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Biography

Called by director Don Seigel "the scariest man I have ever met", Leo Gordon rose from serving time in San Quentin prison for armed…more

Born

12/2/1922, New York, New York, USA

Died

12/26/2000

Birth Name

Leo Vincent Gordon

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (2)

Role
- Enos
  Sgt. Theodore Kick
  - S 1: Ep 18 Forever Blowing Baubles
    5/20/81
  - S 1: Ep 17 Pistol Packing Enos
    4/15/81
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Shaming of the Shrew
    4/8/81
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Moonshiners
    4/1/81
  - S 1: Ep 14 Cops at Sea
    3/18/81
  - + 13 More Credits
- Circus Boy
  Hank Miller
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Return Of Buffalo Bill
    12/12/57
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Judge's Boy
    12/5/57
  - S 2: Ep 11 Uncle Cyrus
    11/28/57
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Marvelous Manellis
    11/21/57
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Dancing Bear
    11/14/57
  - + 43 More Credits
Recurring Role (6)

Role
- Gunsmoke
  Badger
  - S 19: Ep 17 The Town Tamers
    1/28/74
- Gunsmoke
  Job Snelling
  - S 18: Ep 19 Quiet Day in Dodge
    1/29/73
- Gunsmoke
  Hargis
  - S 17: Ep 16 No Tomorrow
    1/3/72
- Gunsmoke
  Hutch Dolan
  - S 6: Ep 12 No Chip
    12/3/60
- Maverick
  Big Mike McComb
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill
    3/29/59
  - S 2: Ep 10 Shady Deal at Sunny Acres
    11/23/58
  - S 1: Ep 24 Plunder of Paradise
    3/9/58
  - S 1: Ep 3 According To Hoyle
    10/6/57
  - S 1: Ep 1 War Of The Silver Kings
    9/22/57
- Gunsmoke
  Hack Prine
  - S 1: Ep 26 Hack Prine
    5/12/56
Guest Star (115)

Role
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
  Wyatt Earp
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Hollywood Follies, Hollywood, August 1920 (1)
    10/15/94
- SeaQuest DSV
  Smith
  - S 1: Ep 16 Whale Song
    2/6/94
- St. Elsewhere
  Bjorn Johnston
  - S 6: Ep 20 Split Decision
    5/11/88
  - S 6: Ep 4 Ewe Can't Go Home Again
    10/21/87
- Moonlighting
  Unknown
  - S 4: Ep 6 Cool Hand Dave (2)
    12/1/87
- Magnum, P.I.
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 21 The People vs. Orville Wright
    4/1/87
- Fame
  Myron Leach
  - S 5: Ep 3 Bronco Bob Rides Again
    10/26/85
- The Rousters
  Angry Customer
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Marshal of Sladetown
    10/1/83
- The Winds of War
  Gen. 'Train' Anderson
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Changing of the Guard - Part 6
    2/11/83
  - S 1: Ep 5 Part 5 - Of Love and War, Moscow, Russia
    2/10/83
- Fantasy Island
  Chief Guard
  - S 4: Ep 18 The Searcher / The Way We Weren't
    3/7/81
- Fantasy Island
  Jim Corbett the Bartender
  - S 4: Ep 5 The Love Doctor / The Pleasure Palace / Possessed
    11/22/80
- Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
  Joe
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Robin Tucker's Roseland Roof and Ballroom Murder
    2/3/80
- Little House on the Prairie
  Milo Stavroupolis
  - S 6: Ep 12 The King Is Dead
    11/12/79
- The Rockford Files
  Charlie Martell
  - S 6: Ep 3 Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs (2)
    10/12/79
- The Dukes of Hazzard
  Devere
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Meeting
    10/12/79
- The Dukes of Hazzard
  Rocky Marlowe
  - S 1: Ep 10 Deputy Dukes
    4/13/79
- The Rockford Files
  Charles Martell
  - S 5: Ep 9 Black Mirror (1)
    11/24/78
  - S 5: Ep 10 Black Mirror (2)
    11/24/78
- The Rockford Files
  Clark Streeter
  - S 5: Ep 1 Heartaches of a Fool
    9/22/78
- Cannon
  Jack Danvers
  - S 5: Ep 7 A Touch of Venom
    10/22/75
- Far Out Space Nuts
  Head of the Droneks
  - S 1: Ep 1 It's All in Your Mind
    9/6/75
- Barbary Coast
  Cheif Macdonald Keogh
  - S 1: Ep 0 Barbary Coast
    5/4/75
- Adam-12
  Ken Quinnlan
  - S 7: Ep 13 Grand Theft Auto
    1/21/75
- The F.B.I.
  Drunk Driver
  - S 9: Ep 18 Diamond Run
    3/10/74
- Adam-12
  Cleve
  - S 6: Ep 15 Trouble In The Bank
    1/15/74
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Sgt. Lewis
  - S 4: Ep 22 The Other Martin Loring
    2/20/73
- Hec Ramsey
  Shaneley
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Mystery of Chalk Hill
    2/18/73
- Adam-12
  Carl Carney
  - S 5: Ep 11 Hot Spell
    12/13/72
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Eddie Suslow
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Thirty-Year Pin
    9/23/72
- The Mod Squad
  Keller
  - S 4: Ep 17 Kill Gently, Sweet Jessie
    1/18/72
- O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
  Harry Wilson
  - S 1: Ep 10 Operation: Hijack
    11/26/71
- Alias Smith and Jones
  Ebenezer
  - S 2: Ep 4 Smiler with a Gun
    10/7/71
- Adam-12
  Jennings Thornton
  - S 4: Ep 2 Million Dollar Buff
    9/22/71
- Adam-12
  Jack Donohue
  - S 3: Ep 19 Log 165: Once A Cop
    2/11/71
- The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
  Adolph Zinner
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Search For Leslie Grey
    1/10/71
- The Virginian
  Bartender
  - S 9: Ep 13 Hannah
    12/30/70
- McCloud
  Officer Shannen
  - S 1: Ep 3 Manhattan Manhunt (1) (or Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue)
    9/23/70
- The Outcasts
  Mark Fenner
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Town That Wouldn't
    3/31/69
- Bonanza
  Fargo Taylor
  - S 9: Ep 20 Blood Tie
    2/18/68
- The High Chaparral
  Lije Driskill
  - S 1: Ep 19 Gold Is Where You Leave It
    1/21/68
- Lassie
  Bob Stokes
  - S 14: Ep 14 Showdown
    12/17/67
- Tarzan (1966)
  Bull Thomas
  - S 1: Ep 28 The Circus
    3/24/67
- Mr. Terrific
  Archie Thompson
  - S 1: Ep 7 Stanley the Fighter
    2/27/67
- Rango
  Slade
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Daring Holdup of the Deadwood Stage
    1/20/67
- Pistols and Petticoats
  Cyrus Breech
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Gun Runners
    11/12/66
- Laredo
  Wayne Emerson
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Land Slickers
    10/14/66
- Daniel Boone
  Silas Morgan
  - S 2: Ep 11 A Rope for Mingo
    12/2/65
- Get Smart
  Grillak
  - S 1: Ep 3 School Days
    10/2/65
- Laredo
  Moose
  - S 1: Ep 1 Lazyfoot, Where Are You?
    9/16/65
- Twelve O'Clock High
  M/Sgt. Caber McVaigh
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Loneliest Place in the World
    9/13/65
- The Virginian
  Lafferty
  - S 3: Ep 16 The Hour of the Tiger
    12/30/64
- Arrest and Trial
  Fred Kordiak
  - S 1: Ep 29 Those Whose Love Has Made
    4/12/64
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Jolly Boy
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Square Peg
    3/6/64
- The Great Adventure
  McCanles
  - S 1: Ep 12 Wild Bill Hickok - The Legend and the Man
    1/3/64
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Biggie
  - S 1: Ep 6 The House Next Door
    11/15/63
- Temple Houston
  Charles Grimm
  - S 1: Ep 4 Toll The Bell Slowly
    10/17/63
- The Rifleman
  Stack Wade
  - S 5: Ep 25 Which Way'd They Go?
    4/1/63
- The Andy Griffith Show
  Luke Comstock
  - S 3: Ep 17 High Noon in Mayberry
    1/21/63
- Bonanza
  Forsythe
  - S 4: Ep 10 The Deadly Ones
    12/2/62
- The Virginian
  Scratch
  - S 1: Ep 10 West
    11/28/62
- Empire
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Tall Shadow
    11/20/62
- Bronco
  Nero Hollister
  - S 4: Ep 11 Destinies West
    2/26/62
- The Roaring 20's
  Damion
  - S 1: Ep 30 Million Dollar Suit
    5/27/61
- Lawman (1958)
  Bull Nickerson
  - S 3: Ep 32 Whiphand
    4/23/61
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Moley
  - S 4: Ep 25 The Last Judgement
    3/11/61
- Coronado 9
  Kite
  - S 1: Ep 20 Run, Shep, Run
    1/17/61
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Harkness
  - S 4: Ep 16 The Sanctuary
    12/31/60
- Checkmate
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Murder Game
    12/17/60
- Dan Raven
  Regis
  - S 1: Ep 7 Japanese Sandbag
    11/18/60
- Outlaws
  Hutch
  - S 1: Ep 4 Rape of Red Sky
    10/27/60
- Bat Masterson
  Red Eric Pederson
  - S 3: Ep 2 Law of the Land
    10/6/60
- Mr. Lucky
  Killer
  - S 1: Ep 34 Election Bet
    6/18/60
- The Alaskans
  Tracy
  - S 1: Ep 33 Calico
    5/22/60
- The Untouchables
  Pops Gantry
  - S 1: Ep 27 Head Of Fire - Feet Of Clay
    4/21/60
- Law of the Plainsman
  Rand
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Show-Off
    3/17/60
- Tightrope
  Charlie Carson
  - S 1: Ep 27 Big Business
    3/15/60
- The Deputy
  Evan Sloate
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Border Between
    3/12/60
- The Untouchables
  Whitey Deering
  - S 1: Ep 16 The St. Louis Story
    1/28/60
- Five Fingers
  Lenska
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Man Who Got Away
    11/14/59
- Bronco
  Barnaby Spence
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Soft Answer
    11/3/59
- Lock-Up
  Ed Sparks
  - S 1: Ep 1 Stake Out
    9/26/59
- Bonanza
  Early Thorne
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Sun Mountain Herd
    9/19/59
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Bert Talman
  - S 2: Ep 36 The Fifth Man
    5/30/59
- Perry Mason
  Charles Duncan
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
    5/9/59
- 26 Men
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 18 Showdown
    2/3/59
- Casey Jones
  Gray
  - S 1: Ep 32 Layover At Jamestown
    12/28/58
- The Rifleman
  Abe Jordan
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Angry Gun
    12/23/58
- Bat Masterson
  Joe Quinch
  - S 1: Ep 8 Dude's Folly
    11/26/58
- Texas John Slaughter
  Outlaw #2
  - S 1: Ep 2 Ambush at Laredo
    11/14/58
  - S 1: Ep 1 Texas John Slaughter
    10/31/58
- Disneyland
  Outlaw #2
  - S 5: Ep 7 Ambush at Laredo
    11/14/58
- Yancy Derringer
  Lance Carter
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Belle from Boston
    11/13/58
- The Rough Riders
  Major Adams
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Imposters
    10/30/58
- Frontier Doctor
  Zip Wyatt
  - S 1: Ep 3 Three Wanted Men
    10/11/58
- State Trooper
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 15 Death on Wheels
    2/15/58
- Sea Hunt
  Panicky Miner
  - S 1: Ep 2 Flooded Mine
    1/11/58
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Clyde McNally
  - S 1: Ep 4 Winchester Quarantine
    10/5/57
- The Walter Winchell File
  Robinson
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Witness
    9/26/57
- Maverick
  Big Mike McComb
- The Jane Wyman Show
  Tim Thatcher
  - S 2: Ep 31 Harbor Patrol
    4/23/57
- Tales of Wells Fargo
  Nick Breese
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Hasty Gun
    3/25/57
- Broken Arrow
  Will Carr
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Raiders
    12/25/56
- State Trooper
  Ed Munger
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Hills of Homicide
    12/4/56
- Navy Log
  Smokey
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Big A
    10/24/56
- Cheyenne
  Santell
  - S 2: Ep 3 Death Deals The Hand
    10/9/56
- Zane Grey Theater
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 You Only Run Once
    10/5/56
- The Jane Wyman Show
  Joe Bendito
  - S 2: Ep 6 Assignment Champ
    10/2/56
- Circus Boy
  Hank MIller
  - S 1: Ep 1 Meet Circus Boy
    9/23/56
- Screen Director's Playhouse
  Tom Martin
  - S 1: Ep 35 High Air
    9/12/56
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
  Pete Cregar
  - S 2: Ep 27 The Third Rider
    3/16/56
- Frontier
  Brandon
  - S 1: Ep 11 Ferdinand Meyer's Army
    12/18/55
- Cheyenne
  MacDonald
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Outlander
    12/13/55
- Conflict
  MacDonald
  - S 1: Ep 14 Cheyenne: The Outlander
    12/13/55
- Crossroads (1955)
  Leroy
  - S 1: Ep 4 With All My Love
    10/28/55
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
  Garth
  - S 2: Ep 6 Rin Tin Tin and the White Buffalo
    10/14/55
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
  Charlie
  - S 1: Ep 2 Wolf Cry
    10/22/54
- Stories of the Century
  Bill Doolin
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Doolin Gang
    6/10/54
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Blue and White Lamp
    11/16/52
Writer (8)

Role
- Steve Smith Playhouse
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Wasp Wino
    10/24/04
- Enos
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Shaming of the Shrew
    4/8/81
- Adam-12
  Writer
  - S 7: Ep 21 Gus Corbin
    4/1/75
  - S 7: Ep 18 Follow Up
    3/11/75
  - S 7: Ep 13 Grand Theft Auto
    1/21/75
  - S 7: Ep 6 Point Of View
    11/12/74
  - S 7: Ep 5 Suspect Number One
    10/29/74
  - + 16 More Credits
- Bonanza
  Writer
  - S 6: Ep 19 The Flannel-Mouth Gun
    1/31/65
  - S 4: Ep 33 The Boss
    5/19/63
- Colt .45
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 2 A Time To Die
    10/25/57
- Maverick
  Writer
- State Trooper
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 24 Death on the Rock
    5/6/57
- Cheyenne
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Trap
    12/18/56
Story (2)

Role
- Lawman (1958)
  Story
  - S 4: Ep 36 Get Out of Town
    5/20/62
- State Trooper
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 24 Death on the Rock
    5/6/57
Creator (1)

Role
- The Case of the Dangerous Robin
  Creator
Teleplay (1)

Role
- Maverick
  Teleplay
  - S 4: Ep 26 The Deadly Image
    3/12/61
  - S 4: Ep 21 Diamond Flush
    2/5/61
  - S 4: Ep 7 A Bullet For The Teacher
    10/30/60
  - S 4: Ep 6 Mano Nera
    10/23/60

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Trivia
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- Gordon passed away in his sleep from a cardiac arrest. His ashes, and later his wife's ashes, were buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
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- Leo Vincent Gordon, one of movies' and televisions' most recognizable character actors, was awarded the Golden Boots award in 1997 because of his many years of service in westerns.
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- Leo Gordon: (accepting the Golden Boots award) Thank God for type casting!
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