Leo Gordon (I) (1922–2000)

Actor | Writer

Big, burly character actor, one of the toughest of screen heavies. New York-born Leo Gordon's ...

Born: December 2, 1922
Died: December 26, 2000 (age 78)

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Filmography

Known For

Maverick Poker Player (1994)
My Name Is Nobody Red (1973)
The Case of the Dangerous Robin Writer (1960-1961)
Known For

The Haunted Palace Edgar Weeden / Ezra Weeden (1963)
Actor

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Wyatt Earp (1999)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies Wyatt Earp (1994)
Maverick Poker Player (1994)
SeaQuest 2032 Matt Smith (1994)
Mob Boss Don O'Reily (1990)
Wiseguy Charlie Boden (1990)
Alienator Col. Coburn (1990)
War and Remembrance Gen. Omar Bradley (1989)
Saturday the 14th Strikes Back The Evil One (1988)
Big Top Pee-wee Joe - Blacksmith (1988)
St. Elsewhere Bjorn Johnston (1987-1988)
Moonlighting Warden Cosgrove (1987)
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie Guard #1 (1987)
Magnum, P.I. Croquet Player (1987)
The All American Cowboy (1985)
Savage Dawn Sheriff (1985)
Fame Myron Leach (1985)
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)
Enos Sgt. Theodore Kirk (1981)
Fantasy Island Chief Guard (1980-1981)
Rage! Cal's Father (1980)
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe Joe Kingman (1980)
Little House on the Prairie Milo Stavroupolis (1979)
The Rockford Files Charlie Martell (1978-1979)
The Dukes of Hazzard Devere (1979)
Bog Dr. John Warren (1979)
Son of Hitler Fritz Tünnes (1979)
The Lucifer Complex Al Norris - CIA Chief (1978)
Nashville Girl Burt (1976)
Cannon Jack Danvers (1975)
Far Out Space Nuts Head of the Droneks (1975)
Barbary Coast Chief Macdonald Keogh (1975)
Adam-12 Ken Quinnlan (1971-1975)
The F.B.I. Drunk Driver (1974)
Gunsmoke Badger (1956-1974)
My Name Is Nobody Red (1973)
Marcus Welby, M.D. Sgt. Lewis (1973)
Hec Ramsey Shaneley (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco Eddie Suslow (1972)
Bonnie's Kids Charley (1972)
Mod Squad Keller (1971-1972)
The Trackers Higgins (1971)
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury Harry Wilson (1971)
Alias Smith and Jones Ebenezer (1971)
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers Adolph Zinner (1971)
The Virginian Loma Bartender (1962-1970)
McCloud Officer (1970)
You Can't Win 'Em All Bolek (1970)
The Outcasts Mark Fenner (1969)
Buckskin Travis (1968)
Bonanza Fargo Taylor (1959-1968)
The High Chaparral Lije Driskill (1968)
Lassie Bob Stokes (1967)
Hostile Guns Hank Pleasant (1967)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Heitler (1967)
Devil's Angels Sheriff Henderson (1967)
Tarzan Bull Thomas (1967)
Mr. Terrific Archie Thompson (1967)
Tobruk Sgt. Krug (1967)
Rango Slate (1967)
Pistols 'n' Petticoats Cyrus Breech (1966)
Laredo Wayne Emerson (1965-1966)
Beau Geste Krauss (1966)
The Night of the Grizzly Cass Dowdy (1966)
Daniel Boone Silas Morgan (1965)
Get Smart Grillak (1965)
12 O'Clock High MSgt. Caber McVaigh (1965)
The Dictator's Guns Morrison (1965)
The Girls on the Beach Second Waiter (1965)
Death Valley Days Nate Bender (1963-1965)
Kitten with a Whip Enders (1964)
Rawhide Chris Jenson (1959-1964)
Arrest and Trial Fred Kordiak (1964)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Jolly Boy (1963-1964)
The Great Adventure McCanles (1964)
Kings of the Sun Hunac Ceel (1963)
McLintock! Jones (1963)
Temple Houston Charles Grimm (1963)
The Haunted Palace Edgar Weeden / Ezra Weeden (1963)
The Rifleman Stack Wade (1958-1963)
The Raven Grimes (1963)
The Andy Griffith Show Luke Comstock (1963)
Ripcord Harry (1962)
Cheyenne Dan Gibson (1955-1962)
Empire Jake (1962)
Tarzan Goes to India Bryce - Head Engineer (1962)
The Intruder Sam Griffin (1962)
Bronco Nero Hollister (1959-1962)
The Nun and the Sergeant Dockman (1962)
Tales of Wells Fargo Frank Lambert (1957-1961)
Whispering Smith Bigley (1961)
The Roaring 20's Damian (1961)
Lawman Bull Nickerson (1961)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Miggles Hannegan (1961)
Have Gun - Will Travel Deputy Moley (1957-1961)
The Brothers Brannagan Burt Hanna (1961)
Coronado 9 Kyte (1961)
Checkmate Harry Briggs (1960)
Route 66 Bernie Duncan (1960)
Dan Raven Regis (1960)
Outlaws Hutch (1960)
Laramie Rafe (1960)
Bat Masterson Red Eric Peterson (1958-1960)
Mr. Lucky Killer (1960)
The Alaskans Tracy (1960)
Tombstone Territory Ben Jensen (1957-1960)
The Untouchables Pops Gantry (1960)
Noose for a Gunman Link Roy (1960)
Law of the Plainsman Rand (1960)
Tightrope Charlie Carson (1960)
The Deputy Evan Sloate (1960)
Five Fingers Lenska (1959)
The Jayhawkers! Jake Barton (1959)
Lock Up Ed Sparks (1959)
The Big Operator Danny Sacanzi (1959)
Man Without a Gun Matt Bercie (1959)
Perry Mason Charles Duncan (1959)
Maverick Big Mike McComb (1957-1959)
26 Men Sal Dupino (1958-1959)
Escort West Trooper Vogel (1959)
Fury Fred Berry (1959)
Ride a Crooked Trail Sam Mason (1958)
Tales of the Texas Rangers Joe Brock (1958)
The Magical World of Disney Bill - Outlaw (1958)
Yancy Derringer Lance Carter (1958)
The Rough Riders Maj. Adams (1958)
Frontier Doctor Zip Wyatt (1958)
Apache Territory Zimmerman (1958)
The Cry Baby Killer Man in Crowd (1958)
Goodyear Theatre Carl Thyssen (1958)
Quantrill's Raiders Quantrill (1958)
Target Joe Burns (1958)
The Notorious Mr. Monks Chip Klamp (1958)
State Trooper Dan Quirk (1956-1958)
Sea Hunt Panicky Miner (1958)
Official Detective Joe Kirk (1958)
Casey Jones Deputy Marshal Martin Croy (1957)
Baby Face Nelson John Dillinger (1957)
The Tall Stranger Stark (1957)
Mr. Adams and Eve (1957)
Man in the Shadow Chet Huneker (1957)
The Walter Winchell File Robinson (1957)
Black Patch Hank Danner (1957)
The Restless Breed Cherokee (1957)
Lure of the Swamp Steggins - Insurance Investigator (1957)
You Are There (1957)
The O. Henry Playhouse Curtis Raidler (1957)
Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre Tim Thatcher (1956-1957)
Soldiers of Fortune Buck (1957)
Broken Arrow Will Carr (1956)
7th Cavalry Vogel (1956)
Navy Log Smokey (1956)
Zane Grey Theatre Jed Scott (1956)
Circus Boy Hank Miller (1956)
The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956)
Screen Directors Playhouse Tom Martin (1956)
Johnny Concho Mason (1956)
The Unexplained (1956)
Sneak Preview (1956)
Crusader (1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much Drayton's Chauffeur (1956)
Great Day in the Morning Zeff Masterson (1956)
Chevron Hall of Stars Gibbons (1956)
Lux Video Theatre Augie (1956)
Red Sundown Rod Zellman (1956)
Frontier Pauk (1955-1956)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Pete Cregar (1954-1956)
The Steel Jungle Lupo (1956)
The Conqueror Tartar Captain (1956)
Waterfront Alec (1955)
Crossroads Sgt. Leroy (1955)
Man with the Gun Ed Pinchot (1955)
Studio 57 (1955)
Tennessee's Partner The Sheriff (1955)
Robbers' Roost Jeff (1955)
Soldier of Fortune Big Matt (1955)
Santa Fe Passage Tuss McLawery (1955)
Seven Angry Men Martin White (1955)
Ten Wanted Men Frank Scavo (1955)
The Bamboo Prison Pike (1954)
Sign of the Pagan Bleda (1954)
The Yellow Mountain Drake (1954)
The Egyptian Minor Role (1954)
Stories of the Century Bill Doolin (1954)
Cavalcade of America Haley (1954)
Fireside Theatre (1954)
Riot in Cell Block 11 Crazy Mike Carnie (1954)
The Ford Television Theatre Leonard (1953-1954)
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 (1953)
Actor

The Blue and White Lamp (1952)
Writer

The Wasp Woman (1995)
Enos (1981)
Dog and Cat (1977)
Bravo Two (1977)
Maenak America (1975)
Adam-12 (1971-1975)
You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)
All the Loving Couples (1969)
The Adventurers (1968)
Tobruk (1967)
The Bounty Killer (1965)
Bonanza (1963-1965)
The Terror (1963)
Hawaiian Eye (1961-1963)
Tower of London (1962)
Lawman (1962)
The Cat Burglar (1961)
The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960-1961)
Sugarfoot (1961)
Maverick (1960-1961)
Tales of Wells Fargo (1961)
Tombstone Territory (1957-1960)
Valley of the Redwoods (1960)
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Bat Masterson (1959)
The Wasp Woman (1959)
Escort West (1959)
Hot Car Girl (1958)
The Cry Baby Killer (1958)
M Squad (1957)
Colt .45 (1957)
Black Patch (1957)
State Trooper (1957)
Writer

Cheyenne (1956)
Archive footage

Pulp Fiction: The Golden Age of Storytelling (2009)
TV's Western Heroes (1993)
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West (1991)
The Shootist (1976)
The Far Out West (1967)
Archive footage

Hollywood and the Stars (1963)
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)

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Awards

1 win.

Did You Know

Trivia

Father, with Lynn Cartwright, of daughter, Tara Gordon.

[on the "benefits" of playing so many heavies] You get more recognition. After all, I look like a heavy. I'm 6' 2", 200 pounds. Got a craggy-ass face. I was walking down the street in Morocco when a little kid steps out of the alley and looks at me....