Lee Van Cleef
Biography
Clarence LeRoy "Lee" Van Cleef Jr. 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".
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-01-09
Place of birth
Somerville, New Jersey, USA
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Cast
High Noon
1952
7.70
For a Few Dollars More
1965
8.02
Escape from New York
1981
7.05
The Tin Star
1957
7.00
Kansas City Confidential
1952
7.10
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
7.00
The Big Combo
1955
7.04
Pardners
1956
6.65
The Octagon
1980
5.04
Barquero
1970
6.31
Speed Zone
1989
4.50
It Conquered the World
1956
4.80
Beyond the Law
1968
5.80
Ride Lonesome
1959
6.67
The Young Lions
1958
6.80
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953
6.50
The Stranger and the Gunfighter
1974
5.30
The Lonely Man
1957
6.10
Accused of Murder
1956
4.50
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
1972
5.50
The Bravados
1958
6.55
The Grand Duel
1972
6.06
Take a Hard Ride
1975
5.33
Ten Wanted Men
1955
5.80
The Big Gundown
1967
7.29
Armed Response
1986
4.80
Thieves of Fortune
1990
3.00
Death Rides a Horse
1967
6.98
Sabata
1969
6.28
Return of Sabata
1971
6.00
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
1973
4.40
Tribute to a Bad Man
1956
7.03
Machete
1958
5.90
Day of Anger
1967
7.01
Vice Squad
1953
5.90
El Condor
1970
5.60
China Gate
1957
6.00
Kid Vengeance
1976
5.30
Killing Machine
1984
4.70
God's Gun
1976
5.18
Jungle Raiders
1985
3.70
Bad Man's River
1971
4.50
Commandos
1968
5.79
The Lawless Breed
1952
6.60
Captain Apache
1971
4.60
The Bandits of Corsica
1953
5.80
Arena
1953
4.70
Gypsy Colt
1954
6.30
The Hard Way
1980
5.60
Raiders of Old California
1957
4.70
The Commander
1988
5.50
Arrow In The Dust
1954
5.80
Code Name: Wild Geese
1984
5.20
Dawn at Socorro
1954
7.20
Princess of the Nile
1954
7.10
The Perfect Killer
1977
2.00
Untamed Frontier
1952
7.20
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954
6.00
Joe Dakota
1957
5.88
Treasure of Ruby Hills
1955
3.50
The Vanishing American
1955
4.00
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
1957
6.00
The Quiet Gun
1957
6.40
The Nebraskan
1953
3.00
Gun Battle at Monterey
1957
4.60
Rails Into Laramie
1954
6.30
Jack Slade
1953
6.40
Last Stagecoach West
1957
4.30
The Squeeze
1978
5.20
The Slowest Gun in the West
1960
2.00
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
7.80
Octagon : le combat des maîtres
2003
0.00
Tumbleweed
1953
6.10
Posse from Hell
1961
6.20
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966
8.47
A Man Alone
1955
5.71
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000
0.00
How the West Was Won
1962
6.98
The Conqueror
1956
3.40
The Master Ninja 5
1985
10.00
I Cover the Underworld
1955
6.00
The Desperado
1954
6.60
The Road to Denver
1955
6.40
Master Ninja
1984
4.70
Nowhere to Hide
1977
5.00
Master Ninja II
1984
7.00
Day of the Badman
1958
6.50
White Lightning
1953
6.00
Guns, Girls and Gangsters
1959
6.10
The Naked Street
1955
6.10
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
8.00