About
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...
Known for
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
BonanzaSeries • 1959
The Andy Griffith ShowSeries • 1960
Wagon TrainSeries • 1957
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959
MaverickSeries • 1957
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952
CheyenneSeries • 1955
The UntouchablesSeries • 1959
RawhideSeries • 1959
Wanted: Dead or AliveSeries • 1958
The Lone RangerSeries • 1949
LawmanSeries • 1958
ZorroSeries • 1957
77 Sunset StripSeries • 1958
Hawaiian EyeSeries • 1959
State TrooperSeries • 1956
The Good, the Bad and the UglyMovie • 1966
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
The Ford Television TheatreSeries • 1952
Studio 57Series • 1954
TrackdownSeries • 1957