Van Cleef, Lee

1925 – He was born on the 9th day of January this year in Somerville, New Jersey.

1959 – He played different minor characters on four episodes of the TV series The Rifleman between this year until 1962.

1960 - He also appeared as a villainous swindler in the Bonanza episode, “The Bloodline.”

1962 - He played one of Lee Marvin's villainous henchmen in the  John Ford classic The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, with James Stewart and John Wayne.

1980 - He played John Peter McCallister, the "first Occidental to become a ninja" in NBC's The Master.

1984 - His last television appearance was when he left the show The Master.

1989 - He died from a heart attack in Oxnard, California on the 16th day of December this year.