Cleavon Little: movies and TV shows
Cleavon Little has 59 credits in the archive: 32 films and 27 TV series, from 1956 to 2014. Highest rated: True Colors (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2014 · busiest year: 1981 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West | Self (archive footage) | Film | 1.0 | 75 |
| 2013 | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.2 | 74 |
| 2001 | Back in the Saddle | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 1991 | Separate but Equal | Robert L. 'Bob' Carter | TV | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1991 | Separate but Equal | Robert L. 'Bob' Carter | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1991 | In the Nick of Time | Freddy | Film | 5.3 | 52 |
| 1991 | Perfect Harmony | Pastor Clarence Johnson | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1990 | True Colors | Ron Freeman | TV | 8.7 | 51 |
| 1990 | Bagdad Cafe | Sal | TV | 5.6 | 51 |
| 1990 | Murder by Numbers | David Selby | Film | 3.2 | 51 |
| 1990 | Goin' to Chicago | Film | 5.0 | 51 | |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Pack Brightman (segment "This'll Kill Ya") | TV | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1989 | Fletch Lives | Calculus Entropy | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1988 | Dear John | Tony Larkin | TV | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1988 | Tanner '88 | Rev. Billy Crier | TV | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1988 | Lincoln | Frederick Douglass | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1986 | ALF | George Foley | TV | 7.6 | 47 |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Frank Colton | TV | 7.7 | 46 |
| 1985 | 227 | TV | 6.8 | 46 | |
| 1985 | Once Bitten | Sebastian | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1985 | The Gig | Marshall WIlson | Film | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1984 | Toy Soldiers | Buck | Film | 4.6 | 45 |
| 1984 | Surf 2 | Daddy O | Film | 4.8 | 45 |
| 1984 | E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind | Edmundo | Film | 3.0 | 45 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Ned Shaw | TV | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1982 | Double Exposure | Police Chief | Film | 4.5 | 43 |
| 1982 | A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion | Rolla | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1982 | Jimmy the Kid | Herb | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | TV | 6.7 | 42 | |
| 1981 | The Salamander | Major Carl Malinowski, USMC | Film | 5.4 | 42 |
| 1981 | High Risk | Rockney | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1981 | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige | Rabbit Thompson | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1980 | The Sky Is Gray | Monsieur Bayonne | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1979 | Supertrain | Preacher Ross | TV | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1979 | Scavenger Hunt | Jackson | Film | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1978 | FM | Prince | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Andrew Hopkins | TV | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1977 | Greased Lightning | Peewee | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1977 | Once Upon a Brothers Grimm | Wolf | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1976 | The Tony Randall Show | TV | 6.4 | 37 | |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Billy Merrihew | TV | 7.6 | 35 |
| 1974 | Blazing Saddles | Bart | Film | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1974 | The Day the Earth Moved | Harley Copeland | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1973 | Police Story | TV | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1973 | Money to Burn | Calvin Baker | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1972 | The Waltons | TV | 7.2 | 33 | |
| 1972 | The Rookies | TV | 6.9 | 33 | |
| 1972 | Temperatures Rising | Jerry Noland | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1971 | All in the Family | Coke | TV | 7.8 | 32 |
| 1971 | Vanishing Point | Super Soul | Film | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1971 | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Hawthorne Dooley | Film | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1970 | Cotton Comes to Harlem | Lo Boy | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | TV | 6.1 | 29 | |
| 1968 | What's So Bad About Feeling Good? | Phil | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | TV | 6.5 | 27 | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 23 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 23 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 22 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee / Performer | TV | — | 17 |