Lee Van Cleef Quotes


I'd like to do more comedy, but i think my forte is still in the heavy. I'd love to do a comic lead, a musical.


Citations

Horner, William R. Bad at the Bijou. McFarland & Company, 1982, p. 148.

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Lee Van Cleef
Lee Van Cleef
  • Born: January 9, 1925
  • Died: December 16, 1989
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Actor

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. He 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 had begun to lose interest in his declining 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.