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Lee Van Cleef

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Biography

Born into a farming family, Lee joined the Navy during World War II and originally intended to make accounting his profession. He joined up…more

Born

1/9/1925, Somerville,New Jersey,USA

Died

12/16/1989

Birth Name

Clarence Leroy Van Cleef, Jr.

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (1)

Role
- The Master
  John Peter McAllister
  - S 1: Ep 13 A Place to Call Home
    8/31/84
  - S 1: Ep 12 Rogues
    8/10/84
  - S 1: Ep 11 Failure To Communicate
    5/4/84
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Java Tiger
    4/13/84
  - S 1: Ep 9 Kunoichi
    4/6/84
  - + 15 More Credits
Guest Star (93)

Role
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 224 July 14, 1970
    7/14/70
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 113 June 10, 1970
    6/10/70
- Ripcord
  Henry Kane
  - S 1: Ep 4 Thoroughbred
- Gunsmoke
  Ike Jeffords
  - S 11: Ep 30 My Father, My Son
    4/23/66
- Laredo
  Mike Kelly (Fallon)
  - S 1: Ep 26 Quarter Past Eleven
    3/24/66
- Branded
  Charlie Yates
  - S 2: Ep 26 Call to Glory (3)
    3/13/66
  - S 2: Ep 25 Call to Glory (2)
    3/6/66
  - S 2: Ep 24 Call to Glory (1)
    2/27/66
- Branded
  Fred Slater
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Richest Man in Boot Hill
    10/31/65
- My Mother the Car
  Nick Fitch
  - S 1: Ep 5 Burned at the Steak
    10/12/65
- The Andy Griffith Show
  Skip
  - S 5: Ep 32 Banjo-Playing Deputy
    5/3/65
- Gunsmoke
  John Hooker
  - S 10: Ep 30 The Pariah
    4/17/65
- Rawhide
  Deck
  - S 7: Ep 3 Piney
    10/9/64
- Rawhide
  Fred Grant
  - S 7: Ep 2 Enormous Fist
    10/2/64
- Destry
  Ace Slater
  - S 1: Ep 2 Destry Had A Little Lamb
    2/21/64
- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
  Raoul Volta
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Day Of The Misfits
    12/15/63
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Majeski
  - S 6: Ep 7 88 Bars
    11/1/63
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Golias
  - S 6: Ep 32 Face of a Shadow
    4/20/63
- Dick Powell Show
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 24 Colossus
    3/12/63
- Perry Mason
  Edward Doyle
  - S 6: Ep 20 The Case of the Golden Oranges
    3/7/63
- The Dakotas
  Slade Tucker
  - S 1: Ep 5 Thunder In Pleasant Valley
    2/4/63
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Corbin
  - S 6: Ep 16 The Treasure
    12/29/62
- The Rifleman
  Johnny Drago
  - S 5: Ep 5 Death Never Rides Alone
    10/29/62
- The Joey Bishop Show (1961)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 20 Double Exposure
    2/7/62
- The Twilight Zone
  Steinhart
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Grave
    10/27/61
- Cheyenne
  Deputy Braden
  - S 6: Ep 2 Trouble Street
    10/2/61
- The Cheyenne Show
  Deputy Braden
  - S 2: Ep 2 Cheyenne: Trouble Street
    10/2/61
- Stagecoach West
  Lin Hyatt
  - S 1: Ep 28 Never Walk Alone
    4/18/61
- The Rifleman
  Wicks
  - S 3: Ep 28 The Clarence Bibs Story
    4/4/61
- Maverick
  Wolf McManus
  - S 4: Ep 25 Red Dog
    3/5/61
- Hawaiian Eye
  Manuel
  - S 2: Ep 24 The Stanhope Brand
    2/22/61
- Bonanza
  Appling
  - S 2: Ep 15 The Blood Line
    12/31/60
- Lawman (1958)
  Jack Sanders
  - S 3: Ep 5 Return of Owny O'Reilly
    10/16/60
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Deet
  - S 3: Ep 1 Attic
    9/16/60
- Colt .45
  Red Feather
  - S 3: Ep 28 The Trespasser
    6/21/60
- Lawman (1958)
  Clyde Wilson
  - S 2: Ep 36 Man on a Mountain
    6/12/60
- Mr. Lucky
  Kruger
  - S 1: Ep 33 Dangerous Lady
    6/11/60
- Gunsmoke
  Rad Meadows
  - S 5: Ep 37 Old Flame
    5/28/60
- The Deputy
  Cherokee Kid
  - S 1: Ep 34 Palace Of Chance
    5/21/60
- The Rifleman
  Stinger
  - S 2: Ep 31 The Prodigal
    4/26/60
- Black Saddle
  Frank Sando
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Cabin
    4/1/60
- The Untouchables
  Frank Diamond
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Unhired Assassin (Pt 2)
    3/3/60
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Unhired Assassin (Pt 1)
    2/25/60
- The Alaskans
  Roc
  - S 1: Ep 21 Peril at Caribou Crossing
    2/28/60
- Hotel de Paree
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 17 Sundance And The Man In Room Seven
    2/12/60
- The June Allyson Show
  Peak
  - S 1: Ep 20 Trial By Fear
    2/8/60
- Law of the Plainsman
  Tracey
  - S 1: Ep 12 Clear Title
    12/17/59
- Riverboat
  Luke Cragg
  - S 1: Ep 13 Strange Request
    12/13/59
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Jumbo Kane
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Hostage
    10/10/59
- The Real McCoys
  1st Sentry
  - S 3: Ep 9 Grampa Fights the Air Force
    9/16/59
- Western Theater
  Rudabaugh
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Thousand-Dollar Gun
    8/7/59
- Lawman (1958)
  Ned Scott
  - S 1: Ep 37 The Conclave
    6/14/59
- Yancy Derringer
  Ike Melton / Frank James
  - S 1: Ep 30 Outlaw at Liberty
    5/7/59
- Cimarron City
  Tom
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Town Is A Prisoner
    3/28/59
- The Rifleman
  Dan Maury
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Deadly Wait
    3/24/59
- Northwest Passage
  Frank Wade
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Fourth Brother
    1/30/59
- Frontier Doctor
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 11 Great Stagecoach Robbery
    12/6/58
- Zorro
  Antonio Castillo
  - S 2: Ep 1 Welcome to Monterey
    10/9/58
- Lawman (1958)
  Walt Hawks
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Deputy
    10/5/58
- Casey Jones
  Mort Clio
  - S 1: Ep 16 A Badge For Casey
    9/7/58
- State Trooper
  Frank Parnessa
  - S 2: Ep 26 710 Hysteria Street
    4/6/58
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective
  Ed Murdock
  - S 2: Ep 8 Rodeo
    2/20/58
- Colt .45
  Devery
  - S 1: Ep 15 Dead Reckoning
    1/24/58
- Wagon Train
  Rufe Beal
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Jesse Cowan Story
    1/8/58
- Trackdown
  Ben Fraser
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Town
    12/13/57
- General Electric Theater
  Rudabaugh
  - S 6: Ep 3 Thousand Dollar Gun
    10/20/57
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Cowboy
  - S 6: Ep 28 The Blue Hotel
    4/12/57
- Tales of Wells Fargo
  Cherokee Bob
  - S 1: Ep 3 Alder Gulch
    4/8/57
- Crossroads (1955)
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 5 Sky Pilot Of The Cumberlands
    11/2/56
- Sheriff of Cochise
  Hackett
  - S 1: Ep 8 Fire On Chiricahua Mountains
    11/2/56
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Stanley Perrin
  - S 5: Ep 4 Measure of Faith
    10/24/56
- Studio 57
  Tommy
  - S 2: Ep 24 Deadline
    2/28/56
- Brave Eagle
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 12 Shield of Honor
    12/14/55
- Henry Fonda Presents the Star and the Story
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Norther
    7/16/55
- The Man Behind the Badge
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Case of the Desperate Moment
    5/21/55
- Annie Oakley
  Amos Belcher
  - S 2: Ep 19 Annie and the Higher Court
    5/15/55
- City Detective
  Hardman
  - S 2: Ep 28 Man Down, Woman Screaming
    4/26/55
- TV Reader's Digest
  Mike
  - S 1: Ep 13 How Charlie Faust Won a Pennant for the Giants
    4/11/55
- Buffalo Bill Jr.
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 7 Boomer's Blunder
    4/1/55
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 28 Ride to the West
    3/18/55
  - S 4: Ep 10 Midnight Haul
    11/12/54
  - S 2: Ep 47 Knave of Hearts
    7/24/53
- Annie Oakley
  Tim Brennan
  - S 2: Ep 8 Annie Breaks an Alibi
    2/27/55
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
  Ed McCleod
  - S 1: Ep 4 Rin Tin Tin and the Raging River
    11/5/54
- The Gene Autry Show
  Thug #2
  - S 4: Ep 13 Outlaw Warning
    10/2/54
- Cavalcade of America
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 32 The Skipper's Lady
    6/8/54
  - S 2: Ep 20 Duel at the OK Corral
    3/9/54
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Tenderfoot
    6/24/53
- Stories of the Century
  Jesse James
  - S 1: Ep 3 Frank And Jesse James
    2/7/54
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Sheriff
  - S 3: Ep 23 Four Things He'd Do
    2/5/54
- Waterfront (1954)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Skipper's Day
    1/1/54
- The Gene Autry Show
  Hide, Outlaw
  - S 3: Ep 12 Rio Renegades
    9/29/53
- The Lone Ranger
  Jango
  - S 3: Ep 46 Stage to Estacado
    7/23/53
- The Lone Ranger
  Bill Harper
  - S 3: Ep 36 The Brown Pony
    5/14/53
- Four Star Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 10 Trail's End
    1/29/53
- Sky King
  Mark
  - S 1: Ep 14 Formula for Fear
    10/4/52
- The Lone Ranger
  Joe Singer
  - S 3: Ep 4 Desperado at Large
    10/2/52
- Space Patrol
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 29 The Derelict Space Station
    7/19/52
- Boston Blackie
  Lou
  - S 2: Ep 10 Inside Crime
    5/12/52
- Boston Blackie
  Captain Jansen
  - S 2: Ep 5 Deep Six
    4/7/52

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Trivia
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- Parents' names were Marion Lavinia and Clarence Leroy Van Cleef.
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- Van Cleef is buried in the Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetary.
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- Van Cleef's family was of Dutch descent.
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Quotes
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- Van Cleef: Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me.
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