Van Cleef, Lee /væn ˈkliːf/
(1925–89) a US actor with a thin face and narrow eyes who played a villain for many westerns and crime films. He played an important character in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). His other films included High Noon (1952), Gunfight at the OK Corral (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).

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