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Lee Van Cleef

 
General Information (Lee Van Cleef)
  
Mostly Credited As: Lee Van Cleef
Birth Name: Clarence Leroy Van Cleef, Jr.
Date Of Birth: January 09, 1925
Country Of Birth: USA
Birth Place: Somerville, New Jersey
Date Of Death: December 16, 1989
Cause Of Death: Heart Attack
Spouse
Barbara Havelone Jul/13/1976 - Dec/16/1989 (His death)
Joan Drane 1960 - 1974 (Divorced)
Patsy Ruth 1943 - 1958 (Divorced) (3 children)

Van Cleef's natural acting talent got him noticed by famed director Stanley Kramer. He cast the young actor as the villainous Jack Colby in High Noon (1952). His success in this role and other westerns typecast him; throughout the 1950s, Van Cleef usually portrayed the bad guy.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Van Cleef worked steadily in Europe. When the spaghetti western craze died down, he returned to Hollywood, remarried once more, and continued acting in films, mostly low-budget affairs. At the age of 59, Van Cleef took the starring role in the short-lived NBC series The Master, which was canceled after just 13 episodes.
 
 
Lee Van Cleef TV Appearances
  
Main cast 
Show: The Master(1984)As: John Peter McAllister
Episode Cast Credits 
Show: Gunsmoke (1955) 
  • My Father, My Son 11x30: (Apr/23/1966) As Ike Jeffords 
  • The Pariah 10x30: (Apr/17/1965) As John Hooker 
  • Old Flame 05x37: (May/28/1960) As Rad Meadows 
Show: Laredo (1965) 
  • Quarter Past Eleven 01x26: (Mar/24/1966) As Kelly/Fallon 
Show: My Mother the Car (1965) 
  • Burned at the Steak 01x05: (Oct/12/1965) As Nick Fitch 
Show: The Andy Griffith Show (1960) 
  • Banjo-Playing Deputy 05x32: (May/03/1965) As Skip 
Show: Rawhide (1959) 
  • Piney 07x03: (Oct/09/1964) As Deck Sommers 
  • Enormous Fist 07x02: (Oct/02/1964) As Fred Grant 
Show: 77 Sunset Strip (1958) 
  • 88 Bars 06x07: (Nov/01/1963) As Majeski 
  • Attic 03x01: (Sep/16/1960) As Deet 
Show: Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) 
  • Face of a Shadow 06x32: (Apr/20/1963) As Golias 
  • The Treasure 06x16: (Dec/29/1962) As Corbin 
Show: Perry Mason (1957) 
  • The Case of the Golden Oranges 06x20: (Mar/07/1963) As Edward Doyle 
Show: The Dakotas (1963) 
  • Thunder In Pleasant Valley 01x05: (Feb/04/1963) As Slade Tucker 
Show: Death Valley Days (1952) 
  • The Hat That Won the West 11x12: (Oct/23/1962) As Bogget 
  • Snowshoe Thompson 02x10: (Mar/06/1954) As guest star 
Show: Cheyenne (1955) (1955) 
  • Man Alone 07x04: (Oct/15/1962) As Harry 
  • Trouble Street 06x02: (Oct/02/1961) As Deputy Braden 
Show: Bronco (1958) 
  • One Evening in Abilene 04x13: (Mar/19/1962) As Clune 
  • Yankee Tornado 03x07: (Mar/13/1961) As guest star 
Show: The Twilight Zone (1959) 
  • The Grave 03x07: (Oct/27/1961) As Steinhart, [Co-Guest Stars]
Show: Maverick (1957) 
  • Red Dog 04x25: (Mar/05/1961) As Wolf McManus 
Show: Hawaiian Eye (1959) 
  • The Stanhope Brand 02x24: (Feb/22/1961) As Manuel 
Show: Bonanza (1959) 
  • The Blood Line 02x15: (Dec/31/1960) As Appling 
Show: Colt .45 (1957) 
  • The Trespasser 03x28: (Jun/21/1960) As Red Feather 
  • Dead Reckoning 01x15: (Jan/24/1958) As Tom Devery 
Show: Mr. Lucky (1959) 
  • Dangerous Lady 01x33: (Jun/11/1960) As Kruger 
Show: The Rifleman (1958) 
  • The Prodigal 02x31: (Apr/26/1960) As  
  • The Deadly Wait 01x26: (Mar/24/1959) As Dan Maury 
Show: Black Saddle (1959) 
  • The Cabin 02x20: (Apr/01/1960) As Frank Sando 
Show: The Untouchables (1959) (1959) 
  • The Unhired Assassin (2) 01x21: (Mar/03/1960) As Frank Diamond 
  • The Unhired Assassin (1) 01x20: (Feb/25/1960) As Frank Diamond 
Show: The Alaskans (1959) 
  • Peril at Caribou Crossing 01x21: (Feb/28/1960) As Roc 
Show: Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) 
  • The Hostage 02x06: (Oct/10/1959) As Jumbo Kane 
Show: Lawman (1958) 
  • The Conclave 01x37: (Jun/14/1959) As Ned Scott 
  • The Deputy 01x01: (Oct/05/1958) As Walt Hawks 
Show: Zorro (1957) (1957) 
  • Welcome to Monterey 02x01: (Oct/09/1958) As Antonio Castillo 
Show: Wagon Train (1957) 
  • The Jesse Cowan Story 01x17: (Jan/08/1958) As Rufe Beal 
Show: General Electric Theater (1953) 
  • Thousand Dollar Gun 06x03: (Oct/20/1957) As Rudabaugh 
Show: Tales of Wells Fargo (1957) 
  • Alder Gulch 01x03: (Apr/08/1957) As Cherokee Bob 
Show: Studio 57 (1954) 
  • Deadline 02x26: (Feb/25/1956) As Tommy 
Show: Annie Oakley (1954) 
  • Annie and the Higher Court 02x19: (May/15/1955) As Amos Belcher 
  • Annie Breaks an Alibi 02x08: (Feb/27/1955) As Tim Brennan 
Show: Buffalo Bill Jr. (1955) 
  • The Calico Kid 01x13: (May/15/1955) As Stace 
  • Boomer's Blunder 01x07: (Apr/01/1955) As John-O 
Show: City Detective (1953) 
  • Man Down, Woman Screaming 02x28: (Apr/26/1955) As Hardman 
Show: Boston Blackie (1951) 
  • Deep Six 02x05: (Apr/07/1952) As guest star 
Show: State Trooper (1956) 
  • 710 Hysteria Street 02x24: (Unknown) As Frank Parnessa 
 
Lee Van Cleef Crew Credits
  
No TV Crew Credits
 
Lee Van Cleef Trivia
  
Van Cleef was of Dutch ancestry.
 
Reportedly faster on the draw than spaghetti western co-star Clint Eastwood.
 
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and later worked as an accountant before taking up acting.
 
First major acting role was as a seaman in the road company production of the hit Broadway play Mister Roberts.
 
Van Cleef hailed from a farming family in rural New Jersey.
 
Lost the tip of his right hand middle finger while building a playhouse for his daughter.
 
Had one green eye and one blue eye but wore contact lenses to cover up this discrepancy.
 
Once recorded a country song entitled If All I Ever Do.
 
Parents' names were Clarence Leroy and Marion Lavinia Van Cleef.
 
Didn't speak a word of dialogue in his film debut in High Noon.
 
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Lee Van Cleef Quotes
  
Van Cleef: Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me.
 
 
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