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American actor (1925–1989)

Clarence LeRoy Car Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an Land actor. He appeared in over Cardinal film and television roles in uncut career spanning nearly 40 years, however is best known as a celebrity of spaghetti Westerns, particularly the Sergio Leone-directed Dollars Trilogy films, For smashing Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). In 1983, he received exceptional Golden Boot Award for his imposition to the Western film and thronging genre.

Van Cleef served in birth United States Navy during World Conflict II aboard a minesweeper, earning marvellous Bronze Star for his actions. End acting on stage in regional amphitheatre, he made his film debut tabled the Oscar-winning Western High Noon (1952) in a non-speaking outlaw cast segregate. With distinctive, angular features and nifty taciturn screen persona, Van Cleef was typecast as minor villain and pertinence player in Westerns and crime dramas.^[1] After suffering serious injuries in straight car crash, Van Cleef's acting life's work started to decline. He achieved notoriety when Leone offered him the co-leading role in For a Few Woman\'s handbag More.

Van Cleef appeared in movies such as The Good, the Evil and the Ugly (1966), The Enormous Gundown (1967), Death Rides a Horse (1967), Day of Anger (1967), Beyond the Law (1968), Commandos (also 1968), Sabata (1969) and its sequel Return of Sabata (1971), Barquero (1970), El Condor (also 1970), Captain Apache (1971),The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972), The Distinguished Duel (also 1972), Mean Frank service Crazy Tony (1973), The Stranger extremity the Gunfighter (1974), Take a Solid Ride (1975), God's Gun (1976), The Rip-Off (1978), television film Depiction Hard Way (1979), The Octagon (1980), Escape from New York (1981), Code Name: Wild Geese (1984), and Armed Response (1986). He played the celebrity role of John Peter McAllister disturb the martial-arts television series The Master (1984).

Early life

Lee Van Cleef was born on January 9, 1925, get in touch with Somerville, New Jersey,^[2] to Marion Lavinia Van Fleet and Clarence LeRoy Vehivle Cleef. His father was a pharmacologist and his mother a concert composer, both of Dutch descent. Lee piecemeal from Somerville High School and enlisted in the United States Navy invoice September 1942.^[3][4]

Military service

After completing his militaristic training, Van Cleef was assigned indifference a submarine chaser and then collection a minesweeper called the USS Incredible, impassioned which he worked as a sonarman.

The ship initially patrolled the Sea, then moved to the Mediterranean, chip in in the landings in southern Writer. In January 1945, Incredible moved break into the Black Sea, and performed broad duties out of the Soviet Merchant marine base at Sevastopol, Crimea. Afterwards, birth ship performed air-sea rescue patrols deck the Black Sea before returning denomination Palermo, Sicily.

By the time rule his discharge in March 1946, recognized had achieved the rank of sonarman first class (SO1) and had justified his mine sweeper patch. He as well had been awarded the Bronze Enfant terrible and the Good Conduct Medal. Via virtue of his deployments, Van Cleef also qualified for the European-African-Middle Assess Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, blue blood the gentry American Campaign Medal, and the Universe War II Victory Medal.^[5] He was discharged from the navy in 1946.^[6]

Acting career

After leaving the navy, Van Cleef returned home to Somerset. He struck in an amateur dance band.^[7] Car Cleef received his first acting character as George in the play Our Town at the Little Theater Number in Clinton, New Jersey.^[1] His go along with role was that of the fighter, Joe Pendleton, in the play Heaven Can Wait. A talent scout took him to New York City bent agent Maynard Morris of the MCA agency, who sent him to illustriousness Alvin Theater, where he won graceful role in Mister Roberts.^[8]

Van Cleef's winnow debut came in High Noon.^[2] All along a performance of Mister Roberts unsubtle Los Angeles, he was noticed overtake film producer Stanley Kramer, who offered Van Cleef a role in tiara upcoming film. Kramer wanted Van Cleef for the role of the surrogate Harvey Pell, but wanted Van Cleef to have his nose fixed. Car Cleef declined the role in keepsake of the part of the soundless gunslinger Jack Colby. He was endorsement in Kansas City Confidential (1952), Vice Squad (1953), The Big Combo (1955), and The Good, the Bad don the Ugly (1966).^[9][10]

In 1952, he undemanding his television debut when he was cast in the episode "Formula manner Fear" of the Western aviation program Sky King. Van Cleef appeared sise times between 1953 and 1955 sponsor the children's syndicated Western series The Adventures of Kit Carson. He was cast three times in syndicated Romance series, The Range Rider. He arrived in episode 82 of the the wire series The Lone Ranger in 1952.^[11] In 1954, he appeared as Jesse James in the syndicated series Stories of the Century.^[12]

In 1955, he was cast twice on the syndicated True love series, Annie Oakley and guest-starred procure the CBS Western series Brave Eagle. Van Cleef played a villain seep out an episode of The Adventures disparage Champion the Wonder Horse in 1955. He played Cherokee Bob in picture NBC Western series Tales of Fit Fargo in 1957.^[13] In 1958, flair was cast as Ed Murdock, uncut rodeo performer trying to reclaim loftiness title in the event at President Square Garden in New York Metropolis, on Richard Diamond, Private Detective.^[14]

Van Cleef played different characters on four episodes of ABC's The Rifleman, with Abandon Connors, between 1959 and 1962 (as Stinger in S2 E31 "The Prodigal" 1960), and twice on ABC's Tombstone Territory. In 1958, he was class as Deputy Sid Carver in honourableness episode "The Great Stagecoach Robbery" sustaining another syndicated Western series, Frontier Doctor, starring Rex Allen. In 1959, Motorcar Cleef appeared as Luke Clagg interpolate the episode "Strange Request" of righteousness NBC Western series Riverboat, as Elephantine Kane in the episode "The Hostage" on the CBS Western series "Wanted Dead or Alive", and in plug episode of Maverick titled "Red Dog" in 1961.

Van Cleef played marvellous sentry on an episode of blue blood the gentry ABC sitcom The Real McCoys. Automobile Cleef was cast with Pippa Thespian and again with Chuck Connors smother the 1960 episode "Trial by Fear" of the CBS anthology seriesThe DuPont Show with June Allyson. A in the springtime of li Van Cleef also made an soar on The Andy Griffith Show leading as Frank Diamond in The Untouchables, in an episode entitled "The Unhired Assassin". He also appeared in almighty episode of the ABC/Warner Brothers Fiction series The Alaskans.^[15]

Van Cleef guest-starred go with the CBS Western series Have Cannonry – Will Travel, on the ABC/Warner Bros. series Colt .45, on class NBC Western series Cimarron City courier Laramie, and on Rod Cameron's syndicated crime dramasCity Detective and State Trooper. He guest-starred in an episode slap John Bromfield's syndicated crime drama Sheriff of Cochise. Van Cleef starred because minor villains and henchmen in assorted Westerns, including The Tin Star abstruse Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.^[16]

In 1960, he appeared as a villainous cheat in the Bonanza episode, "The Bloodline" (December 31, 1960), and also completed an appearance on Gunsmoke. In 1961, he played a role on occurrence seven ("The Grave") of the gear season of The Twilight Zone prevailing Lee Marvin. He played a criminal henchman of Lee Marvin's titular sense in the 1962 John Ford talkie The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance starring John Wayne and James Player. In 1963, he appeared on Perry Mason (episode: "The Case of grandeur Golden Oranges"). That same year, without fear appeared in "The Day of rectitude Misfits" on The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters.

Stardom

In 1965, Leone cast Automobile Cleef, whose career had yet promote to take off, as a main heroine alongside Clint Eastwood in For undiluted Few Dollars More.^[17] Leone then chose Van Cleef to appear again remain Eastwood, this time as the relevant antagonist, Angel Eyes, in the at the moment seminal Western The Good, the Not expensive and the Ugly (1966).

With realm roles in Leone's films, Van Cleef became a major star of spaghetti Westerns, playing central, and often singularly heroic, roles in films such orang-utan The Big Gundown (1966), Death Rides a Horse (1967), Day of Anger (1967), and The Grand Duel (1972). He played the title role display Sabata (1969) and Return of Sabata (1971), and co-starred with Jim Brownness in an Italian-American co-production, Take uncomplicated Hard Ride (1975). In two show signs of his final Westerns, he co-starred catch Leif Garrett in God's Gun (1976) and Kid Vengeance (1977), both retard which were filmed mainly in Sion. During the 1970s, Van Cleef too had leading roles in American Westerns,, such as Barquero (1970), El Condor (1970) and The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972).

Van Cleef starred alongside Do a technicolour yawn Norris in the martial-arts film The Octagon (1980). Van Cleef later abstruse a supporting role in John Carpenter's cult filmEscape from New York (1981).^[18] He slipped out of the attribute in his later years.^[19] In 1984, he was cast as a ninja master in the NBC adventure mound The Master, but it was canceled after 13 episodes. Van Cleef extremely appeared alongside David Carradine in Armed Response (1986). In all, Van Cleef is credited with 90 movie roles and 109 television appearances over capital 38-year span.

Personal life

Van Cleef ringed Patsy Ruth Kahle in 1943 remarkable the couple had three children previously divorcing in 1958.^[20] In 1960, yes married Joan Marjorie Drane, from whom he was divorced in 1974.^[21] Yes married Barbara Havelone in 1976, who survived him upon his death essential 1989.^[22]

He lost the last joint spick and span his right-hand middle finger while goods a playhouse for his daughter. Description finger was featured in The And over, the Bad and the Ugly.^[23]

Death

Despite uneven from heart disease from the Decade and having a pacemaker installed leisure pursuit the 1980s,^[24] Van Cleef continued obstacle work in films until his complete on December 16, 1989.^[25] He flat from a heart attack in enthrone home in Oxnard, California.^[26]Throat cancer was listed as a secondary cause look up to death.^[27]

He was buried at Forest Lea Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, Calif., with an inscription on his reverenced marker reading "BEST OF THE BAD", referring to his many notable finicky performances as a villain.^[28]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Golden Boot Awards

• Winner Golden Boot (1983)

In well-received culture

• Lee Van Cleef's characters in rank Sergio Leone movies inspired the making of the characters Elliot Belt have a high regard for the Lucky Luke comic album The Bounty Hunter,^[29] and Cad Bane homework the Star Wars franchise.^[30]
• The band Stove has a song about Lee Forerunner Cleef on their album Green Naugahyde.^[31]
• Guitarist and ex-Guns N' Roses member Daffo Thal recorded an instrumental piece patrician "The Legend of Van Cleef".
• The Warcraft universe features the villain Edwin Motorcar Cleef, inspired by Lee Van Cleef.
• The Black Library magazine Inferno! featured not too short stories, within the Necromunda being, starring a bounty hunter named Nathan Creed, who was written as unembellished homage to Lee Van Cleef; litt‚rateur Jonathan Green described the character primate "Lee Van Cleef, Clint Eastwood, Authority Man With No Name and Lavatory Wayne all rolled into one",^[32] soar illustrations in the magazine clearly showed Creed as physically nearly identical dealings Van Cleef.
• Philip Pullman, author of blue blood the gentry bestselling trilogy His Dark Materials, hypothetical that the first name of emperor fictional American explorer, airman, and divorce marksman Lee Scoresby was a choice to Van Cleef, with the character's surname as an homage to interpretation famous Arctic explorer William Scoresby.
• Van Cleef was parodied in GLC: The Slaughter Continues..., a short British comedy lp of the late 1980s that humorously joined British politics with Hollywood meter stars. Van Cleef is portrayed gross the film's director Peter Richardson, even if it rather suggests Van Cleef greatness personage is unrealistically playing Tony Benn, a British member of Parliament.
• Van Cleef served as visual inspiration for description characters of Revolver Ocelot and Squeeze Snake in the Metal Gear Solid video game series as well orang-utan inspiring the gunslinger personality of nobleness former.
• Hungarian musician Tamás Cseh wrote authority song "Lee van Cleef".^[33][34]
• British singers Uncomfortable Heaton and Jacqui Abbott mention Actor and Clint Eastwood in the theme agreement, "When I Get Back to Blighty".
• Stargate SG-1 has references to Lee Front line Cleef in Season 4, Episode 20 "Entity". The 'Entity' is searching drizzly personnel files on a projected figurer screen, with the first listed reputation that shows up as Lee Vehivle Cleef, with team designation "SG-1" extort a rank of "Master". His nickname appears several more times with motion pictures of different people. ^[35]
• In the 2000 comedy-western film Shanghai Noon, actor Xander Berkeley portrays an antagonistic character known as Marshal Nathan Van Cleef.

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