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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1939-06-01 |
| Died | 1992-10-22 |
Movies
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Back in the Saddle
as Self (archive footage)
2001
In the Nick of Time
as Freddy
1991
Separate But Equal
as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
1991
Perfect Harmony
as Pastor Clarence Johnson
1991
Murder by Numbers
as David Selby
1990
Fletch Lives
as Calculus Entropy
1989
ALF’s Special Christmas
as George Foley
1987
The Gig
as Marshall WIlson
1985
Once Bitten
as Sebastian
1985
Toy Soldiers
as Buck
1984
Surf II: The End of the Trilogy
as Daddy O
1984
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
as Edmundo
1984
Jimmy the Kid
as Herb
1982
Double Exposure
as Police Chief
1982
1982
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
as Rabbit Thompson
1981
High Risk
as Rockney
1981
The Salamander
as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC
1981
The Sky Is Gray
as Monsieur Bayonne
1980
Scavenger Hunt
as Jackson
1979
FM
as Prince
1978
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
as Wolf
1977
Greased Lightning
as Peewee
1977
The Day the Earth Moved
as Harley Copeland
1974
Blazing Saddles
as Bart
1974
Money to Burn
as Calvin Baker
1973
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
as Hawthorne Dooley
1971
Vanishing Point
as Super Soul
1971
Cotton Comes to Harlem
as Lo Boy
1970
1968
Cleavon Little hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows