Birthday
1925/01/09
Day of death
1989/12/16 (64 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Somerville, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Jr., 李·范克里夫, 리 밴 클리프
Clarence LeRoy "Lee" Van Cleef Jr. 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...Read more
(1952) High Noon
as Jack Colby
(1965) For a Few Dollars More
as Col. Douglas Mortimer
(1981) Escape from New York
as Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
(1957) The Tin Star
as Ed McGaffey
(1952) Kansas City Confidential
as Tony Romano
(1957) Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Ed Bailey
(1955) The Big Combo
as Fante
(1956) Pardners
as Gus
(1980) The Octagon
as McCarn
(1970) Barquero
as Travis
(1989) Speed Zone
as Grandfather
(1956) It Conquered the World
as Dr. Tom Anderson
(1959) Ride Lonesome
as Frank
(1968) Beyond the Law
as Billy Joe Cudlip
(1958) The Young Lions
as 1st Sgt. Rickett
(1953) The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
as Corp. Stone
(1974) The Stranger and the Gunfighter
as Dakota
(2014) Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann
as (archive footage)
(1957) The Lonely Man
as Faro
(1956) Accused of Murder
as Police Sgt. Emmett Lackey
(1972) The Magnificent Seven Ride!
as Marshal Chris Adams
(1958) The Bravados
as Alfonso Parral
(1972) The Grand Duel
as Sheriff Clayton
(1975) Take a Hard Ride
as Kiefer
(1955) Ten Wanted Men
as Al Drucker
(1967) The Big Gundown
as Jonathan Corbett
(1986) Armed Response
as Burt Roth
(1990) Thieves of Fortune
as Sergio Danielo Christophero
(1967) Death Rides a Horse
as Ryan
(1969) Sabata
as Sabata
(1971) Return of Sabata
as Sabata / Major
(1973) Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
as Frankie
(1979) When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self
(1956) Tribute to a Bad Man
as Fat Jones
(1958) Machete
as Miguel
(1967) Day of Anger
as Frank Talby
(1953) Vice Squad
as Pete Monty
(1970) El Condor
as Jaroo
(1957) China Gate
as Maj. Cham
(1976) Kid Vengeance
as McClain
(1984) Killing Machine
as Julot
(1976) God's Gun
as Father John / Lewis
(1985) Jungle Raiders
as Warren
(1971) Bad Man's River
as Roy King
(1968) Commandos
as MSgt. Sullivan
(1952) The Lawless Breed
as Dirk Hanley
(1971) Captain Apache
as Capt. Apache
(1953) The Bandits of Corsica
as Nerva
(1953) Arena
as Smitty
(1954) Gypsy Colt
as Hank
(1980) The Hard Way
as McNeal
(1957) Raiders of Old California
as Damon Pardee
(1988) The Commander
as Col. Mazzarini
(1954) Arrow In The Dust
as Tillotson Henchman
(1984) Code Name: Wild Geese
as Archie 'China' Travers
(1954) Dawn at Socorro
as Earl Ferris
(1954) Princess of the Nile
as Hakar (uncredited)
(1977) The Perfect Killer
as Harry Chapman
(1952) Untamed Frontier
as Dave Chittun
(1954) The Yellow Tomahawk
as Fire Knife
(1957) Joe Dakota
as Adam Grant
(1955) Treasure of Ruby Hills
as Frank Emmett
(1955) The Vanishing American
as Jay Lord
(1957) The Badge of Marshal Brennan
as Shad Donaphin
(1957) The Quiet Gun
as Doug Sadler
(1953) The Nebraskan
as Pvt. Reno Benton
(1957) Gun Battle at Monterey
as Kirby
(1954) Rails Into Laramie
as Ace Winton
(1953) Jack Slade
as Bolt Mackay
(1957) Last Stagecoach West
as Steve Margolies
(1978) The Squeeze
as Chris Gretchko / Ray Sloan
(1960) The Slowest Gun in the West
as Sam Bass
(1962) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Reese
(2003) Octagon : le combat des maîtres
as ---
(1953) Tumbleweed
as Marv
(1961) Posse from Hell
as Leo
(1966) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
as Sentenza / Angel Eyes
(1955) A Man Alone
as Clanton
(2000) Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
as Col. Douglas Mortimer (archive footage)
(1962) How the West Was Won
as River Pirate (uncredited)
(1956) The Conqueror
as Chepei
(1985) The Master Ninja 5
as John Peter McAllister
(1955) I Cover the Underworld
as Flash Logan
(1990) The Best of the Martial Arts Films
as Self (archive footage)
(1954) The Desperado
as Paul Clayton/Buck Clayton
(1955) The Road to Denver
as Pecos Larry
(1984) Master Ninja
as John Peter McAllister
(1977) Nowhere to Hide
as Ike Scanlon
(1984) Master Ninja II
as John Peter McAllister
(1958) Day of the Badman
as Jake Hayes
(1953) White Lightning
as Brutus Allen
(1959) Guns, Girls and Gangsters
as Mike Bennett
(1955) The Naked Street
as Harry Goldish (uncredited)
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as Skip
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1959) Mr. Lucky
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Rad
(1957) Perry Mason
as Edward Doyle
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Dave Rudabaugh
(1959) Hawaiian Eye
as ---
(1957) Zorro
as ---
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as ---
(1965) Laredo
as ---
(1955) The Adventures of Champion
as Frank
(1959) Rawhide
as Fred Grant
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as Golias
(1965) My Mother the Car
as ---
(1958) Yancy Derringer
as Ike Milton
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Dallas Clancy
(1957) Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Ed Murdock
(1958) Bronco
as ---
(1959) The Alaskans
as ---
(1959) Black Saddle
as Frank Sandoe
(1965) Branded
as ---
(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Jumbo Kane
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1963) The Dakotas
as ---
(1958) Lawman
as ---
(1959) Law of the Plainsman
as Tracey
(1959) Riverboat
as Luke Cragg
(1956) Wire Service
as Al Sanders
(1955) Buffalo Bill Jr.
as ---
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as ---
(1984) The Master
as John Peter McAllister
(1953) City Detective
as ---
(1951) The Adventures of Kit Carson
as ---
(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Peak
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as ---
(1951) The Adventures of Boston Blackie
as ---
(1954) Studio 57
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as ---
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Bull Harper
(1959) The Deputy
as Cherokee Kid
(1958) Lawman
as Deputy Clyde Wilson
(1957) Casey Jones
as Mort Clio
(1959) The Untouchables
as Frank Diamond
(1959) Rawhide
as Deck Sommers
(1957) Trackdown
as Ben Fraser
(1955) Cheyenne
as Braden
(1955) Gunsmoke
as John Hooker
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Ike Jeffords
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as 1st Mate Hawl Finch
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Larkin
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sheriff
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Wink
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Cowboy
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Bob Wheeler aka Sonora Kid
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Jango
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as Stanley Perrin
(1959) Bonanza
as Appling
(1957) Tombstone Territory
as Sam Carver
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as Corbin
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Majeski
(1955) Cheyenne
as Harry Bittercreek Bartender
(1956) State Trooper
as Frank Parnessa
(1957) Wagon Train
as Rufe Beal
(1950) The Gene Autry Show
as Hod - Henchman
(1950) The Gene Autry Show
as Henchman Ray
(1954) Annie Oakley
as Amos Belcher
(1954) Studio 57
as Tommy
(1954) Annie Oakley
as Tim Brennan
(1954) Stories of the Century
as Jesse James
(1960) Stagecoach West
as Lin Hyatt