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Lee Van Cleef
Clarence LeRoy "Lee" Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) 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. Hatchet-faced with piercing eyes, he had 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 began to lose interest in his apparently waning 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.
Despite suffering from heart disease from the late 1970s and having a pacemaker installed in the early 1980s, Van Cleef continued to work in films until his death on December 16, 1989, at age 64. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, California, with an inscription on his grave marker referring to his many acting performances as a villain: "BEST OF THE BAD".
Como intérprete
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann
Klaus Kinski - Ich bin kein Schauspieler
Thieves of Fortune
Los locos del Cannonball 3
Comando suicida
El poder de las armas
La leggenda del rubino malese
The Master Ninja 5
Goma-2
Comando Patos Salvajes
Master Ninja
Master Ninja II
1997: Rescate en Nueva York
Duelo final
The Hard Way
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
El regreso de Chris Gretchco
Objetivo: matar
Nowhere to Hide
La venganza
Seis balas... una venganza... una oración
Por la senda más dura
El Kárate, el Colt y el Impostor
Mátalos, jefe... te ayudo
El desafío de los siete magníficos
Gran duelo al amanecer
Texas, 1870 (El retorno de Sabata)
El hombre de Río Malo
Capitán Apache