I thought he was hot in Blazing Saddles. He won a Tony Award and died of "colorectal cancer" in 1992.
He was married for 2 years in the early to mid-70s according to Wikipedia.
Played a flaming queen in Once Bitten with Jim Carey and Lauren Hutton, guilty pleasure viewing.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | September 29, 2021 11:38 PM |
He was "gifted".
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 29, 2021 11:43 PM |
I saw him on Broadway in PURLIE - he was an absolute doll. I don't know if Cleavon was gay but he certainly had sex appeal to spare. What a loss that he died so soon.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 29, 2021 11:51 PM |
Hot hot hot!
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 29, 2021 11:53 PM |
The man was hot af.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 29, 2021 11:56 PM |
He dated a friend’s wife for awhile before they married. Which of course doesn’t mean anything on DL.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 29, 2021 11:58 PM |
Was she Asian?
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 29, 2021 11:59 PM |
Gay or not, he was sexy and funny. A total winning combination.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 29, 2021 11:59 PM |
He was a revelation in buckskin with his leather shirt opened deep down his chest.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 30, 2021 12:06 AM |
He died quite young. It was the AIDS, wasn't it?
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 30, 2021 12:12 AM |
Kudos to R10 for asking the quintessential DL question so early. And extra points for the "the" before "AIDS".
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 30, 2021 12:21 AM |
And he got it because of the homosex?
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 30, 2021 1:04 AM |
We had a radio host in Philadelphia who had no problem saying that Cleavon was bisexual and possibly died from AIDS. The guy talked about movies all day long. Mr. Movies IIRC.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 16, 2021 3:29 PM |
He was funny on the tv show "Temperature's Rising", though that show had like 2 or 3 different revisions and cast changes. I forget if he was on all of them.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 16, 2021 3:33 PM |
I have a friend who was his classmate at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts way back in the 1960s. Said he was a really genuine guy and very talented. Still gets sad when he thinks about him passing away so young.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 16, 2021 3:36 PM |
Died from the AIDS.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 16, 2021 3:41 PM |
Such a talented man and a real loss.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 16, 2021 5:11 PM |
Gorgeous man and a multi-talented actor.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 16, 2021 5:41 PM |
I worked with Cleavon on a Broadway Play called ALL OVER TOWN many years ago. He was a gregarious, fun guy and a real team player. I never got a gay vibe from him but he was definitely gay-friendly.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 16, 2021 5:54 PM |
Still waiting for him to whip it out.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 16, 2021 5:56 PM |
^^ cool pic. CL hot there.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 17, 2021 12:14 AM |