Most Recent Role: Himself on The Electric Playground
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Birthday: 2-1-1916
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Birthday: 2-1-1916
Burly, cleft-chinned actor who made his film debut along with Marilyn Monroe in 1949's Love Happy . Appeared in numerous TV productions during the 1950's playing mostly heavies although he did get a chance to play a heroic lead in the 1958 NBC series Behind Closed Doors . After that series was canceled, Gordon was cast in what would become his signature role, Frank "the Enforcer" Nitti on...
Most Recent Appearance
100th Episode Spectacular
Saturday 22 June 2002 on G4
We celebrate our 100th episode with a look back at some of our great and not-so great moments of the past 7 and a half Seasons.
Gordon's catchphrase on The Untouchables was, "You're dead."
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Gordon worked with Oscar winner Lee Marvin twice: once on an episode of M Squad entitled The Golden Look and again on an episode of The Untouchables entitled The Nick Acropolis Story.
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Once played a real life Paiute Native American chief named Winnemucca on an episode of Bonanza entitled Mr. Henry Comstock. Untouchables co-star Abel Fernandez also appeared in this episode.
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Appeared with Untouchables co-star Paul Picerni on an episode of Here's Lucy entitled Lucy's Wedding Party.
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Last appearance on-screen was a bit part in the 1987 clunker, Ishtar, which starred Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty.
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George Eckstein (about Gordon as Frank Nitti on The Untouchables): Bruce was wonderful. Bruce was great to write for because he brought so much energy, and vitality, and excitement to the screen. He was a little over the top sometimes but always entertainingly so.
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Other Appearances
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| Behind Closed Doors |
Run, Buddy, Run
Mr. Devere, a.k.a. "Mr. D." |
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The Untouchables
Frank Nitti |
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77 Sunset Strip
The Office Caper Hugo Womack |
Adam-12
Log 45 -- Bright Boy Sgt. Poster |
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Adam-12
The Chaser Mike Dehner |
Adventures in Paradise
Adam San Red Munce |
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Adventures in Paradise
Mister Flotsam Stevens |
Banacek
Now You See Me, Now You Don't Maxwell Barker |
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"Talented"Superb A fine actor who always had me paying attention. Continue » Posted Sep 27, 2006 8:56 am PST |
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"Personal favorite"Perfect The greatest TV villain of them all. Continue » Posted Jul 12, 2005 12:03 pm PST |
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Behind Closed Doors
Cold War/espionage themed anthology series which ran during the 1958-59 season on NBC. The stories were supposedly taken from the files of real life military intelligence cases. The host/narrator... more Run, Buddy, Run
Here's Buddy Overstreet -- he's wanted by the head of the most powerful crime Syndicate in the country. In the steamroom, Buddy overheard their vital secrets, and the mysterious words "Chicken... more
Cold War/espionage themed anthology series which ran during the 1958-59 season on NBC. The stories were supposedly taken from the files of real life military intelligence cases. The host/narrator... more Run, Buddy, Run
Here's Buddy Overstreet -- he's wanted by the head of the most powerful crime Syndicate in the country. In the steamroom, Buddy overheard their vital secrets, and the mysterious words "Chicken... more
