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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 2, 1922
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Leo Gordon
Biography
Leo Vincent Gordon (December 2, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American film and television character actor as well as a screenplay writer and novelist. During more than 40 years in film and television, he was frequently cast as a supporting actor playing brutish bad guys.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Maverick | Poker Player |
| 1994 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies | Wyatt Earp |
| 1990 | Mob Boss | Don O'Reily |
| 1990 | Alienator | Cpl. Coburn |
| 1988 | Big Top Pee-wee | Joe the Blacksmith (as Leo V. Gordon) |
| 1988 | Saturday the 14th Strikes Back | The Evil One |
| 1987 | The Garbage Pail Kids Movie | Guard #1 |
| 1985 | Savage Dawn | Sheriff |
| 1983 | M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers | Officer Horvath |
| 1983 | Fire and Ice | Jarol |
| 1980 | Rage! | Cal's Father |
| 1979 | Bog | Dr. John Warren |
| 1979 | Son of Hitler | Fritz Tünnes |
| 1978 | The Lucifer Complex | C.I.A. Chief Al Norris (uncredited) |
| 1976 | Nashville Girl | Burt |
| 1976 | The Shootist | Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited) |
| 1973 | My Name Is Nobody | Red |
| 1973 | Bonnie's Kids | Charley |
| 1971 | The Trackers | Higgins |
| 1970 | You Can't Win 'Em All | Bolek |
| 1967 | Tobruk | Sgt. Krug |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Heitler |
| 1967 | Devil's Angels | Sheriff Henderson |
| 1967 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Cyrus Breech |
| 1967 | Hostile Guns | Hank Pleasant |
| 1966 | Beau Geste | Krauss |
| 1966 | The Night of the Grizzly | Cass Dowdy |
| 1965 | The Dictator's Guns | Morrison |
| 1964 | Kitten with a Whip | Enders |
| 1963 | The Raven | Grimes (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1963 | The Haunted Palace | Edgar Weeden / Ezra Weeden |
| 1963 | McLintock! | Jones |
| 1963 | Kings of the Sun | Hunac Ceel |
| 1962 | The Intruder | Sam Griffin |
| 1962 | Tarzan Goes to India | Bryce |
| 1962 | The Nun and the Sergeant | Dockman |
| 1960 | Noose for a Gunman | Link Roy |
| 1959 | The Jayhawkers! | Jake Barton |
| 1959 | Escort West | Trooper Vogel |
| 1959 | The Big Operator | Danny Sacanzi |
| 1958 | The Notorious Mr. Monks | Chip Klamp |
| 1958 | Apache Territory | Zimmerman |
| 1958 | Quantrill's Raiders | William Clarke Quantrill |
| 1958 | Ride a Crooked Trail | Sam Mason |
| 1958 | The Cry Baby Killer | Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Baby Face Nelson | John Dillinger |
| 1957 | Lure of the Swamp | Steggins, Insurance Investigator |
| 1957 | The Tall Stranger | Stark |
| 1957 | Man in the Shadow | Chet Huneker |
| 1957 | Black Patch | Hank Danner |
| 1957 | The Restless Breed | Cherokee |
| 1956 | The Steel Jungle | Lupo |
| 1956 | Great Day in the Morning | Zeff Masterson |
| 1956 | Red Sundown | Rod Zellman |
| 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Drayton's Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Conqueror | Tartar Captain |
| 1956 | 7th Cavalry | Vogel |
| 1956 | Johnny Concho | Mason |
| 1955 | Man with the Gun | Ed Pinchot |
| 1955 | Robbers' Roost | Jeff |
| 1955 | Soldier of Fortune | Big Matt |
| 1955 | Seven Angry Men | Martin White |
| 1955 | Santa Fe Passage | Tuss McLawery |
| 1955 | Tennessee's Partner | The Sheriff |
| 1955 | Ten Wanted Men | Frank Scavo |
| 1954 | Riot in Cell Block 11 | Crazy Mike Carne |
| 1954 | The Yellow Mountain | Drake |
| 1954 | Sign of the Pagan | Bleda |
| 1954 | The Bamboo Prison | Pike |
| 1953 | Hondo | Ed Lowe |
| 1953 | Gun Fury | Tom 'Jess' Burgess |
| 1953 | All the Brothers Were Valiant | Peter How |
| 1953 | China Venture | Sgt. Hank Janowicz |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV | Smith |
| 1987 | Wiseguy | |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | Warden Cosgrove ( As Leo V. Gordon) |
| 1982 | Fame | |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Bjorn Johnston |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | |
| 1980 | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | |
| 1980 | Enos | |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Charles Martell |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Clark Streeter |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Charlie Martell (as Leo V. Gordon) |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Eddie Suslow |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | Ebenezer |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1970 | McCloud | |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Sgt. Lewis |
| 1968 | The Outcasts | |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Jack Donohue |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Jennings Thornton |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Cleve |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Ken Quinnlan |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Carl Carney |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | Unit Leader |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | Keller |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Lije Driskill |
| 1967 | Rango | |
| 1967 | Mr. Terrific | Archie Thompson |
| 1966 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | |
| 1966 | Tarzan | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Drunk Driver |
| 1965 | Laredo | |
| 1965 | Get Smart | Grillak |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Silas Morgan |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | MSgt. Caber McVaigh |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | McCanles |
| 1963 | Temple Houston | Charles Grimm |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Jolly Boy |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Fred Kordiak |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Biggie |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Jack Scratch |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Big Jim Lafferty |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Loma Bartender |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Luke Comstock |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Bernie Duncan |
| 1960 | Outlaws | |
| 1960 | The Roaring 20's | |
| 1960 | Coronado 9 | Kyte |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky | Killer |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Chris Jenson |
| 1959 | The Alaskans | |
| 1959 | Lock-Up | |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Rand |
| 1959 | Tightrope | Charlie Carson |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Fargo Taylor |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Pops Gantry |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Daggett |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Whitey |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Evan Sloate |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Early Thorne |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Forsythe |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt | Panicky Miner |
| 1958 | Bronco | |
| 1958 | Lawman | Bull Nickerson |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Joe Quince |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer | Lance Carter |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Red Eric Peterson |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Abe Jordan |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Stack Wade |
| 1957 | Maverick | Big Mike McComb |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Charles Duncan |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Clyde McNally |
| 1957 | 26 Men | |
| 1957 | Official Detective | |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory | Pete Carter |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Bert Talman |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Harkness |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Deputy Moley |
| 1957 | Casey Jones | Deputy Marshal Martin Croy |
| 1956 | Circus Boy | |
| 1956 | State Trooper | Ed Munger |
| 1956 | State Trooper | Dan Quirk |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Jed Scott |
| 1956 | Broken Arrow | Will Carr |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | George MacDonald |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Hack Prine |
| 1955 | Navy Log | |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Miggles Hannegan |
| 1955 | Frontier | |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Lou Santell / McCarthy |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Hutch |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Hargis |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Job Snelling |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Badger |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Dan Gibson |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Greg Kirby |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Tom Martin |
| 1955 | Frontier | Lou |
| 1955 | Frontier | Pauk |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Bill |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Garth |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Pete Cregar |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Charlie |
| 1954 | Lassie | Bob Stokes |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Leonard |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Officer Johnson |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Augie |