Lee Van Cleef: movies and TV shows
Lee Van Cleef has 166 credits in the archive: 92 films and 74 TV series, from 1949 to 2024. Highest rated: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1949 – 2024 · busiest year: 1957 (21 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.3 | 99 |
| 2014 | Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann | (archive footage) | Film | — | 89 |
| 2000 | Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor | Col. Douglas Mortimer (archive footage) | Film | — | 75 |
| 1990 | Thieves of Fortune | Sergio Danielo Christophero | Film | 3.8 | 65 |
| 1989 | Speed Zone | Grandfather | Film | 4.5 | 64 |
| 1988 | The Commander | Col. Mazzarini | Film | 5.6 | 63 |
| 1986 | Armed Response | Burt Roth | Film | 5.2 | 61 |
| 1985 | The Master Ninja 5 | John Peter McAllister | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1985 | Jungle Raiders | Warren | Film | 4.4 | 60 |
| 1984 | The Master | John Peter McAllister | TV | 5.3 | 59 |
| 1984 | Master Ninja II | John Peter McAllister | Film | 7.2 | 59 |
| 1984 | Master Ninja | John Peter McAllister | Film | 4.4 | 59 |
| 1984 | Code Name: Wild Geese | Archie 'China' Travers | Film | 5.3 | 59 |
| 1984 | Killing Machine | Julot | Film | 4.7 | 59 |
| 1981 | Escape from New York | Police Commissioner Bob Hauk | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1980 | The Octagon | McCarn | Film | 5.1 | 55 |
| 1980 | The Hard Way | McNeal | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 1979 | When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion | Self | Film | — | 54 |
| 1978 | The Squeeze | Chris Gretchko / Ray Sloan | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 1977 | Nowhere to Hide | Ike Scanlon | Film | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1977 | The Perfect Killer | Harry Chapman | Film | 4.3 | 52 |
| 1976 | God's Gun | Father John / Lewis | Film | 5.2 | 51 |
| 1976 | Kid Vengeance | McClain | Film | 5.4 | 51 |
| 1975 | Take a Hard Ride | Kiefer | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 1974 | The Stranger and the Gunfighter | Dakota | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1973 | Mean Frank and Crazy Tony | Frankie | Film | 4.6 | 48 |
| 1972 | The Magnificent Seven Ride! | Marshal Chris Adams | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1972 | The Grand Duel | Sheriff Clayton | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1971 | Bad Man's River | Roy King | Film | 5.0 | 46 |
| 1971 | Return of Sabata | Sabata / Major | Film | 5.9 | 46 |
| 1971 | Captain Apache | Capt. Apache | Film | 4.7 | 46 |
| 1970 | Barquero | Travis | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1970 | El Condor | Jaroo | Film | 5.5 | 45 |
| 1969 | Sabata | Sabata | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1968 | Beyond the Law | Billy Joe Cudlip | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1968 | Commandos | MSgt. Sullivan | Film | 5.7 | 43 |
| 1967 | Death Rides a Horse | Ryan | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1967 | The Big Gundown | Jonathan Corbett | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1967 | Day of Anger | Frank Talby | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1966 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Sentenza / Angel Eyes | Film | 8.5 | 41 |
| 1965 | Laredo | TV | 6.4 | 40 | |
| 1965 | Branded | TV | 6.8 | 40 | |
| 1965 | For a Few Dollars More | Col. Douglas Mortimer | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1965 | My Mother the Car | TV | 4.8 | 40 | |
| 1963 | The Dakotas | TV | 6.5 | 38 | |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Reese | Film | 7.8 | 37 |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | River Pirate | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1961 | Posse from Hell | Leo | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Skip | TV | 7.6 | 35 |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West | Lin Hyatt | TV | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1960 | The Slowest Gun in the West | Sam Bass | Film | 4.5 | 35 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Appling | TV | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Steinhart | TV | 8.5 | 34 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Fred Grant | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Deck Sommers | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Frank Diamond | TV | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Cherokee Kid | TV | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | TV | 5.6 | 34 | |
| 1959 | Black Saddle | Frank Sandoe | TV | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Peak | TV | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Luke Cragg | TV | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1959 | The Alaskans | TV | 6.7 | 34 | |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky | Kruger | TV | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Tracey | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1959 | Ride Lonesome | Frank | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1959 | Guns Girls and Gangsters | Mike Bennett | Film | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | TV | 7.1 | 33 | |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Jumbo Kane | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1958 | Lawman | TV | 5.8 | 33 | |
| 1958 | Lawman | Deputy Clyde Wilson | TV | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1958 | Lawman | Ned Scott | TV | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer | Ike Milton | TV | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | TV | 7.2 | 33 | |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Majeski | TV | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1958 | Bronco | TV | 6.0 | 33 | |
| 1958 | Bronco | Shanghai Williams | TV | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1958 | The Young Lions | 1st Sgt. Rickett | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1958 | The Bravados | Alfonso Parral | Film | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1958 | Machete | Miguel | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1958 | Day of the Badman | Jake Hayes | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Edward Doyle | TV | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Rufe Beal | TV | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Golias | TV | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Corbin | TV | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1957 | Maverick | TV | 6.9 | 32 | |
| 1957 | Zorro | TV | 7.5 | 32 | |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory | Sam Carver | TV | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory | TV | 6.8 | 32 | |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Ed Murdock | TV | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1957 | Trackdown | Ben Fraser | TV | 6.9 | 32 |
| 1957 | Casey Jones | Mort Clio | TV | 5.8 | 32 |
| 1957 | Last Stagecoach West | Steve Margolies | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Ed Bailey | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1957 | The Tin Star | Ed McGaffey | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1957 | China Gate | Maj. Cham | Film | 6.2 | 32 |
| 1957 | Joe Dakota | Adam Grant | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1957 | The Lonely Man | Faro | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1957 | The Quiet Gun | Doug Sadler | Film | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1957 | The Badge of Marshal Brennan | Shad Donaphin | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1957 | Raiders of Old California | Damon Pardee | Film | 5.4 | 32 |
| 1957 | Gun Battle at Monterey | Kirby | Film | 5.2 | 32 |
| 1956 | State Trooper | Frank Parnessa | TV | 5.7 | 31 |
| 1956 | Wire Service | Al Sanders | TV | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1956 | It Conquered the World | Dr. Tom Anderson | Film | 4.9 | 31 |
| 1956 | Tribute to a Bad Man | Fat Jones | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1956 | The Conqueror | Chepei | Film | 3.6 | 31 |
| 1956 | Pardners | Gus | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1956 | Accused of Murder | Police Sgt. Emmett Lackey | Film | 4.8 | 31 |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Braden | TV | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Harry Bittercreek Bartender | TV | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Rad | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | John Hooker | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Ike Jeffords | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1955 | Buffalo Bill Jr. | TV | 6.0 | 30 | |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Champion | Frank | TV | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1955 | Treasure of Ruby Hills | Frank Emmett | Film | 5.0 | 30 |
| 1955 | The Big Combo | Fante | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1955 | Ten Wanted Men | Al Drucker | Film | 5.9 | 30 |
| 1955 | A Man Alone | Clanton | Film | 5.8 | 30 |
| 1955 | The Road to Denver | Pecos Larry | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1955 | The Naked Street | Harry Goldish (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1955 | I Cover the Underworld | Flash Logan | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1955 | The Vanishing American | Jay Lord | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1954 | Annie Oakley | Amos Belcher | TV | 5.6 | 29 |
| 1954 | Annie Oakley | Tim Brennan | TV | 5.6 | 29 |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | TV | 7.5 | 29 | |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | Tommy | TV | 7.5 | 29 |
| 1954 | Stories of the Century | Jesse James | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1954 | Princess of the Nile | Hakar (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1954 | The Yellow Tomahawk | Fire Knife | Film | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1954 | Dawn at Socorro | Earl Ferris | Film | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1954 | Gypsy Colt | Hank | Film | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1954 | Arrow In The Dust | Tillotson Henchman | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1954 | Rails Into Laramie | Ace Winton | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1954 | The Desperado | Paul Clayton/Buck Clayton | Film | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1953 | City Detective | TV | 7.5 | 28 | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Dave Rudabaugh | TV | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1953 | The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | Corp. Stone | Film | 6.6 | 28 |
| 1953 | Vice Squad | Pete Monty | Film | 6.1 | 28 |
| 1953 | The Bandits of Corsica | Nerva | Film | 6.4 | 28 |
| 1953 | Arena | Smitty | Film | 5.0 | 28 |
| 1953 | The Nebraskan | Pvt. Reno Benton | Film | 3.8 | 28 |
| 1953 | Tumbleweed | Marv | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1953 | Jack Slade | Bolt Mackay | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1953 | White Lightning | Brutus Allen | Film | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Bob Wheeler aka Sonora Kid | TV | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | TV | 7.8 | 27 | |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Stanley Perrin | TV | 7.8 | 27 |
| 1952 | High Noon | Jack Colby | Film | 7.7 | 27 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | TV | 4.6 | 27 | |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | 1st Mate Hawl Finch | TV | 4.6 | 27 |
| 1952 | Kansas City Confidential | Tony Romano | Film | 7.1 | 27 |
| 1952 | The Lawless Breed | Dirk Hanley | Film | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1952 | Untamed Frontier | Dave Chittun | Film | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Kit Carson | TV | 6.0 | 26 | |
| 1951 | Boston Blackie | Captain Jansen | TV | 4.0 | 26 |
| 1951 | Boston Blackie | Lou | TV | 4.0 | 26 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Dallas Clancy | TV | 7.2 | 26 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Wink | TV | 7.2 | 26 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Sheriff | TV | 7.2 | 26 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Larkin | TV | 7.2 | 26 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Cowboy | TV | 7.2 | 26 |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show | Hod - Henchman | TV | 4.7 | 25 |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show | Henchman Ray | TV | 4.7 | 25 |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Bull Harper | TV | 6.8 | 24 |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Jango | TV | 6.8 | 24 |