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Lee Van Cleef

Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 film and television roles in a career spanning nearly 40 years, but is best known as a star of spaghetti Westerns, holding starring roles in the Sergio Leone-directed Dollars Trilogy films, For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). In 1983, he received a Golden Boot Award for his contribution…

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entertainment · American actor (1925–1989) · film actor · military personnel · television actor · actor · dancer · military officer · also Lee Van Cleef, Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Jr., Cleef

Born 9 January 1925 · Died 16 December 1989 · Q193278

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Won Golden Boot Awards (1983).
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2026· 1 entry

Aug 15, 2026Documented record69% confidence

Yahoo: 5 Best Lee Van Cleef Western Movies, Ranked

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1989· 1 entry

Dec 16, 1989Documented record86% confidence

Died 1989-12-16.

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1984· 1 entry

1984Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was cast as a ninja master in the NBC adventure series The Master, but it was canceled after 13 episodes

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1983· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1983Documented record84% confidence

Won Golden Boot Awards (1983).

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1983Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Received a Golden Boot Award for his contribution to the Western film and television genre

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1965· 1 entry

1965Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Leone cast Van Cleef, whose career had yet to take off, as a main protagonist alongside Clint Eastwood in For a Few Dollars More

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1963· 1 entry

1963Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Appeared on Perry Mason (episode: "The Case of the Golden Oranges")

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1961· 1 entry

1961Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Played a role on episode seven ("The Grave") of the third season of The Twilight Zone starring Lee Marvin

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1960· 2 entries

1960Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Married Joan Marjorie Drane, and they divorced in 1974

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1960Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Appeared as a villainous swindler in the Bonanza episode, "The Bloodline" (December 31, 1960), and also made an appearance on Gunsmoke

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1959· 1 entry

1959Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Van Cleef appeared as Luke Clagg in the episode "Strange Request" of the NBC Western series Riverboat, as Jumbo Kane in the episode "The Hostage" on the CBS Western series "Wanted Dead or Alive", and in an episode of Mav

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1958· 2 entries

1958Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was cast as Ed Murdock, a rodeo performer trying to reclaim the title in the event at Madison Square Garden in New York City, on Richard Diamond, Private Detective

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1958Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was cast as Deputy Sid Carver in the episode "The Great Stagecoach Robbery" of another syndicated Western series, Frontier Doctor, starring Rex Allen

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1955· 1 entry

1955Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was cast twice on the syndicated Western series, Annie Oakley and guest-starred on the CBS Western series Brave Eagle

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1954· 1 entry

1954Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Appeared as Jesse James in the syndicated series Stories of the Century

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1952· 1 entry

1952Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Made his television debut when he was cast in the episode "Formula for Fear" of the Western aviation series Sky King

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1943· 1 entry

1943Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And the couple had three children before divorcing in 1958

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1925· 2 entries

Jan 9, 1925Documented record86% confidence

Born 1925-01-09.

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Jan 9, 1925Documented record70% confidence

In Somerville, New Jersey, to Marion Lavinia Van Fleet and Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef

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