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Lee Van Cleef

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1925Born, Somerville
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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…

Known for

The Good, the Bad and the UglySentenza / Angel Eyes
For a Few Dollars MoreCol. Douglas Mortimer
Escape from New YorkPolice Commissioner Bob Hauk
The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceReese
The Twilight ZoneSteinhart

Filmography

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2014Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann(archive footage)Movie
2000Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actorCol. Douglas Mortimer (archive footage)Movie
1990Thieves of FortuneSergio Danielo ChristopheroMovie
1989Speed ZoneGrandfatherMovie
1988The CommanderCol. MazzariniMovie
1986Armed ResponseBurt RothMovie
1985Jungle RaidersWarrenMovie
1985The Master Ninja 5John Peter McAllisterMovie
1984Code Name: Wild GeeseArchie 'China' TraversMovie
1984Killing MachineJulotMovie
1984Master NinjaJohn Peter McAllisterMovie
1984Master Ninja IIJohn Peter McAllisterMovie
1981Escape from New YorkPolice Commissioner Bob HaukMovie
1980The OctagonMcCarnMovie
1980The Hard WayMcNealMovie
1978The SqueezeChris Gretchko / Ray SloanMovie
1977The Perfect KillerHarry ChapmanMovie
1977Nowhere to HideIke ScanlonMovie
1976Kid VengeanceMcClainMovie
1976God's GunFather John / LewisMovie
1975Take a Hard RideKieferMovie
1974The Stranger and the GunfighterDakotaMovie
1973Mean Frank and Crazy TonyFrankieMovie
1972The Grand DuelSheriff ClaytonMovie
1972The Magnificent Seven Ride!Marshal Chris AdamsMovie
1971Captain ApacheCapt. ApacheMovie
1971Bad Man's RiverRoy KingMovie
1971Return of SabataSabata / MajorMovie
1970BarqueroTravisMovie
1970El CondorJarooMovie
1969SabataSabataMovie
1968CommandosMSgt. SullivanMovie
1968Beyond the LawBilly Joe CudlipMovie
1967Day of AngerFrank TalbyMovie
1967Death Rides a HorseRyanMovie
1967The Big GundownJonathan CorbettMovie
1966Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian NationsCharlie YatesMovie
1965For a Few Dollars MoreCol. Douglas MortimerMovie
1962How the West Was WonRiver PirateMovie
1962The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceReeseMovie
1961Posse from HellLeoMovie
1960The Slowest Gun in the WestSam BassMovie
1959Ride LonesomeFrankMovie
1959Guns Girls and GangstersMike BennettMovie
1958MacheteMiguelMovie
1958The BravadosAlfonso ParralMovie
1958The Young Lions1st Sgt. RickettMovie
1958Day of the BadmanJake HayesMovie
1957The Tin StarEd McGaffeyMovie
1957Raiders of Old CaliforniaDamon PardeeMovie
1957Joe DakotaAdam GrantMovie
1957Gun Battle at MontereyKirbyMovie

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