Ron Van Clief

Ron Van Clief

Ron "The Black Dragon" Van Clief is a martial arts legend. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1943, he started martial arts training in his early teens. At 5 feet 10 inches and 190 pounds, Van Clief was fast, powerful, and tough. He won 10 New York State Full-Contact Karate Championships. He won multiple Karate Point-Fighting Titles. By the early 1970s he had earned his 10th Degree Black Belt. His karate record was reported to be 110-8. In 1994 at age 51, he launched a comeback on December 16, 1994 fighting former World JuJitsu Lightheavyweight and Ultimate Fighting World Champion Royce Gracie. The Black Dragon landed one good punch, but was taken to the canvas where after a valiant battle was choked into submission, thus ending one of the greatest fighting careers in martial arts history.

  • Popularity : 0.989
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1943-01-25
  • Place of Birth : Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Ron Van Clief Movies

  • 1980
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    Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
    Fist of Fear, Touch of Death

    4.3 1980 HD

    A television reporter interviews fighters and promoters about Bruce Lee in preparation for a tournament to claim the title of “Successor to the...

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  • 1994
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    UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors
    UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors

    6.9 1994 HD

    UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on December 16, 1994, at the...

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  • 1979
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    Kung Fu Fever
    Kung Fu Fever

    4.4 1979 HD

    A training manual supposed used by Bruce Lee himself has mysteriously disappeared and is highly sought after by good and evil alike.

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  • 1974
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    The Black Dragon
    The Black Dragon

    4.8 1974 HD

    Decent, simple, honest Chinese farmhand and ace martial artist Tai-Lin goes to the Philippines to seek his fortune. He befriends scruffy petty street...

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  • 1975
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    Black Dragon's Revenge
    Black Dragon's Revenge

    4.6 1975 HD

    Three rival gangs embark on a search for Bruce Lee's handwritten "finger fighting " manual.

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  • 1978
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    Way of the Black Dragon
    Way of the Black Dragon

    6 1978 HD

    Allison Wong gets abducted by a gang of drug smugglers with a nasty sideline business involving white slavery and prostitution. Interpol agent Bill...

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  • 1975
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    Bamboo Trap
    Bamboo Trap

    1 1975 HD

    The boldest man-trap ever to be set up!

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  • 1976
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    The Super Weapon
    The Super Weapon

    5.5 1976 HD

    A 1970s documentary that highlights various martial arts fighting styles and features African American martial arts master Ron Van Clief aka "Black...

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  • 1978
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    The Squeeze
    The Squeeze

    5.2 1978 HD

    A retired safe cracker is recruited by a young conman to return to the "business" for a million dollar heist.

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  • 1999
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    Colorz of Rage
    Colorz of Rage

    5 1999 HD

    Writer-director Dale Resteghini's indie drama follows a young interracial couple (Resteghini and Nicki Richards) whose recent move to New York from...

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  • 2023
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    Enter the Clones of Bruce
    Enter the Clones of Bruce

    8.8 2023 HD

    Get ready to play a game of death… and another… and another. This wild documentary dives into the Bruce Lee exploitation craze.

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  • 2020
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    The Hanged Man: The Story of Ron Van Clief
    The Hanged Man: The Story of Ron Van Clief

    5.5 2020 HD

    The astonishing true story of Ron Van Clief, the first black martial arts movie star, known as "The Black Dragon". His determination to win —...

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  • 2001
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    Blazin'
    Blazin'

    4 2001 HD

    The daughter of a druglord and the son of the chief of police fall in love in this Romeo & Juliet-esque street drama.

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  • 1993
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    Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee
    Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee

    8.1 1993 HD

    Death by Misadventure: The Mysterious Life of Bruce Lee exposes the truth behind Lee's death and the cover-up that ensued.

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  • 2019
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    Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
    Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

    6.8 2019 HD

    The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong...

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  • 2020
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    That's Brucesploitation! Making Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
    That's Brucesploitation! Making Fist of Fear, Touch of Death

    1 2020 HD

    This retrospective featurette includes words from filmmaker Jim Markovic, producer Terry Levene, screenwriter Ron Harvey, director Matthew Mallinson,...

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  • 1995
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    Top Fighter
    Top Fighter

    6.4 1995 HD

    Welcome to the world of the martial arts. A voyage for the times of the martial arts cinema, from the beginning in China in the 6th Century A.C. by a...

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  • 2018
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    Hot Lead Hard Fury
    Hot Lead Hard Fury

    1 2018 HD

    1977: Industrial ghetto "Steel City" is under siege from organized crime, corruption, and a new synthetic drug called "Voodoo Blue". When news of a...

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  • 2021
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    Snow Black
    Snow Black

    2 2021 HD

    Sarah Camden, a special operations soldier with PTSD, returns home to bury her mother. She realizes that she has to rid her hometown of gangs, drugs...

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  • 1995
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    UFC 7: The Brawl In Buffalo
    UFC 7: The Brawl In Buffalo

    6.4 1995 HD

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  • 2020
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    The Hanged Man: The Story of Ron Van Clief
    The Hanged Man: The Story of Ron Van Clief

    5.5 2020 HD

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