Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
August 31, 1935
Died
May 1, 1998 (age 62)
Place of Birth
Wabbaseka, Arkansas, USA
Also Known As
Eldridge Leroy Cleaver
Leroy Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver
Biography
Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. In 1968, Cleaver wrote Soul on Ice, a collection of essays that, at the time of its publication, was praised by The New York Times Book Review as "brilliant and revealing".
Known For
Film
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
2015
Film
Black Panthers
Self
1968
Film
All Power to the People!
Self (archive footage)
1996
Film
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
1972
Film
A Huey P. Newton Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
Film
Leaving Cleaver
Self
1999
Film
1 P.M.
Self
1971
Film
Off the Pig (Newsreel #19)
1968
Film
Repression
1969
Film
Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther
Self
1970
Film
The FBI's War on Black America
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
A Decade of Struggle
Self
1980
Film
Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back)
1971
Film
Kathleen und Eldridge Cleaver in Algier
1970
Film
Around South Central
1970
Filmography
2015FilmThe Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolutionas Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)2001FilmA Huey P. Newton Storyas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1999FilmLeaving Cleaveras Self1996FilmAll Power to the People!as Self (archive footage)1990FilmThe FBI's War on Black Americaas Self (archive footage)1980FilmA Decade of Struggleas Self1972FilmMalcolm Xas Self (archive footage)1971Film1 P.M.as Self1971FilmCongo Oyé (We Have Come Back)1970FilmEldridge Cleaver, Black Pantheras Self1970FilmAround South Central1970FilmKathleen und Eldridge Cleaver in Algier1969FilmRepression1968FilmBlack Panthersas Self1968FilmOff the Pig (Newsreel #19)