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  1. Cleavon Little. 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. His first leading television role was that of the ...

  2. 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. 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.

    • Actor, Soundtrack
    • June 1, 1939
    • 3 min
    • October 22, 1992
  3. 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, Calif.

  4. 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. 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 ...

    • June 1, 1939
    • October 22, 1992
  5. 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 who ...

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  7. Oct 23, 1992 · Cleavon Little, actor, born Chickasha Oklahoma 1 June 1939, died Los Angeles 22 October 1992. WHEN Richard Pryor withdrew from the cast of Mel Brooks's riotous western spoof Blazing Saddles in ...

  8. Oct 23, 1992 · 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 comedy "Blazing Saddles," died of colon cancer Oct. 22 at ...

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