Lee Van Cleef

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Birth Name: Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef, Jr

Born: 9 January 1925 Died: 16 December 1989

Country of origin: United States

Height: 6' 2"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Patsy Ruth

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Moustache = Manly (45 items)
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Published 13 years, 9 months ago

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Gone, but not forgotten (1870 items)
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As Cool As It Gets (150 items)
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Published 11 years, 1 month ago

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Tribute to the Dinosaurs of the Cinema (122 items)
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Published 9 years, 9 months ago

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Rest in Peace (475 items)
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Published 13 years, 1 month ago

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Description: Following a wartime tour with the Navy, New Jersey-born Lee Van Cleef supported himself as an accountant. Like fellow accountant-turned-actor Jack Elam, Van Cleef was advised by his clients that he had just the right satanic facial features to thrive as a movie villain. With such rare exceptions as The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1954), Van Cleef spent most of his early screen career on the wrong side of the law, menacing everyone from Gary Cooper (High Noon) to the Bowery Boys (Private Eyes) with his cold, shark-eyed stare. Van Cleef left Hollywood in the '60s to appear in European spaghetti Westerns, initially as a secondary ac ... (more)