Lee Van Cleef
American actor
Died when: 64 years 341 days (779 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
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.
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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