I remember how disgusted I was when Walter Matthau, in some dumb bedroom Comedy, won 'Best Supporting Actor' over Eli Wallach's "Tuco" at that years Academy Awards.....
The eyes were unmatched. Imagine my surprise in Tinker AFB Ok, I came into the squadron one day and bumped into a kid who turned around we locked eyes, almost in shock I looked at his name tag, Van Cleef. It was his Grandson. He was like a carbon copy. Nice kid by the way.
I so wish Lee Van Cleef had turned to Tony Bennett and said "Tony, could I borrow your hairpiece? It looks terrible on you, but I think it would do wonders for me."
He had a magnetic charisma on screen that immediately grabbed the viewer's attention. He could say so much with just his eyes and facial expressions without having to say a word.
Is this the guy on the Gun smoke episode where they were busting up the newspaper printing place? Yes that's him, he was one of them bad guys busting up the newspaper place, but he wasn't doing much damage,, he was just assing around LOL😆
Johnny Carson was the BEST late night host...and Even if they replayed his old stuff...it would be more entertaining than what they have on TV today!!!
As a young girl I absolutely LOVED Lee Van Cleef. He was my first CRUSH! I fell for his sexy villainous look when dad watched the Good the Bad and the Ugly, Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More. It was always playing somewhere on tv, so Dad would always turn it on when it was on the schedule. Anyhow, I’m pretty sure Lee Van Cleef was the model for the men I found myself quite drawn to as a young woman…and today!
@@BELCAN57 loved to watch tonight show with Johnny Carson funny entertainment , even back then I'd look forward to his monologues.well 😒 glad I can U tube when I spot an interesting one on goggle feed like this one Lee thanks 👍 great stuff and what he and then Jonny said about about Hero Tony Bennett, great job.thanks
Actors like Lee and Charles Bronson and George Kennedy and Lee Marvin worked for years and years with bit parts in movies before they finally broke out and became big stars.
Thanks for posting this. I love Lee Van Cleef. Enjoyed this interview. Johnny still the King of late night. I don't know what this other stuff is about. I want entertainment not heavy politics and vitriol. A showman for the ages.
@@russell3380 Yeah, so did I. Craig Ferguson was great. I never bothered with watching, or hearing, any of the rest of them out there. It was Johnny & Craig were my two favorites. If Jay Leno had stayed on Johnny's show, I would have continued to watch it because I liked Jay and thought he was funny.
Lee Van Cleef, Jack Palance, Lee Marvin, Henry Silva & a few others, were the the great "heavies" in many 1950's movies! Unlike Marvin & Palance, Van Cleef never progressed to 'leading man' status! Regrettably, they have all passed away & are sadly missed by millions of aging "baby boomers", like me! R.I.P. et al!
He had a lot of success over in Europe as a lead in several spaghetti westerns. All in all he had a pretty good career compared to the vast majority of actors.
The first movie I saw him in was the classic sci-fi movie The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms. He had a bit part near the end. He played the sharpshooter who helped kill the beast....also he lost part of his right middle finger in an accident at home.
Without Lee, Clint’s career probably would have stagnated in the Spaghetti western genre after ‘A fistful of dollars’. I recall being just as mesmerised by Lees incredible super cool portrayal as the relentless Bounty Hunter as I was by Clint and Gian Maria Volonte. All of them were absolutely great throughout the sequels, Lee adding an extra edge of meanness and cool, clever cunning.
Lee’s presence on screen is unforgettable no matter what roll he plays. Wether it’s a character actor or main heavy. Lee Marvin had the same presence on screen. Those spaghetti westerns will immortalized lee for ever!
He was never better than when he was portraying a cinnamon roll. However, when he went full-method as a dinner roll, the performance was incomprehensible.
Lee Van Cleef was one of those great journeyman actors that appeared in the 1950s and 60s that we boomers grew up with in the movies and greatly miss. Rest easy, Lee, we loved and still love your work!
Lee Van Cleef is my idol! My hero! Has been since I was 10 1/2 years old. Sergeant "Angel Eyes" Sentza a.k.a. Il Cattivo is & always will be my favorite characters he ever portrayed in "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" (1966), along with Colonel Douglas Mortimer in "For A Few Dollars More" (1965) & Police Commissioner Bob Hauk in "Escape From New York" (1981)!
@@dangerdavefreestyle🤠I've seen it & I so LOVE "Day Of Anger" as well! I LOVE the Cast & music in that movie! Lots of other talented Spaghetti Western Veteran Actors were in that movie which also made me wanna see it even more! Oh boy & 3 different kinds of Outlaw Gangs were in that movie which made the movie even more spectacular when it came to the gun battle scenes! 😀😉😁🤠
How wonderful! One of my all time favorite actors, westerns or otherwise, comes on the JC Show and he's elegant, smart, funny and relatable. Everyone knows the intense stare, the prominent nose, the chiseled face, his infamous clipped finger. This cat was always scary without saying a word and here he is, polite and charming as Sunday morning and from NJ of all places. A former accountant(?) Wow! There aren't many interviews of Lee Van Cleef. What a great insight into one of Hollywood's most iconic stars.
I have a signed 8x10 studio photo of Lee from some 35-years-ago. I used to walk for health, and I would walk by his home in an exclusive area equipped with a boat dock. Lee would be out in his garage drinking and chain smoking cigarettes. A very friendly, humble, and likable guy. FYI: It was in Oxnard, California.
I love Lee van Cleef ❤️. I'm surprised they didn't say anything about Bill Carson as a joke. For those who don't get this Bill Carson was the person Lee's character Angel Eyes was chasing in The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Thank you Sir, for serving and defending our country. A N D thank you for playing in and starring in so many great westerns through the years. R. I. P. Lee🇺🇲Van🇺🇲Cleef
He was great in "For a Few Dollars More" playing a hi-tech gunfighter with all those fancy rifle and pistol combinations. I thought he actually up-staged Clint Eastwood. He was excellent and we lost him way to early in life.
Excellent villain actor. His presence resonated past the screen and scared you silly. Very tall man for sure. Love these wonderful shows and great actors like Mr. Van Cleef.
The Master was actually an interesting series historically ! The Medallion he's wearing represents his clan ! Incidentally his Tombstone reads " Best of the Bad " . R.I.P. Snake Eyes ❤🙏
I came by this show accidentally and I am so happy to watch it. Lee van Cleef has always been one of my favorite actors and he seemed to be a lovely person
Huge fan here 🙌❤ Im 38 years old and he's my favourite actor ^^ Such a sweet, humble and cool man 😍 When i saw the first time Lee Van Cleef in the movie for a few dollars more I was shook, I was like whoaa who's that charismatic gunslinger!? Imagine yourselves in the studio there, shake his hand and take a signed autograph from him 🥲 Ahh i was born too late 😩 He's the most talented actor ever. Yeah his most iconic role is Angel eyes but my top 3 movies are: Death Rides a Horse, The Big Gundown, For a Few Dollars More 😎
Never heard Lee interviewed before seems a real nice guy, and now I need to watch The Good The Bad and the Ugly again, oh and For a Few Dollars More, classic movies.
Sou brasileiro e admirador do trabalho de Lee Van. Os filmes de faroeste, não seriam o que foi, sem a atuação dessa lenda e mito das antigas. Um dos melhores atores da época.
Lee Van Cleef had heterochromatic eyes - one being green and the other blue. However, his sinister features with hook nose, steely eyes and sharp cheeks and chin soon typecast him in minor villainous roles in films of different genres for the next 13 years or so.
I'd like to believe you, but in his movies his eyes are brown... Lenses ? I mean, "The Good, the bad and the ugly" is full of close-ups, and you never notice that he has heterochromatic eyes (whereas you can't miss it with David Bowie for example !).
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. Arguably the greatest western of all time. But do you remember Lee Van Cleef playing a small bit in an Andy Griffith show? hint......Jerry Van Dyke was also a guest on the show.
Loved him on The Master as a kid and Escape From NY (Lee: "The president's been kidnapped." Kurt Russell: "The president of what?" Lee: "That's not funny, Pliskin").
The very definition of an "iconic" actor. So many great roles! Including a magnificently varied performance in the films The Bravados(1958), and El Condor(1970).
I Thank Lee Van Cleef for being the inspiration for Revolver Ocelot. I loved him in Escape from New York. He seemed cool. I seen behind the scene pics of him laughing with Kurt Russell and John Carpenter like they had a really GOOD time on set.
