Lee Van Cleef (* 9. Januar 1925 in Somerville, New Jersey; † 16. Dezember 1989 in Oxnard, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Film- und Fernsehschauspieler. Van Cleef wurde in Hollywood jahrelang als Nebendarsteller eingesetzt, bevor er sich in der zweiten Hälfte der 1960er Jahre als einer der führenden Stars des Italowesterns etablieren konnte.

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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. Hatchet-faced with piercing eyes, he had 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 began to lose interest in his apparently waning 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.

Military service:

After basic training and further training at the Naval Fleet Sound School, Van Cleef was assigned to a submarine chaser and then to a minesweeper, USS Incredible, on which he worked as a sonarman.

After leaving the Navy, Van Cleef read for a part in Our Town at the Little Theater Group in Clinton, New Jersey and received his first stage role. From there, he continued to meet with the group and audition for parts. The next biggest part was that of the boxer, Joe Pendleton, in the play Heaven Can Wait. During this time, he was observed by visiting talent scouts, who were impressed by Van Cleef's stage presence and delivery. One of these scouts later took him to New York City talent agent Maynard Morris of the MCA agency, who then sent him to the Alvin Theater for an audition.

Van Cleef's screen debut came in High Noon. During a performance of Mister Roberts in Los Angeles, he was noticed by film director Stanley Kramer, who offered Van Cleef a role in his upcoming film. Kramer originally wanted Van Cleef for the role of the deputy Harvey Pell, but as he wanted Van Cleef to have his "distinctive nose" fixed, Van Cleef declined the role in favor of the part of the silent gunslinger Jack Colby. He was then cast mostly in villainous roles, due to his sharp cheeks and chin, piercing eyes, and hawk-like nose, from the part of Tony Romano in Kansas City Confidential (1952), culminating 14 years later in Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

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, at age 64. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, California, with an inscription on his grave marker referring to his many acting performances as a villain: "BEST OF THE BAD". Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Van Cleef, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef, Jr. (Somerville-NJ, 9 de janeiro de 1925 – Oxnard-CA, 16 de dezembro de 1989) foi um ator estadunidense. Em toda a sua carreira fez 350 filmes entre produções para o cinema e para a TV. Na década de 1970 era considerado um dos dez atores mais conhecidos na Europa. Teve problemas com o alcoolismo que o afastaram das telas por alguns anos, mas superou-os na época de ouro dos western spaghetti, trabalhando com o diretor Sergio Leone e o ator Clint Eastwood. Faleceu vítima de um colapso cardíaco, aos 64 anos, em sua residência.

美国演员，以在意大利面西部片中的角色而闻名，例如《多花几美元》和《好、坏和丑》。斧头脸和锐利的眼睛，他拒绝在他的电影处女作《正午》中扮演一个富有同情心的角色，并因此被贬为一个不说话的亡命之徒。十年来，他被塑造成一个小反派，他险恶的特征掩盖了他的演技。在一次车祸中受重伤后，范克利夫开始对他明显衰落的职业生涯失去兴趣，当时塞尔吉奥·莱昂内（Sergio Leone）在《多花几美元》中给了他一个重要角色。这部电影使他成为票房大卖，尤其是在欧洲。

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在海军舰队声音学校接受基础训练和进一步训练后，范克利夫被分配到潜艇追逐者，然后被分配到扫雷舰 USS Incredible，在那里他担任声纳员。

离开海军后，范·克利夫（Van Cleef）在新泽西州克林顿（Clinton）的小剧院集团（Little Theater Group）的《我们的小镇》（Our Town）中朗读了一部分，并获得了他的第一个舞台角色。从那以后，他继续与乐队会面并试镜角色。下一个最重要的部分是拳击手乔·彭德尔顿（Joe Pendleton）在戏剧《天堂可以等待》中的角色。在这段时间里，来访的星探观察了他，他们对范克利夫的舞台表现和表现印象深刻。其中一位星探后来把他带到了纽约市马华经纪公司的经纪人梅纳德·莫里斯（Maynard Morris）那里，后者随后将他送到阿尔文剧院（Alvin Theatre）进行试镜。

Van Cleef 的银幕处女作出现在 High Noon。在洛杉矶罗伯茨先生的表演中，他被电影导演斯坦利·克莱默（Stanley Kramer）注意到，他向范·克利夫（Van Cleef）提供了他即将上映的电影的角色。克莱默最初希望范克利夫扮演副手哈维·佩尔的角色，但由于他希望范克利夫修复他的“独特鼻子”，范克利夫拒绝了这个角色，转而扮演沉默的枪手杰克·科尔比。然后，由于他尖锐的脸颊和下巴、锐利的眼睛和鹰一样的鼻子，他主要出演反派角色，来自《堪萨斯城机密》（1952 年）中托尼·罗马诺 （Tony Romano） 的角色，14 年后在塞尔吉奥·莱昂内 （Sergio Leone） 的《好人、坏人和丑陋的人》（1966 年）中达到高潮

尽管从 1970 年代后期开始患有心脏病，并在 1980 年代初安装了心脏起搏器，但范克利夫继续从事电影工作，直到 1989 年 12 月 16 日去世，享年 64 岁。他被安葬在加利福尼亚州好莱坞山的森林草坪纪念公园公墓，他的墓碑上刻有铭文，指的是他作为反派的许多表演：“BEST OF THE BAD”。以上描述来自维基百科文章Lee Van Cleef，根据CC-BY-SA许可，维基百科上的贡献者完整列表。

Lee Van Cleef, né le 9 janvier 1925 à Somerville, New Jersey, et mort le 16 décembre 1989 à Oxnard, Californie, est un acteur américain.

Surtout connu pour ses rôles dans des westerns, notamment Et pour quelques dollars de plus (1965) et Le Bon, la Brute et le Truand (1966), parmi ses autres films notables on peut citer Colorado (1966), la trilogie Sabata, Le Dernier Jour de la colère (1967), Captain Apache (1971), Le Grand Duel (1972) et New York 1997 (1981).

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Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. (Somerville, Nova Jersey, 9 de gener de 1925 - Oxnard, Califòrnia, 16 de desembre de 1989), conegut com a Lee Van Cleef, fou un actor estatunidenc que aparegué principalment en westerns i pel·lícules d'acció.