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Lee Van Cleef

1925 - 1989

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Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) 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, particularly 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Van Cleef is the 165th most popular actor (down from 129th in 2019), the 401st most popular biography from United States (down from 256th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Actor.

Lee Van Cleef is most famous for his role as the villain in the 1966 film "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

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Among actors, Lee Van Cleef ranks 165 out of 13,578. Before him are Aishwarya Rai, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gloria Stuart, Dianne Wiest, Ben Kingsley, and Bruno Ganz. After him are Audie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, Jeremy Irons, Geraldine Chaplin, Jet Li, and Jim Carrey.

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Among people born in 1925, Lee Van Cleef ranks 23. Before him are Tony Curtis, Giorgio Napolitano, Sammy Davis Jr., Pierre Boulez, Mikis Theodorakis, and Bill Haley. After him are Audie Murphy, Simon van der Meer, Jack Lemmon, Robert F. Kennedy, Carlos Castaneda, and Frantz Fanon. Among people deceased in 1989, Lee Van Cleef ranks 19. Before him are Andrei Sakharov, George Beadle, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Elena Ceaușescu, János Kádár, and Andrei Gromyko. After him are Bette Davis, Emilio Segrè, Laurence Olivier, Osamu Tezuka, Dolores Ibárruri, and Silvana Mangano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lee Van Cleef ranks 401 out of 20,380. Before him are Samuel Colt (1814), Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958), Owen Chamberlain (1920), Edward Thorndike (1874), Rocky Marciano (1923), and John Ford (1894). After him are Audie Murphy (1925), Jamie Foxx (1967), Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921), Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839), James Brown (1933), and Geraldine Chaplin (1944).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lee Van Cleef ranks 88. Before him are Spencer Tracy (1900), Ava Gardner (1922), Sharon Stone (1958), Joe Pesci (1943), Gloria Stuart (1910), and Dianne Wiest (1946). After him are Audie Murphy (1925), Jamie Foxx (1967), Geraldine Chaplin (1944), Glenn Close (1947), Shirley MacLaine (1934), and Leonardo DiCaprio (1974).

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