Lee Van Cleef
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1925-01-09
- Fallecimiento:
- 1989-12-16
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Somerville, New Jersey, USA
Biografía
Clarence LeRoy "Lee" Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American actor best known for his roles in Spaghetti Westerns such as For A Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Hatchet-faced with piercing eyes, he had declined to have his nose altered to play a sympathetic character in his film debut, High Noon, and was relegated to a non-speaking outlaw as a result. For a decade he was typecast as a minor villain, his sinister features overshadowing his acting skills. After suffering serious injuries in a car crash, Van Cleef began to lose interest in his apparently waning career by the time Sergio Leone gave him a major role in For a Few Dollars More. The film made him a box-office draw, especially in Europe. Despite suffering from heart disease from the late 1970s and having a pacemaker installed in the early 1980s, Van Cleef continued to work in films until his death on December 16, 1989, at age 64. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, California, with an inscription on his grave marker referring to his many acting performances as a villain: "BEST OF THE BAD".
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Filmografía
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann
Klaus Kinski - Ich bin kein Schauspieler
Thieves of Fortune
Lo mejor de las artes marciales
Los locos del Cannonball 3
Comando suicida
El poder de las armas
La leggenda del rubino malese
The Master Ninja 5
Comando Patos Salvajes
Goma-2
Master Ninja
Master Ninja II
The Master
1997: Rescate en Nueva York
Duelo final
The Hard Way
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
El regreso de Chris Gretchco
Objetivo: matar
Nowhere to Hide
La venganza
Seis balas... una venganza... una oración
Por la senda más dura
El Kárate, el Colt y el Impostor
Mátalos, jefe... te ayudo
Gran duelo al amanecer
El desafío de los siete magníficos
Capitán Apache
El hombre de Río Malo
Texas, 1870 (El retorno de Sabata)
Los forajidos de Río Bravo
El Condor
Oro sangriento
Los chacales del desierto
Más allá de la ley
El día de la ira
De hombre a hombre
El halcón y la presa
El bueno, el feo y el malo
Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations
La muerte tenía un precio
Laredo
My Mother the Car
Branded
The Dakotas
La conquista del Oeste
El hombre que mató a Liberty Valance
Justicieros del infierno
Stagecoach West
The Andy Griffith Show
The Slowest Gun in the West
Mr. Lucky
Los Intocables
Intriga en Hawai (Serie de TV)
The Alaskans
La dimensión desconocida
Law of the Plainsman
El Show de June Allyson