Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Jr.
| Sign | Capricorn |
| Born | Jan 9, 1925 Somerville, NJ |
| Died | Dec 16, 1989 Oxnard, CA |
| Age | Died at 64 |
| Final Resting PlaceForest Lawn (Hollywood Hills) | |
Lee Van Cleef | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1952-1989 |
| Top Roles | Ed Bailey, Gus, Maj. Cham, 1st Sgt. Rickett, Jack Colby |
| Top Genres | Western, Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance, Crime |
| Top Topics | Spaghetti Western, Book-Based, Period Piece |
| Top Collaborators | Joseph Kane (Director), Chuck Roberson, Jack Elam, Neville Brand |
| Shares birthday with | Vilma B?nky, Gracie Fields, Anita Louise see more.. |
Lee Van Cleef Overview:
Character actor, Lee Van Cleef, was born Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Jr. on Jan 9, 1925 in Somerville, NJ. Van Cleef died at the age of 64 on Dec 16, 1989 in Oxnard, CA and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills) Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA.
MINI BIO:
Lean, dark-haired, narrow-eyed American actor, almost entirely confined to westerns. After he switched to acting instead of taking over his father's accountancy business, he spent more than a decade in films as ugly villains (with the occasional American Indian thrown in) with itchy trigger fingers. Then he lost his hair, grew a mustache and, recovered from a severe car crash in 1959, pleasantly surprised his fans by becoming a star of spaghetti westerns in the wake of Clint Eastwood. Died from a heart attack.
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Lee Van Cleef Quotes:
Frank Emmett: That's why you ain't a success. You work too cheap.
Monco: [Examining Mortimer's gun] How can somebody in my business go around with a contraption like this?
Col. Douglas Mortimer: That contraption almost sent you to your grave.
[after Mortimer opens safe, Indio declares a cooling off time for the loot]
El Indio: [to Mortimer] And you will wait a month to get your share.
Col. Douglas Mortimer: Naturally!... I'll be in the tavern.
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