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Born in Oklahoma, African American actor Cleavon Little was raised in California where he attended San Diego College. Trained for a performing career at the American Academy of Dramatic Art, Little made his off-Broadway debut in the 1968 political satire MacBird In 1970, he won a Tony award for his work in the Broadway musical Purlie, and within a year was hired as an ensemble player (along ...
23 de oct. de 1992 · Cleavon Little, 53, an accomplished stage actor best known for his role as a black sheriff who took on a redneck town in the smash movie comedy "Blazing Saddles," died of colon cancer Oct. 22 at ...
23 de oct. de 1992 · Cleavon Little, actor, born Chickasha Oklahoma 1 June 1939, died Los Angeles 22 October 1992. WHEN Richard Pryor withdrew from the cast of Mel Brooks's riotous western spoof Blazing Saddles in ...
Actor Born June 1, 1939 in Chickasha, Okla. Died Oct. 22, 1992 of colon cancer in Sherman Oaks, CA. C leavon Little was an actor who portrayed a submissive octogenarian in "I'm Not Rappaport," won a Tony for the title role in "Purlie," but to millions will always be Bart, the puckish black sheriff who kept a swarm of greedy rednecks at bay in ...
My colleague, Tom Cottle, is the interviewer. Cleavon's first leading television role was that of the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland on the ABC sitcom Temperatu...
7 de feb. de 1974 · Blazing Saddles: Directed by Mel Brooks. With Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman. In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
23 de oct. de 1992 · Cleavon Little, who played the black sheriff who took on a redneck town in the smash 1974 comedy “Blazing Saddles,” died of colon cancer at his home Thursday, his talent
