Lee Van Cleef

Lee Van Cleef

Birthday: 1925-01-09

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

imdb_id: nm0001812

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".

Played in movies:

The Master Ninja 5

Score: 10.0

The Best of the Martial Arts Films

Score: 8.7

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Score: 8.5

For a Few Dollars More

Score: 8.0

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

Score: 8.0

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Score: 7.8

High Noon

Score: 7.7

The Big Gundown

Score: 7.3

Untamed Frontier

Score: 7.2

Dawn at Socorro

Score: 7.2

Princess of the Nile

Score: 7.1

Kansas City Confidential

Score: 7.1

Escape from New York

Score: 7.1

The Big Combo

Score: 7.0

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Score: 7.0

Day of Anger

Score: 7.0

Master Ninja II

Score: 7.0

Tribute to a Bad Man

Score: 7.0

The Tin Star

Score: 7.0

How the West Was Won

Score: 7.0

Death Rides a Horse

Score: 7.0

The Young Lions

Score: 6.8

Ride Lonesome

Score: 6.7

The Desperado

Score: 6.6

The Lawless Breed

Score: 6.6

Pardners

Score: 6.6

The Bravados

Score: 6.6

Day of the Badman

Score: 6.5

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

Score: 6.5

The Road to Denver

Score: 6.4

Jack Slade

Score: 6.4

The Quiet Gun

Score: 6.4

Rails Into Laramie

Score: 6.3

Gypsy Colt

Score: 6.3

Sabata

Score: 6.3

Barquero

Score: 6.3

Posse from Hell

Score: 6.2

The Naked Street

Score: 6.1

Guns, Girls and Gangsters

Score: 6.1

Tumbleweed

Score: 6.1

The Grand Duel

Score: 6.1

The Lonely Man

Score: 6.1

White Lightning

Score: 6.0

I Cover the Underworld

Score: 6.0

The Badge of Marshal Brennan

Score: 6.0

The Yellow Tomahawk

Score: 6.0

China Gate

Score: 6.0

Return of Sabata

Score: 6.0

Joe Dakota

Score: 5.9

Vice Squad

Score: 5.9

Machete

Score: 5.9

Arrow In The Dust

Score: 5.8

The Bandits of Corsica

Score: 5.8

Ten Wanted Men

Score: 5.8

Beyond the Law

Score: 5.8

Commandos

Score: 5.8

A Man Alone

Score: 5.7

The Hard Way

Score: 5.6

El Condor

Score: 5.6

The Commander

Score: 5.5

The Magnificent Seven Ride!

Score: 5.5

Take a Hard Ride

Score: 5.3

Kid Vengeance

Score: 5.3

The Stranger and the Gunfighter

Score: 5.3

The Squeeze

Score: 5.2

Code Name: Wild Geese

Score: 5.2

God's Gun

Score: 5.2

The Octagon

Score: 5.0

Nowhere to Hide

Score: 5.0

Armed Response

Score: 4.8

It Conquered the World

Score: 4.8

Master Ninja

Score: 4.7

Raiders of Old California

Score: 4.7

Arena

Score: 4.7

Killing Machine

Score: 4.7

Gun Battle at Monterey

Score: 4.6

Captain Apache

Score: 4.6

Speed Zone

Score: 4.5

Bad Man's River

Score: 4.5

Accused of Murder

Score: 4.5

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony

Score: 4.4

Last Stagecoach West

Score: 4.3

The Vanishing American

Score: 4.0

Jungle Raiders

Score: 3.7

Treasure of Ruby Hills

Score: 3.5

The Conqueror

Score: 3.4

The Nebraskan

Score: 3.0

Thieves of Fortune

Score: 3.0

The Slowest Gun in the West

Score: 2.0

The Perfect Killer

Score: 2.0

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

Score: 0.0

Octagon : le combat des maîtres

Score: 0.0

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

Score: 0.0

Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Twilight Zone

Score: 8.5

The Untouchables

Score: 7.8

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

The Andy Griffith Show

Score: 7.6

Bonanza

Score: 7.5

Zorro

Score: 7.5

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

The Ford Television Theatre

Score: 7.3

The Ford Television Theatre

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Rawhide

Score: 7.1

Rawhide

Score: 7.1

The Rifleman

Score: 7.0

City Detective

Score: 7.0

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Score: 6.8

Maverick

Score: 6.8

77 Sunset Strip

Score: 6.7

77 Sunset Strip

Score: 6.7

The Lone Ranger

Score: 6.7

The Lone Ranger

Score: 6.7

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Branded

Score: 6.4

Trackdown

Score: 6.4

Mr. Lucky

Score: 6.4

Wagon Train

Score: 6.3

Four Star Playhouse

Score: 6.3

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Score: 6.3

Laredo

Score: 6.3

Tombstone Territory

Score: 6.3

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.3

The Deputy

Score: 6.2

Riverboat

Score: 6.2

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Score: 6.2

Stagecoach West

Score: 6.0

Law of the Plainsman

Score: 6.0

Black Saddle

Score: 6.0

Cheyenne

Score: 5.8

Cheyenne

Score: 5.8

Stories of the Century

Score: 5.7

The Dakotas

Score: 5.7

Lawman

Score: 5.6

Lawman

Score: 5.6

Yancy Derringer

Score: 5.6

Casey Jones

Score: 5.5

The Alaskans

Score: 5.5

The Adventures of Kit Carson

Score: 5.3

The Adventures of Champion

Score: 5.3

Annie Oakley

Score: 5.2

Annie Oakley

Score: 5.2

Bronco

Score: 5.2

Hawaiian Eye

Score: 5.2

The Master

Score: 5.1

State Trooper

Score: 5.0

Buffalo Bill Jr.

Score: 5.0

My Mother the Car

Score: 4.3

The Gene Autry Show

Score: 4.2

The Gene Autry Show

Score: 4.2

Boston Blackie

Score: 4.0

Boston Blackie

Score: 4.0

Cavalcade of America

Score: 3.5

Cavalcade of America

Score: 3.5

Studio 57

Score: 0.0

Studio 57

Score: 0.0

Wire Service

Score: 0.0