Lee Van Cleef
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-01-09 (64 years old)
Deathday
1989-12-16
Place of Birth
Somerville, New Jersey, USA
Also known As
Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Jr.
李·范克里夫
리 밴 클리프
Lee Van Cleef
Biography
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 ...
Acting
1952
as Jack Colby
1965
as Col. Douglas Mortimer
1981
as Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
1957
as Ed McGaffey
1952
as Tony Romano
1957
as Ed Bailey
1955
as Fante
1956
as Gus
1980
as McCarn
1970
as Travis
1989
as Grandfather
1956
as Dr. Tom Anderson
1968
as Billy Joe Cudlip
1959
as Frank
1958
as 1st Sgt. Rickett
1953
as Corp. Stone
1974
as Dakota
2014
as (archive footage)
1957
as Faro
1956
as Police Sgt. Emmett Lackey
1972
as Marshal Chris Adams
1958
as Alfonso Parral
1972
as Sheriff Clayton
1975
as Kiefer
1955
as Al Drucker
1967
as Jonathan Corbett
1986
as Burt Roth
1990
as Sergio Danielo Christophero
1967
as Ryan
1969
as Sabata
1971
as Sabata / Major
1973
as Frankie
1979
1956
as Fat Jones
1958
as Miguel
1967
as Frank Talby
1953
as Pete Monty
1970
as Jaroo
1957
as Maj. Cham
1976
as McClain
1984
as Julot
1976
as Father John / Lewis
1985
as Warren
1971
as Roy King
1968
as MSgt. Sullivan
1952
as Dirk Hanley
1971
as Capt. Apache
1953
as Nerva
1953
as Smitty
1954
as Hank
1980
as McNeal
1957
as Damon Pardee
1988
as Col. Mazzarini
1954
as Tillotson Henchman
1984
as Archie 'China' Travers
1954
as Earl Ferris
1954
as Hakar (uncredited)
1977
as Harry Chapman
1952
as Dave Chittun
1954
as Fire Knife
1957
as Adam Grant
1955
as Frank Emmett
1955
as Jay Lord
1957
as Shad Donaphin
1957
as Doug Sadler
1953
as Pvt. Reno Benton
1957
as Kirby
1954
as Ace Winton
1953
as Bolt Mackay
1957
as Steve Margolies
1978
as Chris Gretchko / Ray Sloan
1960
as Sam Bass
1962
as Reese
1953
as Marv
1961
as Leo
1966
as Sentenza / Angel Eyes
1955
as Clanton
2000
as Col. Douglas Mortimer (archive footage)
1962
as River Pirate (uncredited)
1956
as Chepei
1985
as John Peter McAllister
1955
as Flash Logan
1990
as Self (archive footage)
1954
as Paul Clayton/Buck Clayton
1955
as Pecos Larry
1985
as John Peter McAllister
1977
as Ike Scanlon
1984
as John Peter McAllister
1958
as Jake Hayes
1953
as Brutus Allen
1959
as Mike Bennett
1955
as Harry Goldish (uncredited)
2024
as Self (archive footage)
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