Lee Van Cleef

Lee Van Cleef

January 9, 1925 · 101 years old

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. Hatchet-faced with piercing eyes, he had declined to have his nose altered to play a sympat…

Known For

33 titles
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1966 · 2h 58m · Movie

A bounty-hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.

8.8
2
For a Few Dollars More

For a Few Dollars More

1965 · 2h 12m · Movie

Two bounty killers with similar intentions but different motivations team up to take down a psychotic Mexican outlaw before he and his gang can carry out an audacious bank robbery.

8.2
3
Escape from New York

Escape from New York

1981 · 1h 39m · Movie

In a dystopian 1997, a soldier-turned-bank robber is tasked with rescuing the U.S. President after he crashes into Manhattan, which has been turned into a giant maximum security prison.

7.1
4
High Noon

High Noon

1952 · 1h 25m · Movie

A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon tr...

7.9
5
Death Rides a Horse

Death Rides a Horse

1967 · 1h 54m · Movie

A young gunfighter bent on killing the four bandits who raped and murdered his family crosses paths with a former outlaw, who hopes to extort the same men in revenge for getting him jailed.

7.0
6
The Big Combo

The Big Combo

1955 · 1h 27m · Movie

A police lieutenant is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He goes after Brown's girlfriend, who despises him, for information instead.

7.3
7
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

1953 · 1h 20m · Movie

A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.

6.6
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The Young Lions

The Young Lions

1958 · 2h 47m · Movie

The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.

7.1
9
Kansas City Confidential

Kansas City Confidential

1952 · 1h 39m · Movie

An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.

7.3
10
Ride Lonesome

Ride Lonesome

1959 · 1h 13m · Movie

A bounty hunter escorts a killer to be tried for murder, with the killer's brother after them.

7.1
11
The Tin Star

The Tin Star

1957 · 1h 33m · Movie

A cynical former sheriff turned bounty hunter helps a young, recently appointed acting sheriff with his advice, his experience and his gun.

7.3
12
The Octagon

The Octagon

1980 · 1h 43m · Movie

A martial artist must defeat a plan by ninjas to create a worldwide training camp for terrorists.

5.1
13
Day of Anger

Day of Anger

1967 · 1h 51m · Movie

A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of a famed gunfighter, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.

7.0
14
Sabata

Sabata

1969 · 1h 51m · Movie

A master gunfighter sides with a banjo-playing drifter and a Mexican tramp to foil the dignitaries of Daugherty, who want to use stolen army money to buy land that the railroad will cross.

6.7
15
The Conqueror

The Conqueror

1956 · 1h 51m · Movie

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.

3.7
16
The Magnificent Seven Ride!

The Magnificent Seven Ride!

1972 · 1h 40m · Movie

Forced by personal circumstances, Marshal Chris Adams recruits a writer and five prisoners to help him eliminate a gang of Mexican bandits.

5.6
17
God's Gun

God's Gun

1976 · 1h 34m · Movie

A priest and his twin brother take turns defending a small town from the vicious Clayton gang.

5.0
18
Ten Wanted Men

Ten Wanted Men

1955 · 1h 20m · Movie

After Wick Campbell's ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, the embittered, jealous rancher hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.

6.0
19
Take a Hard Ride

Take a Hard Ride

1975 · 1h 43m · Movie

After selling his cattle in town, ranch owner Morgan unexpectedly dies, and his foreman Pike has to deliver the payroll to Sonora, despite the perilous journey during which he's followed by many shady characters who want the money.

5.7
20
The Lawless Breed

The Lawless Breed

1952 · 1h 23m · Movie

After being released from prison, former gun-fighter John Wesley Hardin hopes to have his autobiography published in order to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation.

6.3
21
Posse from Hell

Posse from Hell

1961 · 1h 28m · Movie

Banner Cole is a tough sheriff's deputy who forms a small posse to go after 4 death cell escapees who killed the sheriff , along with 3 other men, and kidnapped a woman with rape in mind.

6.6
22
A Man Alone

A Man Alone

1955 · 1h 36m · Movie

A gunfighter's main hope lies in the trust of a beautiful woman who hides him out when he is wrongly suspected of a stagecoach massacre.

6.4
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Code Name: Wild Geese

Code Name: Wild Geese

1984 · 1h 41m · Movie

Commander Robin Wesley, leader of a group of mercenaries, go to the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia to overthrow the dictator, who is a major manufacturer and dealer of the world's opium.

5.1
24
Captain Apache

Captain Apache

1971 · 1h 34m · Movie

During the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant, the full-blooded Native American Cavalry officer, Captain Apache, finds himself entangled in a well-planned conspiracy, while on a mission to investigate the death of the Indian Commissio...

4.7
25
Commandos

Commandos

1968 · 1h 38m · Movie

During World War II, an Italian-American commando outfit disguised as an Italian Army unit is parachuted behind Axis lines in North Africa.

5.4
26
China Gate

China Gate

1957 · 1h 37m · Movie

In 1954, during the French Indochina War, an Eurasian female smuggler and a group of French Foreign Legion mercenaries, infiltrate the enemy territory in order to destroy an arms depot.

6.2
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Bad Man's River

Bad Man's River

1971 · 1h 32m · Movie

Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government of one million dollars.

4.6
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The Lonely Man

The Lonely Man

1957 · 1h 28m · Movie

Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him.

6.3
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Vice Squad

Vice Squad

1953 · 1h 28m · Movie

Police procedural film following a few cases assigned to LAPD captain of detectives Barnie Barnaby.

6.6
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Guns Girls and Gangsters

Guns Girls and Gangsters

1959 · 1h 10m · Movie

In Las Vegas, a group of assorted criminals plans the robbery of an armored truck hauling casino money to the bank.

6.2
31
Joe Dakota

Joe Dakota

1957 · 1h 19m · Movie

A stranger rides into town and says he is looking for a local Indian. Told he left town, the truth everyone has been hiding comes out, including the stranger's true identity.

6.6
32
The Commander

The Commander

1988 · 1h 45m · Movie

A Major leads a group of mercenaries whose mission is to protect a disc full of secrets, located in South Asia.

4.8
33
The Quiet Gun

The Quiet Gun

1957 · 1h 17m · Movie

Sheriff Carl Brandon must uphold the law and prevent a lynching when his best friend is accused of murder and immorality by the townsfolk.

6.5