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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.
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...
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- 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 · 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...
A hard-working, heavily driven man, Little was plagued by ulcers and stomach disorders for much of his life. He died at age 53 of colon cancer in 1992.
