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Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American stage, film and television actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of Purlie, for which he earned both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award.
Oct 23, 1992 · Cleavon Little, the actor best remembered for his role as a black sheriff hired to save a redneck town in Mel Brooks's 1974 comedy "Blazing Saddles," died...
Cleavon Little. Actor: Blazing Saddles. Versatile, charismatic actor Cleavon Little was born on June 1, 1939, in Oklahoma but grew up in California and attended San Diego College.
Oct 23, 1992 · Cleavon Little, who portrayed a submissive octogenarian in “I’m Not Rappaport,” won a Tony award for the title role in “Purlie,” but to millions will always be Bart, the puckish black sheriff who...
Versatile, charismatic actor Cleavon Little was born on June 1, 1939, in Oklahoma but grew up in California and attended San Diego College. He earned a scholarship to Juilliard and moved to New York, then trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Art and was soon appearing off-Broadway.
Cleavon Little was an American actor, best remembered for his role as a black sheriff in the Academy Award-nominated comedy movie ‘Blazing Saddles’. He was a trained actor who appeared regularly in films and television shows, mostly during the 1970s and 1980s.
Oct 22, 1992 · American television, film, and stage actor Cleavon Little (b. Chickasha, OK, 1 June 1939; d. Sherman Oaks, CA. 22 October 1992) is best and most affectionately remembered as Sheriff Bart in Mel Brooks’s western Blazing Saddles (1974).
Oct 22, 1992 · 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 1974 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles and as the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland in the early 1970s sitcom Temperatures Rising.
Sep 15, 2020 · Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma in 1939, Cleavon Little’s journey into acting began once his family moved west to San Diego, California. He attended San Diego City College, and then San Diego State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in dramatic arts.
Cleavon Little, Purlie. winner. Tony Awards - 1970 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical.
