When Lee Van Cleef appeared with Henry Fonda in the play
“Mister Roberts”, Rance Howard (the father of Ron and Clint Howard) was his
roommate on the road when the play travelled from major city to major city.
While in Los Angeles Lee was approached by Stanley Kramer to take part in a
film he was making called “High Noon” when Lee was asked if he could ride a
horse he automatically said, “Of course he could!”. In reality as a guy from
New Jersey he’d never been on one. Thankfully his roommate Rance was raised on
a farm and could ride very well so he and Lee rented horses at a stable next to
Griffith Park and Rance gave Lee a crash course on riding. The result was Lee
got the part and went on to stardom in many westerns including Spaghetti
westerns.
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