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With his roles in Leone's films, Van Cleef became a major star of Spaghetti Westerns, playing central, and often surprisingly heroic, roles in films such as The Big Gundown (1966), Death Rides a Horse (1967), Day of Anger (1967), and The Grand Duel (1972).
Lee Van Cleef. Actor: Escape from New York. One of the great movie villains, Clarence Leroy Van Cleef, Jr. was born in Somerville, New Jersey, to Marion Lavinia (Van Fleet) and Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef, Sr. His parents were of Dutch ancestry. Van Cleef started out as an accountant.
- January 1, 1
- Somerville, New Jersey, USA
- January 1, 1
- Oxnard, California, USA
Lee Van Cleef. Actor: Escape from New York. One of the great movie villains, Clarence Leroy Van Cleef, Jr. was born in Somerville, New Jersey, to Marion Lavinia (Van Fleet) and Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef, Sr.
- Actor, Soundtrack
- December 16, 1989
- January 9, 1925
In 1984, Van Cleef was the main protagonist of the NBC television series The Master, created by Michael Sloan, Lee plays an ex-military master martial arts expert ninja. Although it only lasted 13 episodes in the series keeps hundreds of thousands of fans around the world.
- Actor
- December 16, 1989 (aged 64), Oxnard, California, U.S.
- Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr., January 9, 1925, Somerville, New Jersey, U.S.
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
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Clarence LeRoy "Lee" Van Cleef Jr. was an American actor best known for his roles in Spaghetti Westerns such as For A Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Dec 17, 1989 · Lee Van Cleef, the film actor whose steely eyes and rugged features led to a long career portraying Western arch-villains, died, apparently of a heart attack, early today at St....
