The Tragic Life And Scandalous Ending Of Lee Van Cleef 

My father loved him. He used to say "he is so bad that he is good" What an amazing man he was!

The villain that is loved throughout the world. He is unique and his acting and posture is outstanding

None of us will have a happy ending, but Van Cleef made every movie he was in worth watching up till the very end of his career.

I was born in 1949 so I grew up watching westerns in the movies, and t.v. Lee Van Cleef was one of the best character actors, ever! He had a face only a mother could love! LOL!!! When I found out Lee Van Cleef was appearing in a western, I knew it had to be worth watching. His presence always overshadowed the lead character. RIP Lee Van Cleef, and thank you for your service to our country, and the film legacy you left behind for the world to enjoy.

He also was in several episodes of The Rifleman. With those penetrating eyes, he played a convincing villain you didn't want to mess with. As one of the best, Mr. Van Cleef will be missed. Among many others movies, he was superb in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

I remember Van Cleef from his many roles in westerns. An amazing actor and career. I always enjoy watching his performances.

He and Charles Bronson are unrepeatable. RIP

Great actor. Never in my opinion received the recognition like Clint. He was the good bad and the Ugly all in one.

Man.... he had a great face!, coolest bad guy ever!

My father & I watched westerns every Saturday. Lee Van Cleef was always on the screen. No western is complete without Lee Van Cleef. No matter what transpired in his later years he was the man westerns were made of

When i first ever saw him i was totally amazed, what a character plus alongside Clint Eastwood. They made the spaghetti western the success it was. Never forgotten lee and that devilish mischievous look.

My grandfather and Lee were lookalikes, every time I watch him I see my own grandad, who passed away in 1973, rip Lee and grandpa 😢

One of my childhood hero's. I enjoyed all his work. The world is a sadder place without him.

Van Cleef one of my favourite actors I love watching his movies especially western ones his mean looking acting is amazing and great one of the greatest actors of all time. Thanks.

He’s the Clint Eastwood of bad guy actors, only not having as long a life and career. There’s a mystery to his presence that very few actors have.

One of my favorite actors. That gravely voice and squinting eyes were unique.

Lee Van Cleef, the giant of Western movies the world will love forever. RIP most precious one. We all love you and we are thankful for your beautiful work

I was a fan of Lee since our paths crossed in 1961. I was 17 and got in some trouble and went to jail in Salem Mass. I should have gone to a juvenile detention facility but they wanted to teach me a lesson. So there wasn't much to do there except to play poker with the guy in the next cell. It was Lee Van Cleef. His first wife had him arrested for not paying alimony or child support. They could throw you in jail for that in 61. His second marriage must have triggered her. Anyway he didn't talk much at first but after a couple of months he told me about his acting career and how they wanted him to get a nose job. He said he was killed three times by Chuck Conners on the rifleman show. He said his nose got him called back. He was pretty humble as he had done a lot of movies before 61 but I only found that out by seeing him in some movies. I was happy to see him on TV shows and in movies later. He never got the recognition and attention he deserved until the role of Angel Eyes. He was the nicest guy I ever met in jail. RIP Lee.

Van Cleef was always so convincing as a villian, menacing onscreen performances.

An instantly recognisable actor, due to his unusual eyeset and high cheekbones. A memorable man who really left his mark. 👍👍

One of my favorite actors! RIP Mr. Van Cleef

As a bulgarian person, even that i speak and understand English well, watching the movies with Van Cleef never made me feel him like an evil personality. He rather was emitting the energy of a calm, cunning, well mannered leader figure that every kid showd have in his childhood to take example of. 😮

I am 74 years old and a Malaysian during the 60s in my hometown Muar every weekends three cinemas will be housefull all will be cowboy movies,Clint Eastwood Lee van cleef and also Franko Nero and others.I still remember these movies.

One of my favorite actors

Lee Van Cleef is a prototype actor of the 60s. Both Lee and Steve Mcqueen are the 1960s movie houses of yesteryear. RIP Lee and Steve. You are both missed.

Funny they would want to change his nose. It's what makes his "look". A normal nose just wouldn't give him that tough villain personage that made him so great on screen.

He had the amazing ability to be the “bad guy” but still be someone you could understand and relate to. An awesome actor that made any film he was in enjoyable.

Love to have information on Lee Van Cleef, but did not need the cringe-worthy AI narration. When will that trend die?

I never get tired of him watching in Dollarsries especially " Good Bad & Ugly !

Is it possible to have a better "Clint squint" than Clint!?! Close up scene in The Good, The Bad And The Ugly is the best! 🇺🇲💪🇺🇲👁️🇺🇸

Never mind Clint Eastwood Lee Van Cleef made them Superstars an unsung legend

He was the villan that made the.box office stars look good,deserved an OSCAR

Lee Van Cleef was one of the best

Man, Lee Van Cleef having a stare out with Klaus Kinski was some intense shit.

when i was 7 or 8 years old in the mid 60s i was able to meet lee van cleef. he came to the small town where i lived to visit his relatives who my aunt was friends with we went to their house and sat at the kitchen table with mr. van cleef we were there about 45 minutes and i remember he was one of the most kind and gracious people i have ever met he spoke to me as if i was and old friend. i know i ask dumb questions but it didn't bother him one bit he answered all my silly questions as if they were the most important thing in the world. i'm in my late 60s now and i will remember that day till i die. R.I.P lee van cleef. a great man.

He is one of the greatest

Thanks for this, always liked him on shows, didn't know what a good man he was.

he was a very good actor.respect.

From the days of an extra till his impeccable days as top gun actor , I watched many of his films . Just loved him, one of my favourite. 👍👌🤗❤️🙏

just loved him in the big the bad and the ugly. incredible. looked hard as nails.

He such an amazing actor...He did everything he was supposed to do in life ......He will be forever missed and remembered......🎬🎥🔥💪👊🙏

Lee Van Cleef was offered the Gary Cooper role I the movie High Noon - but only if he had rhinoplasty on his nose. Instead he had a minor role as one of the bad guys Did you know Angel Eyes had one blue eye and one green eyes

Lee Van Cleef. AMAZING actor. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly = One of my most favorite films. I'm going to Spain to see the Sad Hill Cemetary.

The "Best of the Bad", his tombstone says it all. El Mirage Land and Cattle Company El Mirage, Arizona

00:08 Loved to hate and not hated to love.

Enjoyed watching all his rolls over the years.

" You know. That guy who played the bad guy" Oh, what's his name? Well, he was dam good at what he did. R.I.P. sir, you did service to your country, and you made a lot of kids love the Western Cowboy Moivie. For both, I salute you. Whatever your name was.

Having just Watched this Documentary About Lea Van Cleef Brilliant Man & Actor, Allways admired this Man from the First time i saw him in High Noon 1952;? It was telling to myself he was going to play a bad Guy in Most of his early films ,Gun fight O.K Corral 1957 Burt Lancaster & Is good Friend Kirk Douglas, Lea. Had about 4 minutes in that film when Kirk killed him & that is about how it went for him in early films, Surprised all the Western' s he made Not a very good Horse Man, Anyway, The two films with Mr Eastwood Brilliant Acting Parts for Lea. Sadly Missed, Lea Van Cleef. God Bless you,

Van Cleef did end up learning a little bit of Italian, though in his New Kersey accent. He did so in order to appear on talk shows for movie promotions. Speaking of talk shows, I kind of hated that Johnny Carson appearance. I was like, "come on, Carson, at least pretend you're interested." For a change in role, I recommend El Condor. It's not great, but Van Cleef gives a very good performance different than much of his career. Jaroo is slightly eccentric, often drunk, and both funny and sad, a bit of a proto Jack Sparrow.

One of my all time favorites, classic actor, Thankyou! Mr. LFC.

Great face wonderful actor ..I love such a actor's

iI met him on a construction site! He was very nice

What an awesome actor!!!!! Loved all of his work!!!!!

The movie was not titled "For a few more dollars". It was titled "For a few dollars more"!

An icon of the western movies

Old school actors had values because they were brought up properly, even when from humble beginnings.

Van cleef should have played " Dracula"

I liked him the most in for a few dollars more , Col. Douglas Mortimer , thanks to Sergio Leone that he discovered this man

Great video, but do something about the poor artificial reader.

Lee Van Cleef, what a badass appearance and a pro. RIP.

Legend. Great screen presence.

I enjoy his film brilliant actor RIP 🙏🏿

One of the best!...possibly coolest man in all hollywood

I was surprised that his short lived TV series “Night Stalker” didn’t catch on better. I don’t know if it was his last job or not, but I thought it was unique and rather creative, even though it left his hard-guy image in the past. I wish he could have stuck around a bit longer.

What a great actor and he was one of my mother's favorites and I still watch the spaghetti westerns even though Clint was the main star, Lee wasn't far behind in my eyes.

Excellent! Thank you for taking the time to make this one! =)

Hats off to him my beloved villain.Good bad and ugly. Ever in our memory

No mention of his role as Sherlock Holmes. Released in 1992 after his death, TV movie titled “Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls”

What's so "tragic" about Van Cleef's life? Everyone has difficulties. His onscreen work was marvelous.

He is a famous actor in our fays now i am 84 i liked him much.

excellent documentary, thank you

I clearly recall him being in many movies and being a gifted actor. I knew nothing previous to this video, about his personal life. Interesting . Thank you.

None like Li van cleef. The true legend un forgettable

You could get an Oscar for the documentary with the most irrelevant clips!

He was a fine actor and played all his rolls perfectly!

He was ALWAYZ MY FAVORITE.

The good the bad and the ugly, what an epic movie

When the casting agents needed a bad guy for an upcoming "oater", they'd say "Get me Van Cleef", or maybe "Where's Bronson?", or "See if Marvin is Available" or "Borgnine, Elam (Jack), Lauter (Harry), Dehner (John), Bettger (Lyle), and even Steele (Bob), who was a good guy in earlier days. Yep, these bad hombres played the characters we loved to hate. I always wondered how many times Allan Lane beat up or killed Roy Barcroft.

Where in the hell does this narration come from?

I love much this Great actor ❤❤❤❤

Van Lee Fleec was simply unforgettable...

Van Lee???, A Few More Dollars?? Can you not read???

I always liked the characters Lee Van Cleef played. To me, he was always "the good guy". Rest In Peace, my friend...

My dad was inspired by him

He was just one of those more vivid characters i grew up watching on the homescreen or one of his more famous movie parts.like part of the furniture. Cool to watch

Loved him a lot. In india first day first show was a crazy but we did it for western movie. Indeed he was marvelous actor.

That alleged minesweeper at 03:34 is actually a knox-class destroyer, later reclassified as a fast frigate in the 70's. Note the landing pad for a SH-2 Seasprite helo and the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow anti-missile system on the fantail. I spent 3 years on one.

Excellent portrayal👍

He was the best villain Clint Eastwood ever had.

Point in fact: At 11:38, the ever-so-brilliant editor at "Prime Discovery" states: ...and a shattered knee cap on his left foot...? Huh? I'm not very anatomically savvy, but I'm pretty sure the right knee (as shown in the illustration) and the left foot aren't exactly next door neighbors. Just sayin...

Death Van Cleef's grave at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Despite suffering from heart disease from the late 1970s and having a pacemaker installed in the early 1980s,[24] Van Cleef continued to work in films until his death on December 16, 1989, at age 64.[25] He collapsed in his home in Oxnard, California, from a heart attack.[26] Throat cancer was listed as a secondary cause of death.[27] He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, California,

Lee Van Cleef was always one of my favorite actors. Too bad this awful video with the even worse AI narration was the best Prime Discovery could do. On a planet of eight billion people, they couldn't find one real, live person to narrate this? And in many places we could have listened to Van Cleef speaking his parts instead of the constant nattering of the 'narrator'.

Love that missing finger story, what a lovely man!!!!!!!!!

I liked the job he did in every movie I saw him in. He's no Clint Eastwood, but still a capable actor!

You didn't mention his lead role in the 80s television series " THE MASTER."

Why claim he had a Sad ending....Do you even research these video's or just pack in the Tragic titles in the hopes of getting more views he in fact lived a full life and had many interest outside of acting, he was a Painter ran a successful business with one of his X wives, the only serious issue he had in his life was firstly his bad knee which caused him pain, His heart problems for which he had a Pacemaker and later Cancer. Be he lived a full life and was working till his death his last film came out after his death.

Love you always Mr Lee van cleef may he rest in peace loved missed but not forgotten in our hearts ❤forever and always 😇💐💝🫶🏻

Nothing tragic about Lee as he had a stellar career & life & we all have problems in life as did he but tragic i don't think so . Look at the medals he won during his time in the service & all the roles he got to play especially with Clint & those great Spaghetti Westerns he was so good in . He was lucky to survive his car crash but who hasn't crashed in their lifetime of driving . The sad part was he was only around his mid 60s when he passed & yea that's tragic but he lived the life many would have done anything to have . Ole Angel Eyes may be gone but he won't be forgotten & that also is not tragic & i would bet he knew that. RIP Lee you gave us much to enjoy even if many times it was being the bad guy. For Lee , What a shot he was & whenever he got paid he always followed though !!!!

💕👍 short but top in : the man who shot liberty valence….💪❤️

REST IN PEACE,THANKS FOR YOUR GREAT MOVIES,AND THANKS TO LEONE FOR EMPLOYING THIS TOP STAR FROM AN ITALIAN AUSTRALIAN NO1 FAN