Cast

Lee Van Cleef

1925 – 1989

Active years (films on this site)

1958–1981

Genres

DramaWesternActionAdventureWar

Schools and movements

Spaghetti WesternClassical HollywoodHorror and the Uncanny

Directors worked with

Sergio Leone2 filmsEdward Dmytryk1 filmSergio Sollima1 filmJohn Carpenter1 film

Biography

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 to the Western film and television genre.

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Awards and honours

National / local

• Golden Boot Awards 1983
• American Campaign Medal
• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
• Bronze Star Medal
• European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
• Good Conduct Medal
• World War II Victory Medal

5 films on this site

1. The Young Lions 1958 · Edward Dmytryk · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
2. For a Few Dollars More 1965 · Sergio Leone · IMDb 8.2 · Cast
3. The Big Gundown 1966 · Sergio Sollima · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 · Sergio Leone · IMDb 8.8 · Cast
5. Escape from New York 1981 · John Carpenter · IMDb 7.1 · Cast