Lee Van Cleef

Career timeline

1. 1925 · Born

   Born in Somerville, New Jersey, USA

2. 1949 · Screen debut

   The Lone Ranger (TV)

3. 1965 · Breakthrough

   For a Few Dollars More (Movie)

4. 1989 · Latest release

   Speed Zone (Movie)

5. 1989 · Died

   December 16, 1989

Career in numbers

1 1940s

46 1950s

13 1960s

3 1970s

7 1980s

• Western45
• Drama24
• Action & Adventure11
• Action8
• Comedy8
• Crime8

Highest-rated title The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 8.5 Most popular title The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 8.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Lee Van Cleef in our catalogue.

Ted Post

8 titles together

R.G. Springsteen

7 titles together

William Conrad

5 titles together

André de Toth

4 titles together

Robert Altman

4 titles together

Dean Riesner

4 titles together

Lawrence Dobkin

3 titles together

John Wayne

3 titles together

Steven Ritch

3 titles together

Alan Rafkin

3 titles together

1. 1989 Speed Zone as Grandfather 4.5 Movie
2. 1988 The Commander as Col. Mazzarini Movie
3. 1986 Armed Response as Burt Roth 5.1 Movie
4. 1984 Code Name: Wild Geese as Archie 'China' Travers 5.3 Movie
5. 1984 The Master as John Peter McAllister 5.4 TV
6. 1984 Master Ninja as John Peter McAllister Movie
7. 1981 Escape from New York as Police Commissioner Bob Hauk 7.0 Movie
8. 1971 Captain Apache as Capt. Apache 4.7 Movie
9. 1970 Barquero as Travis 6.2 Movie
10. 1970 El Condor as Jaroo 5.4 Movie
11. 1968 Commandos as MSgt. Sullivan 5.7 Movie
12. 1967 Death Rides a Horse as Ryan 7.0 Movie
13. 1967 The Big Gundown as Jonathan Corbett 7.3 Movie
14. 1966 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as Sentenza / Angel Eyes 8.5 Movie
15. 1965 For a Few Dollars More as Col. Douglas Mortimer 8.0 Movie
16. 1965 Laredo TV
17. 1965 My Mother the Car TV
18. 1965 Branded TV
19. 1963 The Dakotas TV
20. 1962 How the West Was Won as River Pirate 7.0 Movie
21. 1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Reese 7.8 Movie
22. 1961 Posse from Hell as Leo 6.2 Movie
23. 1960 The Andy Griffith Show as Skip 7.6 TV
24. 1959 The Untouchables as Frank Diamond 8.1 TV
25. 1959 Hawaiian Eye TV
26. 1959 Law of the Plainsman as Tracey TV
27. 1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Peak TV
28. 1959 Riverboat as Luke Cragg TV
29. 1959 Bonanza as Appling 7.5 TV
30. 1959 The Deputy as Cherokee Kid TV
31. 1959 Black Saddle as Frank Sandoe TV
32. 1959 Rawhide as Fred Grant 7.3 TV
33. 1958 77 Sunset Strip 7.2 TV
34. 1958 Yancy Derringer as Ike Milton TV
35. 1958 The Rifleman 7.1 TV
36. 1958 Bronco TV
37. 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive as Jumbo Kane 7.1 TV
38. 1958 The Bravados as Alfonso Parral 6.6 Movie
39. 1957 The Tin Star as Ed McGaffey 7.0 Movie
40. 1957 Tombstone Territory as Sam Carver TV
41. 1957 Zorro 7.6 TV
42. 1957 Casey Jones as Mort Clio TV
43. 1957 Trackdown as Ben Fraser TV
44. 1957 Maverick 7.1 TV
45. 1957 Perry Mason as Edward Doyle 7.7 TV
46. 1957 Wagon Train as Rufe Beal 6.6 TV
47. 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel as Golias 7.3 TV
48. 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Ed Murdock TV
49. 1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Ed Bailey 7.0 Movie
50. 1956 State Trooper as Frank Parnessa TV
51. 1956 Pardners as Gus 6.7 Movie
52. 1956 The Conqueror as Chepei 3.6 Movie
53. 1955 A Man Alone as Clanton 5.8 Movie
54. 1955 The Adventures of Champion as Frank TV
55. 1955 Cheyenne as Braden 6.2 TV
56. 1955 Buffalo Bill Jr. TV
57. 1954 Studio 57 TV
58. 1954 Annie Oakley as Amos Belcher TV
59. 1953 Jack Slade as Bolt Mackay Movie
60. 1953 City Detective TV
61. 1953 General Electric Theater as Dave Rudabaugh TV
62. 1952 The Ford Television Theatre TV
63. 1952 Cavalcade of America TV
64. 1952 Four Star Playhouse as Bob Wheeler aka Sonora Kid TV
65. 1952 High Noon as Jack Colby 7.7 Movie
66. 1951 Boston Blackie as Captain Jansen TV
67. 1951 The Adventures of Kit Carson TV
68. 1950 Space Patrol as Ward TV
69. 1950 The Gene Autry Show as Hod - Henchman TV
70. 1949 The Lone Ranger as Bull Harper 6.7 TV

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