest Star) 1989 1991
      No Score Yet No Score Yet 227 Unknown (Guest Star) 1989
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dear John Unknown (Guest Star) 1989
      No Score Yet 83% ALF George Foley (Guest Star) 1987
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fall Guy Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Bookkeeper Jared Swope (Guest Star) 1983
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rockford Files Billy Merrihew (Guest Star) 1977
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rookies Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Waltons Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Temperatures Rising Dr. Jerry Noland (Character) 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mod Squad Bolo (Guest Star) 1972
      No Score Yet 88% All in the Family Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Felony Squad Jesse Hawkins (Guest Star) 1968