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The Dawn of Life by Jacqui Bailey6/19/2023 ![]() ![]() After suffering serious injuries in a car crash, Van Cleef's acting career started to decline. With distinctive, angular features and a taciturn screen persona, Van Cleef was typecast as minor villain and supporting player in Westerns and crime dramas. After acting on stage in regional theatre, he made his film debut in the Oscar-winning Western High Noon (1952) in a non-speaking outlaw cast role. 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 the Ugly (1966).īorn and raised in New Jersey, Van Cleef served in the United States Navy during World War II aboard a minesweeper, earning a Bronze Star for his actions. (Janu– December 16, 1989) was an American actor. European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign MedalĬlarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. ![]()
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