He was “The Bad”, of course. How can people get that wrong? Of course he had a role as one of the bad guys in High Noon, as well. My personal favorite Lee Van Cleef performance is his deadpan tour de force as Dr. Tom Anderson, a zoned out alien collaborator, in It Conquered the World, opposite Peter Graves as good guy Dr. Paul Nelson.
Anyway, I appreciate these recommendations, as I haven’t seen any of them!
Lee Van Cleef was also one of Liberty’s two partners, (the other was Strother Martin), in the John Wayne/John Ford movie, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. He gets thrown out of the saloon by Wayne after Liberty gets shot.
Apparently in the initial advertising, Tuco was "The Bad" and they changed it later.
"Death Rides a Horse" is available on DVD - not a very high quality print, but a pretty good movie.