![Purlie [Original Broadway Cast]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 "Purlie [Original Broadway Cast]")
1970
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4 days ago · Cleavon Little, who played the black sheriff who took on a redneck town in the smash 1974 comedy "Blazing Saddles," died of colon cancer at his home Thursday, his talent agency...
4 days ago · Temperatures Rising (1972-1974) Image Credit: Cleavon Little, Joan Van Ark, Nancy Fox, Reva Rose, and James Whitmore in Temperatures Rising (1972) This sitcom first centered on the hospital’s bizarre staff, led by Paul Lynde. Let’s be honest, though—it wasn’t all smooth sailing for this series.
4 days ago · Blazing Saddles starred Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Slim Pickens, Madeline Kahn, Alex Karras, and Brooks himself, with cameos by Dom DeLuise and Count Basie. It had music by Brooks and John Morris, and a modest budget of $2.6 million.
5 days ago · The final piece to his casting puzzle was the all-important role of the Waco Kid, the drunk counterpoint to the Black Sheriff played by Cleavon Little. Gig Young, a veteran of stage and screen comedies and dramas, as well as a fair share of westerns, was a gamble.
2 days ago · Packed with jokes that would never fly in a modern comedy movie, it tells the story of a Black sheriff (Cleavon Little) trying to protect a town full of people whom his friend the Waco Kid (Gene Wilder, right) describes as “simple farmers… people of the land, the common clay of the New West. You know: morons.”
12 hours ago · Directed by Mel Brooks, Blazing Saddles was released in 1974. The Western spoof comedy stars Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, and more.
1 day ago · Photo Credit: Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment. Directed by Mel Brooks, Blazing Saddles was released in 1974. The Western spoof comedy stars Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens ...
