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You might not recognize these names but you'd know the faces of these heavies.

Lane Bradford
Arch Johnson
Leo Gordon
John Doucette

True Grit, Nevada Smith, High Noon, Winchester '73..., to name a few.

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Career of Lee Van Cleef:

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes 1952 High Noon Jack Colby Fred Zinnemann with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly Untamed Frontier Dave Chittun Hugo Fregonese with Joseph Cotten and Shelley Winters Kansas City Confidential Tony Romano Phil Karlson
1953 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Corp. Stone Eugène Lourié
The Lawless Breed Dirk Hanley Raoul Walsh with Rock Hudson The Bandits of Corsica Nerva Ray Nazarro
White Lightning Brutus Allen Edward Bernds
Arena Smitty Richard Fleischer
Vice Squad Pete Monte Arnold Laven with Edward G. Robinson From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann
Jack Slade Bolt Mackay Harold D. Schuster
The Nebraskan Private Reno Benton Fred F. Sears
Tumbleweed Marv Nathan Juran with Audie Murphy 1954 Gypsy Colt Hank Andrew Marton
Arrow in the Dust Tilotson Henchman Lesley Selander with Sterling Hayden Rails Into Laramie Ace Winton Jesse Hibbs
The Yellow Tomahawk Fire Knife Lesley Selander
Princess of the Nile Hakar Harmon Jones Uncredited bit part The Desperado The Crayton twins, Paul/Buck Thomas Carr
Dawn at Socorro Earl Ferris George Sherman
1955 Treasure of Ruby Hills Frank Emmett Frank McDonald
Ten Wanted Men Al Drucker H. Bruce Humberstone with Randolph Scott The Naked Street Harry Goldish Maxwell Shane with Anthony Quinn and Anne Bancroft; uncredited Man Without a Star

Uncredited bit part I Cover the Underworld Flash Logan R. G. Springsteen
The Road to Denver Pecos Larry Joseph Kane
A Man Alone Clanton Ray Milland with Ray Milland The Vanishing American Jay Lord Joseph Kane
The Conqueror Chepei Dick Powell with John Wayne and Susan Hayward The Big Combo Fante Joseph H. Lewis with Cornel Wilde 1956 It Conquered the World Dr. Tom Anderson Roger Corman with Peter Graves Tribute to a Bad Man Fat Jones Robert Wise with James Cagney Pardners Gus Norman Taurog with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin Accused of Murder Police Sgt. Emmett Lackey Joseph Kane
1957 The Lonely Man Faro Henry Levin with Jack Palance and Anthony Perkins The Tin Star Ed McGaffey Anthony Mann with Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins The Quiet Gun Doug Sadler William F. Claxton
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Ed Bailey John Sturges with Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster China Gate Maj. Cham Samuel Fuller with Nat King Cole The Badge of Marshal Brennan Shad Donaphin Albert C. Gannaway
The Last Stagecoach West Steve Margolies Joseph Kane
Joe Dakota Adam Grant Richard Bartlett
Gun Battle of Monterey Kirby Sidney Franklin, Jr.
Carl K. Hittleman with Sterling Hayden Raiders of Old California Sgt. Damon Pardee Albert C. Gannaway
1958 Day of the Bad Man Jake Hayes Harry Keller with Fred MacMurray The Bravados Alfonso Parral Henry King with Gregory Peck The Young Lions 1st Sgt. Rickett Edward Dmytryk with Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift and Dean Martin Machete Miguel Kurt Neumann
1959 Guns, Girls, and Gangsters Mike Benett Edward L. Cahn with Mamie Van Doren 1960 Ride Lonesome Frank Budd Boetticher with Randolph Scott 1961 Posse from Hell Leo Herbert Coleman with Audie Murphy 1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Reese John Ford with James Stewart, John Wayne and Lee Marvin How the West Was Won River Pirate John Ford
Henry Hathaway
George Marshall with James Stewart, Carroll Baker, John Wayne and Eli Wallach; Uncredited 1965 For a Few Dollars More Col. Douglas Mortimer Sergio Leone with Clint Eastwood and Klaus Kinski 1966 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly "Angel Eyes"/Sentenza; "The Bad" Sergio Leone with Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach 1967 The Big Gundown Jonathan Corbett Sergio Sollima with Tomas Milian Death Rides a Horse Ryan Giulio Petroni with John Phillip Law Day of Anger Frank Talby Tonino Valerii with Giuliano Gemma 1968 Beyond the Law Billy Joe Cudlip Giorgio Stegani
Commandos MSgt. Sullivan Armando Crispino
1970 Sabata Sabata Gianfranco Parolini
Barquero Travis Gordon Douglas with Warren Oates El Condor Jaroo John Guillermin with Jim Brown 1971 Captain Apache Capt. Apache Alexander Singer with Carroll Baker and Stuart Whitman Return of Sabata Sabata Gianfranco Parolini
1972 The Grand Duel Sheriff Clayton Giancarlo Santi Aka The Big Showdown and Storm Rider Bad Man's River Roy King Eugenio Martín with Gina Lollobrigida and James Mason The Magnificent Seven Ride Chris Adams George McCowan
1973 Mean Frank and Crazy Tony Frankie Diomede Michele Lupo with Jean Rochefort 1974 The Stranger and the Gunfighter Dakota Antonio Margheriti Aka Blood Money 1975 Take a Hard Ride Kiefer Antonio Margheriti with Jim Brown 1976 God's Gun Father John/Lewis Gianfranco Parolini with Jack Palance 1977 Kid Vengeance (it) McClain Joseph Manduke with Jim Brown Quel pomeriggio maledetto (it) Harry Chapman Mario Siciliano
1978 The Rip-Off Chris Antonio Margheriti Aka The Squeeze 1980 The Octagon McCarn Eric Karson with Chuck Norris 1981 Escape from New York Bob Hauk John Carpenter with Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasence and Ernest Borgnine 1983 Goma-2 (it) Julot José Antonio de la Loma (es)
1984 Code Name: Wild Geese China Antonio Margheriti with Klaus Kinski and Ernest Borgnine 1985 Jungle Raiders Warren Antonio Margheriti
1986 Armed Response Burt Roth Fred Olen Ray with David Carradine 1988 Der Commander (de) Col. Mazzarini Antonio Margheriti with Donald Pleasence 1989 Speed Zone aka Cannonball Fever Rock-Skipping Grandfather Jim Drake with John Candy, Brooke Shields and Peter Boyle Thieves of Fortune Sergio Danielo Christophero Michael MacCarthy
Television

Year Title Role(s) Episode(s) Network(s) 1952 Sky King Mark "Formula for Fear" NBC-TV, ABC-TC 1952 Boston Blackie Lou; Captain Jansen Inside Crime; Deep Six
1952-1953 The Range Rider El Latigo; Utah Joe; Rocky Hatch "Treasure of Santa Dolores"; "Outlaw's Double"; "Greed Rides the Range"
1952-1953 The Lone Ranger Joe Singer/Bull Harper/Henchman Jango "Desperado at Large"; "The Brown Pony"; "Stage to Estacado"
1954-1962 Death Valley Days unknown; Brogger "Snowshoe Thompson"; "The Hat That Won the West"
1955 The Man Behind the Badge Floyd "The Case of the Desperate Moment" CBS 1958 Wagon Train Rufe Beal "The Jesse Cowan Story"
1958 Zorro Antonio Castillo "Welcome to Monterey"
1958 Richard Diamond, Private Detective Ed Murdock "Rodeo"
1959 Mr. Lucky
"Dangerous Lady"
1959 Yancy Derringer Ike Milton/Frank James "Outlaw at Liberty"
1959 Wanted: Dead or Alive, Jumbo Kane "The Hostage"
1959 The Real McCoys 1st Sentry "Grandpa Fights the Air Force"
1959-1962 The Rifleman, Dan Maury; Stinger; Wicks; Johnny Drako "The Deadly Wait"; "The Prodigal"; "The Clarence Bibs Story"; "Death Never Rides Alone" ABC-TV 1960 The Slowest Gun in the West Sam Bass TV movie
1960-1966 Gunsmoke Rad Meadows; Johnny Hooker; Ike Jeffords "Old Flame"/"The Pariah"/"My Father, My Son"
1960-1963 Laramie Wes Torrey; Dawson; Mac Morgan; Caleb ".45 Calibre"; "Killer Odds"; "Vengeance"; "The Stranger"
1960 Bonanza Appling "The Blood Line"
1961 Maverick Wolf McManus "Red Dog"
1961-1962 Cheyenne Braden; Larry Jackson; Harry "Trouble Street"; "A Man Called Ragen"; "Man Alone"
1961 The Twilight Zone Steinhart "The Grave" CBS-TV 1961 Stagecoach West Lin Hyatt "Never Walk Alone"
1963 The Dakotas Larry Jackson; Slade Tucker "A Man Called Ragan"; "Thunder in Pleasant Valley" ABC-TV 1963 Perry Mason Edward Doyle "The Case of the Golden Oranges"
1962-1963 Have Gun – Will Travel Corbin; Golias "The Treasure"; "Face of a Shadow"
1964 Rawhide Fred Grant; Deck Sommers "The Enormous Fist"; "Piney" CBS-TV 1965 The Andy Griffith Show Skip "Banjo-Playing Deputy" CBS-TV 1965 My Mother the Car Nick Fitch "Burned at the Steak"
1965;1966 Branded
"The Richest Man in Boot Hill", "Call to Glory" NBC-TV 1966 Laredo Big Mike Kelly "Quarter Past Eleven"
1977 Nowhere to Hide


1979 The Hard Way


1984 The Master John Peter McAllister All episodes; starring role NBC-TV

He was the guy who challenged James Coburn's switchblade and lost in the Magnificent Seven.

Tom Skerritt's character in the Gunsmoke episode called "The Noose". That dude had the most prominent members of the town of Dodge and the fate of the entire city in his hand. He hardly ever showed any emotion throughout.

George Kennedy in Cahill

R.G Armstrong

Martin Landau in Nevada Smith

Luke Askew

Gene Evans

Geoffrey Lewis

Rex Holman

Karl Malden in Nevada Smith and One-Eyed Jacks

Rayford Barnes

Henry Silva

Don Gordon

John Anderson

Jack Elam

Steve Forrest in a couple of Gunsmoke episodes, especially the one where he rapes Miss Kitty and shoots her in the back.

William Smith

If you want to see a really psycho bad man check out Robert Evans in the movie "The Fiend Who Walked The West." You can see why they seldom showed this one on tv but I think it might be on Youtube.