Cleavon Little
Acting
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).
As actor 59
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Love Boat
1977
Tony Awards
1956
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
MacGyver
1985
The Waltons
1972
The Rockford Files
1974
American Playhouse
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
Tales from the Crypt
1989
ALF
1986
All in the Family
1971
Dear John
1988
The Rookies
1972
227
1985
Felony Squad
1966
Police Story
1973
The Mod Squad
1968
Blazing Saddles
1974
Supertrain
1979
The Tony Randall Show
1976
True Colors
1990
Temperatures Rising
1972
Fletch Lives
1989
Vanishing Point
1971
Bagdad Cafe
1990
Once Bitten
1985
Tanner '88
1988
Surf 2
1984
Greased Lightning
1977
High Risk
1981
Scavenger Hunt
1979
Lincoln
1988
The Salamander
1981
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970
FM
1978
Separate but Equal
1991
Toy Soldiers
1984
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
In the Nick of Time
1991
Separate but Equal
1991
The Sky Is Gray
1980
Money to Burn
1973
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
Double Exposure
1982
Perfect Harmony
1991
Murder by Numbers
1990
Back in the Saddle
2001
The Day the Earth Moved
1974
Jimmy the Kid
1982
The Gig
1985
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
1984
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014
Goin' to Chicago
1990