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).
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Love Boat
1977
MacGyver
1985
0Tony Awards
1956
The Rockford Files
1974
American Playhouse
1982
The Waltons
1972
ALF
1986
Simon & Simon
1981
All in the Family
1971
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962
The Love Boat
as Andrew Hopkins · 1977
MacGyver
as Frank Colton · 1985
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Performer · 1956
The Rockford Files
as Billy Merrihew · 1974
American Playhouse
as Ned Shaw · 1982
The Waltons
· 1972
ALF
as George Foley · 1986
Simon & Simon
· 1981
All in the Family
as Coke · 1971
Tales from the Crypt
as Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya") · 1989
The Rookies
· 1972
Dear John
as Tony Larkin · 1988
The Mod Squad
· 1968
Felony Squad
· 1966
Police Story
· 1973
227
· 1985
Temperatures Rising
as Jerry Noland · 1972
The Tony Randall Show
· 1976
True Colors
as Ron Freeman · 1990
Supertrain
as Preacher Ross · 1979
Blazing Saddles
as Bart · 1974
Tanner '88
as Rev. Billy Crier · 1988
Vanishing Point
as Super Soul · 1971
Bagdad Cafe
as Sal · 1990
Once Bitten
as Sebastian · 1985
Fletch Lives
as Calculus Entropy · 1989
Double Exposure
as Police Chief · 1982
Lincoln
as Frederick Douglass · 1988
Surf 2
as Daddy O · 1984
Cotton Comes to Harlem
as Lo Boy · 1970
Separate but Equal
as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter · 1991
The Salamander
as Major Carl Malinowski, USMC · 1981
Scavenger Hunt
as Jackson · 1979
High Risk
as Rockney · 1981
Greased Lightning
as Peewee · 1977
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
as Phil · 1968
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
as Rolla · 1982
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
as Hawthorne Dooley · 1971
In the Nick of Time
as Freddy · 1991
Back in the Saddle
as Self (archive footage) · 2001
Toy Soldiers
as Buck · 1984
The Day the Earth Moved
as Harley Copeland · 1974
FM
as Prince · 1978
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage) · 2013
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
as Wolf · 1977
Separate but Equal
as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter · 1991
The Sky Is Gray
as Monsieur Bayonne · 1980
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
as Edmundo · 1984
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
as Rabbit Thompson · 1981
Money to Burn
as Calvin Baker · 1973
Jimmy the Kid
as Herb · 1982
Murder by Numbers
as David Selby · 1990
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
as Self (archive footage) · 2014
Goin' to Chicago
· 1990
Perfect Harmony
as Pastor Clarence Johnson · 1991
The Gig
as Marshall WIlson · 1985