Cleavon Little
Biography
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).
Filmography
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977 · 9.0
True Colors
1990 · 8.7
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · 8.0
All in the Family
1971 · 7.8
MacGyver
1985 · 7.7
ALF
1986 · 7.6
The Rockford Files
1974 · 7.6
Temperatures Rising
1972 · 7.5
Lincoln
1988 · 7.5
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971 · 7.4
Blazing Saddles
1974 · 7.2
The Gig
1985 · 7.2
The Waltons
1972 · 7.1
Vanishing Point
1971 · 7.1
Police Story
1973 · 7.0
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982 · 7.0
The Rookies
1972 · 6.9
Tanner '88
1988 · 6.9
227
1985 · 6.8
FM
1978 · 6.8
Simon & Simon
1981 · 6.7
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968 · 6.7
American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6
The Day the Earth Moved
1974 · 6.6
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981 · 6.6
Felony Squad
1966 · 6.5
Separate but Equal
1991 · 6.5
The Tony Randall Show
1976 · 6.4
Greased Lightning
1977 · 6.4
The Love Boat
1977 · 6.2
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970 · 6.2
Perfect Harmony
1991 · 6.2
The Mod Squad
1968 · 6.1
Jimmy the Kid
1982 · 6.1
Fletch Lives
1989 · 6.0
Separate but Equal
1991 · 6.0
Money to Burn
1973 · 6.0
High Risk
1981 · 5.9
Once Bitten
1985 · 5.8
Dear John
1988 · 5.7
Supertrain
1979 · 5.6
Bagdad Cafe
1990 · 5.6
Scavenger Hunt
1979 · 5.6
The Salamander
1981 · 5.3
In the Nick of Time
1991 · 5.3
Goin' to Chicago
1990 · 5.0
Surf 2
1984 · 4.7
Toy Soldiers
1984 · 4.6
Double Exposure
1982 · 4.5
Murder by Numbers
1990 · 3.2
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
1984 · 3.0