Lee Van Cleef

Lee Van Cleef

Active - 1952 - Present  |   Birth - Jan 9, 1925  |   Death - Dec 16, 1989  |   Genres - Western, Drama, Action-Adventure, Crime, Thriller | Subgenres - Western Film, Spaghetti Western, Film Noir, Detective Film, Heist Film

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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.

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