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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 yesterday at his home in Sherman Oaks,...
Little died of colon cancer at his home in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles on October 22, 1992. Legacy. For Little's contribution to motion pictures, he was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 1, 1994. The star is located on the south side of Hollywood Boulevard near El Cerrito Place.
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...
- Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart. Cleavon Little got his start on stage, winning a Tony in 1970 for his starring role in the Broadway musical Purlie. Two years later, he starred in the ABC sitcom Temperatures Rising as the intelligent and mischievous Dr. Jerry Noland.
- Gene Wilder as Jim the Waco Kid. Gene Wilder’s performance as Jim in Blazing Saddles is superb and a noticeable turn from his earlier part as Willie Wonka, but he wasn’t Brooks’ first choice for the role.
- Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp. Madeline Kahn was a frequent Mel Brooks collaborator, having roles in not just Blazing Saddles but also Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, and History of the World, Part I. Blazing Saddles won the actress her second Oscar nomination, the first being for her role in Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon.
- Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr. It’s a running joke throughout Blazing Saddles that people can’t get the villain’s name right (“It’s Hedley!”) , but that joke almost proved a problem for the movie.
Cleavon Little Death. Cleavon passed away on October 22, 1992 at the age of 53 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA. Cleavon's cause of death was colon cancer.
Oct 23, 1992 · Actor Cleavon Little, best known for his role as the black sheriff in the Western comedy "Blazing Saddles," died of colon cancer Thursday at his home. He was 52. The actor's agent and friend Susan Smith said Little was surrounded by close friends and his family when he died at 7:25 a.m. in his suburban home in Sherman Oaks.Smith said Little had ...
Oct 23, 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 agency said. He was 53.
