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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,...
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 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.
Oct 23, 1992 · By Associated Press. October 22, 1992 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. 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...
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....
Oct 22, 1992 · 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 1974 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles and as the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland in the early 1970s sitcom Temperatures Rising. In 1978 he played "The Prince of Darkness" in the radio station comedy FM.
Oct 23, 1992 · Oct 23, 1992 12:00am PT. Cleavon Little. By Joseph McBride. Cleavon Little, 53, who played the sheriff in Mel Brooks’ western spoof “Blazing Saddles,” won a Tony for “Purlie” and captured...
