Actor

Lee Van Cleef

January 9, 1925 · Somerville, New Jersey, USA

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.

Notable work

8.5
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
as Sentenza / Angel Eyes
8
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
as Col. Douglas Mortimer
7
Escape from New York (1981)
as Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
7.7
High Noon (1952)
as Jack Colby
7.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
as Reese
8.5
The Twilight Zone (1959)
as Steinhart
7
How the West Was Won (1962)
as River Pirate
7.5
Bonanza (1959)
as Appling
7
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
as Ed Bailey

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