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Leo Vincent Gordon 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 most frequently cast as a supporting actor playing brutish bad guys but occasionally played more sympathetic roles just as effectively.
Birth Name
Leo Vincent Gordon
Born
Saturday, 02 December 1922
Died
Tuesday, 26 December 2000
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV's Western Heroes | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| Pulp Fiction: The Golden Age of Storytelling | Tough Guy | 2009 |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies | Wyatt Earp | 1994 |
| Maverick | Poker Player | 1994 |
| SeaQuest 2032 | Matt Smith | 1993 |
| Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West | Garth | 1991 |
| Mob Boss | Don O'Reily | 1990 |
| Alienator | Col. Coburn / Cpl. Coburn | 1990 |
| War and Remembrance | Gen. Omar Bradley | 1988 |
| Saturday the 14th Strikes Back | The Evil One | 1988 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV's Western Heroes | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| Pulp Fiction: The Golden Age of Storytelling | Tough Guy | 2009 |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies | Wyatt Earp | 1994 |
| Maverick | Poker Player | 1994 |
| SeaQuest 2032 | Matt Smith | 1993 |
| Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West | Garth | 1991 |
| Mob Boss | Don O'Reily | 1990 |
| Alienator | Col. Coburn / Cpl. Coburn | 1990 |
| War and Remembrance | Gen. Omar Bradley | 1988 |
| Saturday the 14th Strikes Back | The Evil One | 1988 |
| Big Top Pee-wee | Joe the Blacksmith (as Leo V. Gordon) / Joe - Blacksmith | 1988 |
| Wiseguy | Charlie Boden | 1987 |
| The Garbage Pail Kids Movie | Guard #1 | 1987 |
| Savage Dawn | Sheriff | 1986 |
| Moonlighting | Warden Cosgrove | 1985 |
| The Rousters | Unhappy Gun Buyer | 1983 |
| The Rousters | Unhappy Gun Buyer | 1983 |
| Fire and Ice | Jarol | 1983 |
| M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers | Officer Horvath | 1983 |
| The Winds of War | Gen. 'Train' Anderson | 1983 |
| St. Elsewhere | Bjorn Johnston | 1982 |
| Fame | Myron Leach | 1982 |
| Magnum, P.I. | Croquet Player | 1980 |
| Enos | Sgt. Theodore Kirk | 1980 |
| Rage! | Cal's Father | 1980 |
| Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | Joe Kingman | 1980 |
| Bog | Dr. John Warren | 1979 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Rocky Marlowe / Devere | 1979 |
| Son of Hitler | Fritz Tünnes | 1979 |
| The Lucifer Complex | Al Norris - CIA Chief | 1978 |
| Fantasy Island | Chief Guard / The Bartender | 1977 |
| The Shootist | Books' Victim in Flashback | 1976 |
| Nashville Girl | Burt | 1976 |
| Far Out Space Nuts | Head of the Droneks | 1975 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Milo Stavroupolis | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Charles Martell / Charlie Martell / Clark Streeter | 1974 |
| My Name Is Nobody | Red | 1973 |
| Bonnie's Kids | Charley | 1973 |
| Hec Ramsey | Shaneley | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Eddie Suslow | 1972 |
| The Trackers | Higgins | 1971 |
| Cannon | Jack Danvers | 1971 |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Harry Wilson | 1971 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Ebenezer | 1971 |
| You Can't Win 'Em All | Bolek | 1970 |
| McCloud | Officer / Officer Shannen | 1970 |
| The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Adolph Zinner | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Sgt. Lewis | 1969 |
| All the Loving Couples | 'Plotz Beer' Ad Performer | 1969 |
| Mod Squad | Unit Leader / Keller | 1968 |
| The Outcasts | Mark Fenner | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | Carl Carney / Cleve / Jack Donohoe / Jennings Thornton / Ken Quinnlan | 1968 |
| Buckskin | Travis | 1968 |
| The High Chaparral | Lije Driskill | 1967 |
| Hostile Guns | Hank Pleasant | 1967 |
| The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Heitler | 1967 |
| Devil's Angels | Sheriff Henderson | 1967 |
| Tobruk | Sgt. Krug | 1967 |
| Rango | Slate | 1967 |
| Mr. Terrific | Archie Thompson | 1967 |
| Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Cyrus Breech | 1966 |
| Tarzan | Bull Thomas | 1966 |
| Beau Geste | Krauss | 1966 |
| The Night of the Grizzly | Cass Dowdy | 1966 |
| Get Smart | Grillak | 1965 |
| Laredo | Wayne Emerson / Moose | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Drunk Driver | 1965 |
| The Dictator's Guns | Morrison | 1965 |
| The Girls on the Beach | Second Waiter | 1965 |
| Kitten with a Whip | Enders | 1964 |
| Daniel Boone | Silas Morgan | 1964 |
| 12 O'Clock High | MSgt. Caber McVaigh | 1964 |
| Kings of the Sun | Hunac Ceel | 1963 |
| McLintock! | Jones | 1963 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Jones (clip from McLintock! (1963)) | 1963 |
| The Great Adventure | McCanles | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Jolly Boy / Biggie | 1963 |
| Temple Houston | Charles Grimm | 1963 |
| Arrest and Trial | Fred Kordiak | 1963 |
| The Haunted Palace | Ezra Weeden / Edgar Weeden | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | Jones | 1963 |
| The Raven | Grimes | 1963 |
| Empire | Jake | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Loma Bartender / Jack Scratch / Big Jim Lafferty | 1962 |
| Tarzan Goes to India | Bryce - Head Engineer / Bryce | 1962 |
| The Intruder | Sam Griffin | 1962 |
| The Nun and the Sergeant | Dockman | 1962 |
| Ripcord | Harry | 1961 |
| Whispering Smith | Bigley | 1961 |
| The Roaring 20's | Damian | 1960 |
| Route 66 | Bernie Duncan | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Luke Comstock | 1960 |
| Outlaws | Hutch | 1960 |
| The Brothers Brannagan | Burt Hanna | 1960 |
| Dan Raven | Regis | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Harry Briggs | 1960 |
| Coronado 9 | Kyte | 1960 |
| Noose for a Gunman | Link Roy | 1960 |
| Mr. Lucky | Killer | 1959 |
| The Jayhawkers! | Jake Barton | 1959 |
| The Alaskans | Tracy | 1959 |
| Five Fingers | Lenska | 1959 |
| Law of the Plainsman | Rand | 1959 |
| Lock Up | Ed Sparks | 1959 |
| Laramie | Rafe | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Evan Sloate | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Forsythe / Fargo Taylor / Early Thorne | 1959 |
| Tightrope | Charlie Carson | 1959 |
| The Big Operator | Danny Sacanzi | 1959 |
| Escort West | Trooper Vogel | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Pops Gantry / Whitey | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Chris Jenson / Daggett | 1959 |
| Ride a Crooked Trail | Sam Mason | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Red Eric Peterson / Joe Quince | 1958 |
| Lawman | Bull Nickerson | 1958 |
| The Rough Riders | Maj. Adams | 1958 |
| Yancy Derringer | Lance Carter | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Stack Wade / Abe Jordan | 1958 |
| Frontier Doctor | Zip Wyatt | 1958 |
| Bronco | Nero Hollister / Barnaby Spence | 1958 |
| Apache Territory | Zimmerman | 1958 |
| The Cry Baby Killer | Man in Crowd | 1958 |
| Quantrill's Raiders | Quantrill / William Clarke Quantrill | 1958 |
| The Notorious Mr. Monks | Chip Klamp | 1958 |
| Sea Hunt | Panicky Miner | 1958 |
| Target | Joe Burns | 1958 |
| Baby Face Nelson | John Dillinger | 1957 |
| The Tall Stranger | Stark | 1957 |
| Man Without a Gun | Matt Bercie | 1957 |
| Tombstone Territory | Pete Carter / Ben Jensen | 1957 |
| 26 Men | Sal Dupino / Stockton | 1957 |
| Casey Jones | Deputy Marshal Martin Croy | 1957 |
| The Walter Winchell File | Robinson | 1957 |
| Goodyear Theatre | Carl Thyssen / Roy Thyssen | 1957 |
| Maverick | Big Mike McComb | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Charles Duncan | 1957 |
| Man in the Shadow | Chet Huneker | 1957 |
| Black Patch | Hank Danner | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Bert Talman / Clyde McNally / Deputy Moley / Harkness | 1957 |
| Lure of the Swamp | Steggins, Insurance Investigator / Steggins - Insurance Investigator | 1957 |
| The Restless Breed | Cherokee | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Adam Kemper / Frank Lambert / Nick Breese | 1957 |
| Official Detective | Joe Kirk | 1957 |
| 7th Cavalry | Vogel | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Jed Scott | 1956 |
| Broken Arrow | Will Carr | 1956 |
| Circus Boy | Hank Miller | 1956 |
| Johnny Concho | Mason | 1956 |
| Great Day in the Morning | Zeff Masterson | 1956 |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | Drayton's Chauffeur | 1956 |
| The Steel Jungle | Lupo | 1956 |
| Red Sundown | Rod Zellman | 1956 |
| State Trooper | Dan Quirk / Ed Munger | 1956 |
| The Conqueror | Tartar Captain | 1956 |
| Man with the Gun | Ed Pinchot | 1955 |
| Fury | Fred Berry | 1955 |
| Crossroads | Sgt. Leroy | 1955 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Tom Martin | 1955 |
| Frontier | Pauk / Lou / Brandon | 1955 |
| Tennessee's Partner | The Sheriff | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Smokey | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Dan Gibson / George MacDonald / Greg Kirby / Lou Santell / McCarthy | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Badger / Hack Prine / Hargis / Hutch / Job Snelling | 1955 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Miggles Hannegan | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Joe Bendito / Tim Thatcher | 1955 |
| Tales of the Texas Rangers | Joe Brock | 1955 |
| Robbers' Roost | Jeff | 1955 |
| Santa Fe Passage | Tuss McLawery | 1955 |
| Seven Angry Men | Martin White | 1955 |
| Ten Wanted Men | Frank Scavo | 1955 |
| Soldiers of Fortune | Buck / Zimmer | 1955 |
| Soldier of Fortune | Big Matt | 1955 |
| Sign of the Pagan | Bleda | 1954 |
| The Yellow Mountain | Drake | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Bill / Bill - Outlaw | 1954 |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Pete Cregar / Garth / Charlie | 1954 |
| Lassie | Bob Stokes | 1954 |
| The Egyptian | Minor Role | 1954 |
| The Bamboo Prison | Pike | 1954 |
| Riot in Cell Block 11 | Crazy Mike Carnie / Crazy Mike Carne | 1954 |
| Waterfront | Alec / Throop | 1954 |
| Stories of the Century | Bill Doolin | 1954 |
| Hondo | Ed Lowe | 1953 |
| All the Brothers Were Valiant | Peter How | 1953 |
| Gun Fury | Tom 'Jess' Burgess | 1953 |
| City of Bad Men | Russell | 1953 |
| China Venture | Sgt. Hank Janowicz | 1953 |
| My Hero | Private Investigator | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Leonard | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Nate Bender / Kyle | 1952 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Augie | 1950 |
