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- Awards Drama Desk Award (Purlie, 1970) Tony Award (Purlie, 1970) Primetime Emmy Award (Dear John, 1989) 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.
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Cleavon Little. Jump to. 2 wins & 1 nomination. BAFTA Awards. 1975 Nominee BAFTA Film Award. Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. Blazing Saddles. Primetime Emmy Awards. 1989 Winner Primetime Emmy. Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Dear John USA. For playing "Tony Larkin". For Stand by Your Man (1989). Walk of Fame.
- June 1, 1939
- October 22, 1992
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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.
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. Classically trained ("Hamlet" "A Midsummer Night's Dream"), he won the Tony award for a less weighty musical, "Purlie", which took him west.
- January 1, 1
- Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
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- Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nathan Lane, Cleavon Little, and Mickey Rooney in One of the Boys (1982)- Cleavon Little and Fay Hauser in Jimmy the Kid (1982)
- Mel Brooks, Cleavon Little, and Harvey Korman in Blazing Saddles (1974)
- Cleavon Little, Marla Gibbs, Cal Gibson, Jackée Harry, Gwendolyn Shepherd, and Hal Williams in 227 (1985)
- Cleavon Little and Dylan McDermott in Tales from the Crypt (1989)
- Cleavon Little in MacGyver (1985)
- Jim Carrey, Lauren Hutton, Cleavon Little, Jeb Stuart Adams, Joseph Brutsman, Karen Kopins, Gary Mauro, and Glen Mauro in Once Bitten (1985)
Check all the awards won and nominated for by Cleavon Little - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Comedy Series (1989) , Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance (1970) , Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (1970) and more awards.
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...
Awards won by Cleavon Little - complete list of Cleavon Little Awards - including nominations.
He was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 1, 1994. Following his death, his remains were cremated and his ashes were scattered into the New York harbor.
