![Purlie [Original Broadway Cast]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 "Purlie [Original Broadway Cast]")
1970
Search results
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.
Mar 30, 2016 · 1. CLEAVON LITTLE WAS THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED REDD FOXX AS THE LEAD. Cleavon Little (Blazing Saddles) was approached to work on the project, but had to say no because of prior...
Blazing Saddles: Directed by Mel Brooks. With Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman. In order to ruin a western town and steal their land, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
Vanishing Point: Directed by Richard C. Sarafian. With Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Charlotte Rampling, Dean Jagger. During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.
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).
Cleavon Little, Purlie. winner. Tony Awards - 1970 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical.
He was a Black stage, film, and television actor. Cleavon Jake Little was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, the son of Malachi Little and DeEtta Jones Little. He was the brother of singer DeEtta Little West; he had another sister, Rosemarie Little Martin, and two brothers, Everett and Roy.
Feb 14, 2024 · As co-star Gene Wilder’s character the Waco Kid puts it to Cleavon Little’s Black sheriff Bart after Bart gets smacked with a N-bomb from what appears to be a sweet old white woman: “You've...
Birthday: Jun 1, 1939. Birthplace: Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA. Stage-trained African-American comic actor who garnered international acclaim for his portrayal of Black Bart,...
Oct 22, 1992 · Actor. He is best remembered for his roles of 'Bart,' the African-American sheriff in the Western comedy movie Blazing Saddles (1974) and as 'Dr. Jerry Noland' in the 1970s television series Temperatures Rising. Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, he grew up in San Diego, California, graduated from Kearny High School and...
