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'''Cleavon Little''' isan Tony-award winning African-American actor, who appeared in [[Episode 0270]] of ''[[Sesame Street]]'', as "Pete". He is best known for his role in the [[Mel Brooks|Mel Brooks']] film ''Blazing Saddles'' (for which he replaced [[Richard Pryor]], the co-writer of the film) and the 1970s sitcom ''Temperatures Rising''.
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'''Cleavon Little''' (1939-1992) wasa Tony-award winning African-American actor who appeared in [[Episode 0270]] of ''[[Sesame Street]]'', as Pete. He is best known for his role in the [[Mel Brooks|Mel Brooks']] film ''Blazing Saddles'' (replacing [[Richard Pryor]], a co-writer of the film) and the 1970s sitcom ''Temperatures Rising''.
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Little's television guest appearances include ''[[The Love Boat]]'', ''[[ALF]]'', ''[[The Mod Squad]]'' and ''[[All in the Family]]''. On [[Broadway]] Little appeared in ''Purlie'' and ''I'm Not Rappaport'' (with [[Judd Hirsch]]).
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Little's television guest appearances included ''[[The Love Boat]]'', ''[[ALF]]'', ''[[The Mod Squad]]'' and ''[[All in the Family]]''. On [[Broadway]], Little appeared in ''Purlie'' and ''I'm Not Rappaport'' (with [[Judd Hirsch]]).
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Little got Dolores Robinson, [[Matt Robinson|Matt]]'s wife, a job answering phone for his agent. This lead to her creating Dolores Robinson Entertainment; her first client was [[LeVar Burton]], who was joined by [[Martin Sheen]], Emilio Estevez, Randy Quaid, [[Harry Hamlin]], daughter [[Holly Robinson Peete]], Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Beals, and Montel Williams.<ref>"[http://books.google.ca/books?id=09MDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA74&dq=%22cleavon%20little%22%20dolores&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q=%22cleavon%20little%22%20dolores&f=false Manager Moms]", ''Ebony'', March 1993.</ref>
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Little got Dolores Robinson, [[Matt Robinson|Matt]]'s wife, a job answering phone for his agent. This led to her creating Dolores Robinson Entertainment.<ref>"[http://books.google.ca/books?id=09MDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA74&dq=%22cleavon%20little%22%20dolores&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q=%22cleavon%20little%22%20dolores&f=false Manager Moms]", ''Ebony'', March 1993.</ref>
Cleavon Little (1939-1992) was a Tony-award winning African-American actor who appeared in Episode 0270 of Sesame Street, as Pete. He is best known for his role in the Mel Brooks' film Blazing Saddles (replacing Richard Pryor, a co-writer of the film) and the 1970s sitcom Temperatures Rising.
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