Leevan Cleef

Name: Lee Van Cleef
Height: 6' 2"
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: January 9, 1925
Birth Place: Somerville, New Jersey
Profession: actor
Place of Death: Oxnard, California
Death Date: December 14, 1989
Death Cause: heart attack
   

LEE VAN CLEEF NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • Van Cleef was missing the last joint of his middle finger, a disfigurement prominently featured in the climactic gunfight of THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY.
  • Lost tip of one finger while building his daughter a playhouse. Many rumors suggested that he lost it in a road accident or bar fighter.
  • Does not have a word of dialogue in HIGH NOON (1952).
  • The name of Marshall Nathan Van Cleef in SHANGHAI NOON (2000) is a homage to Lee Van Cleef who starred in many spaghetti westerns.

Quotes
  • "Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me."
FAN SITES  
  • Lee Van Cleef Forever
    http://member.aol.com/VanCleefed/index.htm
    A very cool fan page with great resources on it. Sound files, online store, cool stuff, screenshots, filmography, and more.
  • Lee Van Cleef
    http://members.aol.com/ilcattivo2/
    This is a tribute to this great actor, Lee Van Cleef with chat room, bio, current Lee Van Cleef featured film info, interviews, links, books, and photo gallery.
  • MenCelebs: Lee Van Cleef
    http://www.mencelebs.com/showcelebrity_categoryid-4104.html
    Find links and buy autograph, posters, and movies.