# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cleavon-little
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:37:36.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cleavon-little"
name: "Cleavon Little"
slug: "cleavon-little"
description: "Cleavon Jake Little was an American actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of Purlie, for which he earned both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award. His first leading television role was that of the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland on the ABC sitcom Temperatures Rising (1972–1974). While starring in the sitcom, Little appeared in what has become his signature role, portraying Sheriff Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy film Blazing Saddles."
tagline: "American actor (1939–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cleavon_Little_in_Purlie_1970_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939-06-01"
deathDate: "1992-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3804026050917702
  historical:           18.74320533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001476/"
    handle:    "nm0001476"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump