Editing Lee Van Cleef (section)

== In popular culture ==
{{in popular culture|date=May 2018}}
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* Lee Van Cleef's characters in the Sergio Leone movies inspired the creation of the characters Elliot Belt of the ''[[Lucky Luke]]'' comic album [[Chasseur de primes|''The Bounty Hunter'']],<ref>{{cite book |last=Lombard |first=Philippe |title=Goscinny-scope: D'Astérix au Viager, tout le cinéma du maître de la BD |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NXwzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT40 |publisher=Dunod |date=September 6, 2017 |page=40 |isbn=9782100771110 |language=fr}}</ref> and [[Cad Bane]] of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-cinema-behind-star-wars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly |title=The Cinema Behind Star Wars: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly |date=December 17, 2012 |access-date=June 16, 2018 |work=[[StarWars.com]] |publisher=[[Lucasfilm Ltd.]]}}</ref>
* The band [[Primus (band)|Primus]] has a song about Lee Van Cleef on their album ''[[Green Naugahyde]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1WaOKlldIE| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/d1WaOKlldIE| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=Primus – Lee Van Cleef (Official Music Video)| date=June 27, 2012|via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* Guitarist and ex-[[Guns N' Roses]] member Ron Thal recorded an instrumental piece titled "The Legend of Van Cleef".
* The ''[[Warcraft]]'' universe features the villain Edwin Van Cleef, inspired by Lee Van Cleef.
* The [[Black Library]] magazine ''[[Inferno!]]'' featured several short stories, within the [[Necromunda]] setting, starring a bounty hunter named Nathan Creed, who was written as a homage to Lee Van Cleef; writer [[Jonathan Green (speculative fiction writer)|Jonathan Green]] described the character as "Lee Van Cleef, Clint Eastwood, The Man With No Name and John Wayne all rolled into one",<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jonathangreenauthor.blogspot.com/2011/04/n-is-for-nathan-creed.html|title=Jonathan Green, Author: N is for Nathan Creed|last=Green|first=Jonathan|date=April 16, 2011|website=Jonathan Green, Author|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> and illustrations in the magazine clearly showed Creed as physically nearly identical to Van Cleef.
* [[Philip Pullman]], author of the bestselling trilogy ''[[His Dark Materials]]'', stated that the first name of his fictional American explorer, airman, and crack marksman Lee Scoresby was a reference to Van Cleef, with the character's surname as an homage to the famous Arctic explorer [[William Scoresby]].
* Van Cleef was parodied in ''[[GLC: The Carnage Continues...]]'', a short British comedy film of the late 1980s that humorously joined British politics with Hollywood action stars. Van Cleef is portrayed by the film's director [[Peter Richardson (English director)|Peter Richardson]], though it rather suggests Van Cleef the personage is unrealistically playing [[Tony Benn]], a British member of Parliament.
* Van Cleef served as visual inspiration for the characters of [[Revolver Ocelot]] and Old Snake in the [[Metal Gear Solid|''Metal Gear Solid'' video game series]] as well as inspiring the gunslinger personality of the former.
* Hungarian musician [[Tamás Cseh]] wrote the song "Lee van Cleef".<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.amazon.com/Lee-van-Cleef/dp/B01L97ECEC| title = Lee van Cleef by Tamas Cseh (amazon.com)| website = Amazon}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzZzm0bF0os| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/TzZzm0bF0os| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=Cseh Tamás – Lee van Cleef| date=April 27, 2010|via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*British singers [[Paul_Heaton#Paul_Heaton_and_Jacqui_Abbott|Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott]] mention Lee and [[Clint Eastwood]] in the song, "When I Get Back to Blighty".
*[[The Fugees]] song "The Score" includes the line, "I'm more magnificent than Lee Van Cleef".
*[[Stargate SG-1]] has references to Lee Van Cleef in Season 4, Episode 20 "Entity". The 'Entity' is searching through personnel files on a projected computer screen, with the first listed name that shows up as Lee Van Cleef, with team designation "SG-1" and a rank of "Master". His name appears several more times with pictures of different people. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://eeggs.com/items/52854.html | title=Stargate SG-1 Easter Egg - Lee van Cleef }}</ref>
*In the 2000 comedy-western film ''[[Shanghai Noon]]'', actor [[Xander Berkeley]] portrays an antagonistic character named Marshal Nathan Van Cleef.