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Cleavon Little

Cleavon Little

Birthday: 1939-06-01 | Place of Birth: Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Cleavon Jake Little 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
Blazing Saddles

as    Bart

2014
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West

as    Self (archive footage)

1991
In the Nick of Time

as    Freddy

1991
Perfect Harmony

as    Pastor Clarence Johnson

1991
Separate But Equal

as    Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

1991
Separate but Equal

as    Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

1990
True Colors

as    Ron Freeman

1990
Bagdad Cafe

as    Sal

1989
Fletch Lives

as    Calculus Entropy

1987
ALF’s Special Christmas

as    George Foley

1985
Once Bitten

as    Sebastian

1984
Toy Soldiers

as    Buck

1984
1983
The Salamander

as    Major Carl Malinowski, USMC

1982
Jimmy the Kid

as    Herb

1982
Double Exposure

as    Police Chief

1981
High Risk

as    Rockney

1980
The Sky Is Gray

as    Monsieur Bayonne

1979
Scavenger Hunt

as    Jackson

1978
FM

as    Prince

1977
Greased Lightning

as    Peewee

1977
1974
The Day the Earth Moved

as    Harley Copeland