Leo Gordon
Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia Leo Gordon licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: December 2, 1922
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Little House on the Prairie
When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Get Smart
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.
The Untouchables
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
The Untouchables
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Arrest and Trial
Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.
The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.
The Rockford Files
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
Filmography
as Poker Player
as Smith
as Don O'Reily
as Cpl. Coburn
as The Evil One
as Joe the Blacksmith (as Leo V. Gordon)
as Guard #1
as Sheriff
as Warden Cosgrove ( As Leo V. Gordon)
as Jarol
as Officer Horvath
as Bjorn Johnston
as Croquet Player
as Cal's Father
as Dr. John Warren
as Fritz Tünnes
as C.I.A. Chief Al Norris (uncredited)
as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
as Burt
as Charles Martell
as Clark Streeter
as Charlie Martell (as Leo V. Gordon)
as Red
as Charley
as Eddie Suslow
as Higgins
as Ebenezer
as Bolek
as Sgt. Lewis
as Unit Leader
as Keller
as Jack Donohue
as Jennings Thornton
as Cleve
as Ken Quinnlan
as Carl Carney
as Lije Driskill
as Cyrus Breech
as Hank Pleasant
as Heitler
as Sheriff Henderson
as Sgt. Krug
as Archie Thompson
as Krauss
as Cass Dowdy
as Drunk Driver
as Grillak
as Morrison
as Second Waiter
as Enders
as Silas Morgan
as MSgt. Caber McVaigh
as Hunac Ceel
as Jones
as McCanles
as Charles Grimm
as Fred Kordiak
as Edgar Weeden / Ezra Weeden
as Grimes (voice) (uncredited)
as Jack Scratch
as Big Jim Lafferty
as Loma Bartender
as Bryce
as Sam Griffin
as Dockman
as Bernie Duncan
as Luke Comstock
as Kyte
as Link Roy
as Killer
as Pops Gantry
as Whitey
as Jake Barton
as Rand
as Fargo Taylor
as Early Thorne
as Forsythe
as Evan Sloate
as Charlie Carson
as Danny Sacanzi
as Trooper Vogel
as Chris Jenson
as Daggett
as Sam Mason
as Joe Quince
as Red Eric Peterson
as Bull Nickerson
as Lance Carter
as Stack Wade
as Abe Jordan
as Zimmerman
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
as William Clarke Quantrill
as Chip Klamp
as Panicky Miner
as Chet Huneker
as John Dillinger
as Stark
as Pete Carter
as Deputy Marshal Martin Croy
as Big Mike McComb
as Charles Duncan
as Hank Danner
as Clyde McNally
as Deputy Moley
as Harkness
as Bert Talman
as Steggins, Insurance Investigator
as Cherokee
as Vogel
as Jed Scott
as Will Carr
as Mason
as Drayton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
as Zeff Masterson
as Tartar Captain
as Lupo
as Rod Zellman
as Ed Pinchot
as Tom Martin
as Lou
as Pauk
as The Sheriff
as George MacDonald
as Lou Santell / McCarthy
as Dan Gibson
as Greg Kirby
as Hack Prine
as Hutch
as Hargis
as Job Snelling
as Badger
as Miggles Hannegan
as Jeff
as Big Matt
as Tuss McLawery
as Martin White
as Frank Scavo
as Bleda
as Drake
as Garth
as Pete Cregar
as Charlie
as Bob Stokes
as Pike
as Crazy Mike Carne
as Ed Lowe
as Peter How
as Tom 'Jess' Burgess
as Sgt. Hank Janowicz
as Leonard
as Officer Johnson