When still working as an accountant, Lee Van Cleef was offered an acting job ‘starting on Monday.’

He protested that he needed to give his employer two weeks’ notice, only to be told that he started on Monday or didn’t start at all. When Van Cleef’s employer heard this, he promptly fired him, removing the need for any notice period.

He had almost given up his acting career in the mid-’60s and turned to painting when he was cast by Sergio Leone in ‘For a Few Dollars More’ (1965). It made him a superstar in Europe and restarted his career in the US, making him again a recognizable and bankable name.

He was missing the last joint of his middle finger, a disfigurement prominently featured in the climactic gunfight of ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ (1966). He actually lost it while building a playhouse for his daughter, although there were rumors that it happened in a road accident or a bar fight.

‘Bad guys have always been my bag . . . I look mean without even trying. Audiences just naturally hate me on screen. I could play a role in a tuxedo and people would think I was rotten. You can do much more with a villain part. Movies are full of leading men, most of whom aren’t working. It’s much harder to find a good villain.’ (IMDb). PLEASE INSPIRE OTHERS BY SHARING OUR STORIES

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