Movie Credits
In the Nick of Time	(1991)
[ A Martinez ]
Separate But Equal	(1991)
[ Burt Lancaster ][ Jeffrey Wright ][ Sidney Poitier ]
Perfect Harmony	(1991)
[ David Faustino ][ Darren McGavin ][ Jeff Cohen ][ Justin Whalin ]
Goin' to Chicago	(1991)
Murder by Numbers	(1990)
The Black Corsage	(1989)
Fletch Lives	(1989)
[ Chevy Chase ][ Hal Holbrook ][ Phil Hartman ][ R. Lee Ermey ][ Geoffrey Lewis ]
Lincoln	(1988)
[ Steven Culp ][ Thomas Gibson ][ Sam Waterston ][ Richard Mulligan ][ James Gammon ]
ALF's Special Christmas: Part 2	(1987)
The Gig	(1985)
[ Wayne Rogers ]
Once Bitten	(1985)
[ Jim Carrey ]
Toy Soldiers	(1984)
[ Tim Robbins ]
Surf II	(1984)
[ Eric Stoltz ][ Lyle Waggoner ][ Danny Elfman ][ Eddie Deezen ]
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind	(1984)
[ Jonathan Winters ]
Double Exposure	(1983)
[ Michael Callan ][ Seymour Cassel ]
Jimmy the Kid	(1982)
[ Walter Olkewicz ][ Pat Morita ][ Gary Coleman ][ Don Adams ]
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion	(1982)
[ Bernie Casey ][ Ned Beatty ][ Yaphet Kotto ]
The Color of Friendship	(1981)
[ Kadeem Hardison ]
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige	(1981)
[ Louis Gossett Jr. ][ Ossie Davis ]
High Risk	(1981)
[ James Brolin ][ Bruce Davison ][ Anthony Quinn ][ Ernest Borgnine ]
The Salamander	(1981)
[ Martin Balsam ][ Franco Nero ][ Anthony Quinn ][ Eli Wallach ][ Christopher Lee ]
The Sky Is Gray	(1980)
Scavenger Hunt	(1979)
[ Willie Aames ][ Dirk Benedict ][ Tony Randall ][ Arnold Schwarzenegger ][ Vincent Price ]
FM	(1978)
[ Terry Jastrow ][ Jeffrey Weissman ][ Billy Joel ][ Martin Mull ]
Greased Lightning	(1977)
[ Beau Bridges ][ Richard Pryor ][ Lloyd Bridges ][ Noble Willingham ][ Bill Cobbs ]
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm	(1977)
The Day the Earth Moved	(1974)
[ Jackie Cooper ]
Blazing Saddles	(1974)
[ Gene Wilder ][ Mel Brooks ][ Dom DeLuise ][ Patrick Labyorteaux ][ Richard Farnsworth ]
Money to Burn	(1973)
[ Martin Balsam ]
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story	(1971)
Vanishing Point	(1971)
Cotton Comes to Harlem	(1970)
[ Godfrey Cambridge ][ Redd Foxx ]
John and Mary	(1969)
[ Dustin Hoffman ][ Tyne Daly ]
The Nowhere Man: Part 1	(1968)
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?	(1968)
[ George Peppard ][ Dom DeLuise ][ Franklin Cover ]

Versatile, charismatic African-American 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 the Tony award for a less weighty musical, "Purlie", which took him west. A few film roles came his way with What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968), John and Mary (1969), Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and the cult film Vanishing Point (1971) but it was the 1972 sitcom _"Temperature's Rising" (1972)_ that finally got him some leverage in Hollywood. The by-now popular actor caught the eye of film producers. With his sly charm and appeal, he was a natural for comedy and hit the apex of his career after winning a co-starring role opposite Gene Wilder in the Mel Brooks western spoof Blazing Saddles (1974). He never matched that success but did continue with important stage roles ("I'm Not Rappaport") and other TV series work ("Bagdad Cafe" (1990)). 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.