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Lee Van Cleef
Actor

Lee Van Cleef

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Known For Acting
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Birthday January 9, 1925 (101 years old)
Place of Birth Somerville, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Jr., ζŽΒ·θŒƒε…‹ι‡Œε€«, 리 λ°΄ 클리프
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Clarence LeRoy "Lee" Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) 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. Hatchet-faced with piercing eyes, he had declined to have his nose altered to play a sympathetic character in his film debut, High Noon, and was relegated to a non-speaking outlaw as a result. For a decade he was typecast as a minor villain, his sinister features overshadowing his acting skills. After suffering serious injuries in a car crash, Van Cleef began to lose interest in his apparently waning career by the time Sergio Leone gave him a major role in For a Few Dollars More. The film made him a box-office draw, especially in Europe.

Despite suffering from heart disease from the late 1970s and having a pacemaker installed in the early 1980s, Van Cleef continued to work in films until his death on December 16, 1989, at age 64. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, California, with an inscription on his grave marker referring to his many acting performances as a villain: "BEST OF THE BAD".

Filmography (145)

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout 2024
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann 2014
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor 2000
Thieves of Fortune 1990
Speed Zone 1989
The Commander 1988
Armed Response 1986
Jungle Raiders 1985
The Master Ninja 5 1985
Killing Machine 1984
Code Name: Wild Geese 1984
Master Ninja 1984
Master Ninja II 1984
The Master 1984
Escape from New York 1981
The Octagon 1980
The Hard Way 1980
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion 1979
The Squeeze 1978
The Perfect Killer 1977
Nowhere to Hide 1977
Kid Vengeance 1976
God's Gun 1976
Take a Hard Ride 1975
The Stranger and the Gunfighter 1974
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony 1973
The Magnificent Seven Ride! 1972
The Grand Duel 1972
Return of Sabata 1971
Bad Man's River 1971
Captain Apache 1971
Barquero 1970
El Condor 1970
Sabata 1969
Beyond the Law 1968
Commandos 1968
The Big Gundown 1967
Death Rides a Horse 1967
Day of Anger 1967
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966
For a Few Dollars More 1965
Laredo 1965
My Mother the Car 1965
Branded 1965
The Dakotas 1963
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962
How the West Was Won 1962
Posse from Hell 1961
The Slowest Gun in the West 1960
The Andy Griffith Show 1960
Stagecoach West 1960
Ride Lonesome 1959
Guns Girls and Gangsters 1959
Hawaiian Eye 1959
Rawhide 1959
The Alaskans 1959
Black Saddle 1959
Law of the Plainsman 1959
Riverboat 1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson 1959
The Deputy 1959
The Untouchables 1959
Bonanza 1959
The Twilight Zone 1959
Mr. Lucky 1959
The Young Lions 1958
The Bravados 1958
Machete 1958
Day of the Badman 1958
77 Sunset Strip 1958
Yancy Derringer 1958
Bronco 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive 1958
The Rifleman 1958
Lawman 1958
The Tin Star 1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957
The Lonely Man 1957
China Gate 1957
Raiders of Old California 1957
Joe Dakota 1957
The Badge of Marshal Brennan 1957
The Quiet Gun 1957
Gun Battle at Monterey 1957
Last Stagecoach West 1957
Perry Mason 1957
Zorro 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective 1957
Maverick 1957
Casey Jones 1957
Trackdown 1957
Tombstone Territory 1957
Wagon Train 1957
Pardners 1956
It Conquered the World 1956
Accused of Murder 1956
Tribute to a Bad Man 1956
The Conqueror 1956
Wire Service 1956
State Trooper 1956
The Big Combo 1955
Ten Wanted Men 1955
Treasure of Ruby Hills 1955
The Vanishing American 1955
A Man Alone 1955
I Cover the Underworld 1955
The Road to Denver 1955
The Naked Street 1955
Gunsmoke 1955
The Adventures of Champion 1955
Buffalo Bill Jr. 1955
Cheyenne 1955
Gypsy Colt 1954
Arrow In The Dust 1954
Dawn at Socorro 1954
Princess of the Nile 1954
The Yellow Tomahawk 1954
Rails Into Laramie 1954
The Desperado 1954
Studio 57 1954
Annie Oakley 1954
Stories of the Century 1954
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms 1953
Vice Squad 1953
The Bandits of Corsica 1953
Arena 1953
The Nebraskan 1953
Jack Slade 1953
Tumbleweed 1953
White Lightning 1953
General Electric Theater 1953
City Detective 1953
High Noon 1952
Kansas City Confidential 1952
The Lawless Breed 1952
Untamed Frontier 1952
Cavalcade of America 1952
The Ford Television Theatre 1952
Four Star Playhouse 1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951
The Adventures of Kit Carson 1951
Boston Blackie 1951
The Gene Autry Show 1950
The Lone Ranger 1949
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