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With his roles in Leone's films, Van Cleef became a major star of Spaghetti Westerns, playing central, and often surprisingly heroic, roles in films such as The Big Gundown (1966), Death Rides a Horse (1967), Day of Anger (1967), and The Grand Duel (1972).
Lee Van Cleef. Actor: Escape from New York. One of the great movie villains, Clarence Leroy Van Cleef, Jr. was born in Somerville, New Jersey, to Marion Lavinia (Van Fleet) and Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef, Sr. His parents were of Dutch ancestry. Van Cleef started out as an accountant.
In 1984, Van Cleef was the main protagonist of the NBC television series The Master, created by Michael Sloan, Lee plays an ex-military master martial arts expert ninja. Although it only lasted 13 episodes in the series keeps hundreds of thousands of fans around the world.
Lee Van Cleef. Actor: Escape from New York. One of the great movie villains, Clarence Leroy Van Cleef, Jr. was born in Somerville, New Jersey, to Marion Lavinia (Van Fleet) and Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef, Sr.
A compilation of Lee Van Cleef's best moments, including clips from films such as The Magnificent Seven Ride, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Born on January 9, 1925 to parents of Dutch ancestry, Lee Van Cleef grew up in the pleasant farm community of Sommerville, New Jersey. Coming of age just in time for World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy aboard a submarine chaser in the Caribbean, then in the Black and China Seas on a mine sweeper.
Dec 17, 1989 · Lee Van Cleef, the film actor whose steely eyes and rugged features led to a long career portraying Western arch-villains, died, apparently of a heart attack, early today at St....
Clarence LeRoy "Lee" Van Cleef Jr. was an American actor best known for his roles in Spaghetti Westerns such as For A Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Lee Van Cleef Interview. The following interview appears in the Book, by William Horner. It is part of his chapter on Lee Van Cleef. It is a great history of film villains. .....I raised the subject of his career as a top-notch heavy, and learned surprisingly that Lee Van Cleef did not view his body of work as a series of violent spectacles.
In the pantheon of Western cinema, few names evoke as much reverence and admiration as Lee Van Cleef. With his rugged charm, piercing eyes, and commanding presence, Van Cleef left an indelible mark on the genre, earning him the title of a Spaghetti Western legend.
