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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 Italian Spaghetti Westerns, particularly the Sergio Leone-directed Dollars Trilogy films For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and … See more

    BornClarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. · January 9, 1925 · Somerville, New Jersey, U.S.
    DiedDecember 16, 1989 (aged 64) · Oxnard, California, U.S.
    SpousesPatsy Ruth Kahle · (m. 1943; div. 1958) · Joan Marjorie Drane · (m. 1960; div. 1974) · Barbara Havelone (m. 1976)
    Children4
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    Early life

    Lee Van Cleef was born on January 9, 1925, in Somerville, New Jersey, to Marion Lavinia Van Fleet and Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef. His father was a pharmacist and his mother a concert pianist, both of Dutch descent. Le… See more

    Military service

    After completing his military training, Van Cleef was assigned to a submarine chaser and then to a minesweeper called the USS Incredible, on which he worked as a sonarman.
    The ship ini… See more

    Acting career

    After leaving the navy, Van Cleef returned home to Somerset. A capable trombone player, he played in an amateur dance band. He received his first acting role as George in the play Our Town at the Little Theater Gr… See more

    Personal life

    Van Cleef was married three times. His first marriage was to Patsy Ruth Kahle, in 1943. They had three children, Alan, Deborah and David. They divorced in 1958. His second marriage was to Joan Marjorie Drane, from 1960 to 197… See more

    Death

    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, 24 days short of his 65th birthd… See more

    Awards and nominations

    • Winner Golden Boot (1983) See more

    In popular culture

    • Lee Van Cleef's characters in the Sergio Leone movies inspired the creation of the characters Elliot Belt of the Lucky Luke comic album The Bounty Hunter, and Cad Bane of the Star Wars franchise.
    • The band Primus has … See more

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    Lee Van Cleef. Biography. 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.

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    For a Few Dollars More: Directed by Sergio Leone. With Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè, Mara Krupp. Two bounty killers with similar intentions but different motivations team up to track down a psychotic Mexican outlaw …

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    Jan 25, 2021 · After two more gangster films (Vice Squad (1953) and The Big Combo (1955)), Van Cleef started appearing in Western TV series as a character actor. He made appearances on Stories of the Century...

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