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Cleavon Little
Person

Cleavon Little

Specialty
Acting
Birth
June 1, 1939 · 53 years
Death
October 22, 1992
Origin
Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA

Technical Alias

Cleavon Jake Little

Professional Trajectory

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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