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Cleavon Little

Cast & creator

Cleavon Little

1939-06-01 (died at 53) Chickasha, Oklahoma, USAIMDb

Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show

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).

Also known as: Cleavon Jake Little

Movies

32

film credits

Series

27

television credits

Career

59

1956–2014 · acting roles

Credit score

6.4

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · 1961

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self · 1962

MacGyver

MacGyver

Frank Colton · 1985

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Andrew Hopkins · 1977

Across film & television

Filmography (59)

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

MacGyver

MacGyver

Frank Colton

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Andrew Hopkins

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Ned Shaw

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Self - Nominee / Performer

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

Billy Merrihew

The Waltons

The Waltons

Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon

All in the Family

All in the Family

Coke

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya")

ALF

ALF

George Foley

The Rookies

The Rookies

Dear John

Dear John

Tony Larkin

Police Story

Police Story

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

Felony Squad

Felony Squad

227

227

Temperatures Rising

Temperatures Rising

Jerry Noland

The Tony Randall Show

The Tony Randall Show

True Colors

True Colors

Ron Freeman

Supertrain

Supertrain

Preacher Ross

Tanner '88

Tanner '88

Rev. Billy Crier

Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

Bart

Bagdad Cafe

Bagdad Cafe

Sal

Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point

Super Soul

Once Bitten

Once Bitten

Sebastian

Fletch Lives

Fletch Lives

Calculus Entropy

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Lo Boy

Surf 2

Surf 2

Daddy O

Separate but Equal

Separate but Equal

Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

Hawthorne Dooley

Lincoln

Lincoln

Frederick Douglass

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

Phil

Greased Lightning

Greased Lightning

Peewee

A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion

A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion

Rolla

Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger Hunt

Jackson

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Self (archive footage)

The Salamander

The Salamander

Major Carl Malinowski, USMC

Double Exposure

Double Exposure

Police Chief

Toy Soldiers

Toy Soldiers

Buck

The Day the Earth Moved

The Day the Earth Moved

Harley Copeland

Back in the Saddle

Back in the Saddle

Self (archive footage)

High Risk

High Risk

Rockney

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

Wolf

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Rabbit Thompson

In the Nick of Time

In the Nick of Time

Freddy

E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind

E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind

Edmundo

The Sky Is Gray

The Sky Is Gray

Monsieur Bayonne

Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West

Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West

Self (archive footage)

FM

Prince

Perfect Harmony

Perfect Harmony

Pastor Clarence Johnson

Money to Burn

Money to Burn

Calvin Baker

Separate but Equal

Separate but Equal

Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

Jimmy the Kid

Jimmy the Kid

Herb

Murder by Numbers

Murder by Numbers

David Selby

The Gig

The Gig

Marshall WIlson

Goin' to Chicago