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Leo Gordon

Acting

Born December 2, 1922 · New York City, New York, USA

Died December 26, 2000

Also known as Leo V. Gordon · Leo Vincent Gordon

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.

Filmography50+ titles

Little House on the Prairie

1974

Get Smart

1965as Grillak

Perry Mason

1957as Charles Duncan

The Rockford Files

1974as Charles Martell

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as Luke Comstock

Moonlighting

1985as Warden Cosgrove ( As Leo V. Gordon)

Bonanza

1959as Early Thorne

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956as Drayton's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Croquet Player

My Name Is Nobody

1973as Red

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957as Bert Talman

McCloud

1970

The Intruder

1962as Sam Griffin

Rawhide

1959as Daggett

seaQuest DSV

1993as Smith

The Shootist

1976as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)

Adam-12

1968as Carl Carney

The Rifleman

1958as Stack Wade

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954as Crazy Mike Carne

The Streets of San Francisco

1972as Eddie Suslow

Daniel Boone

1964as Silas Morgan

Maverick

1994as Poker Player

Maverick

1957as Big Mike McComb

The High Chaparral

1967as Lije Driskill

Quantrill's Raiders

1958as William Clarke Quantrill

Tombstone Territory

1957as Pete Carter

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955as Miggles Hannegan

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

Fire and Ice

1983as Jarol

The Haunted Palace

1963as Edgar Weeden / Ezra Weeden

Route 66

1960as Bernie Duncan

Man in the Shadow

1957as Chet Huneker

Gunsmoke

1955as Badger

Mr. Lucky

as Killer

Lux Video Theatre

as Augie

Sea Hunt

as Panicky Miner

Wiseguy

1987

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969as Sgt. Lewis

McLintock!

1963as Jones

The Tall Stranger

1957as Stark

Hondo

1953as Ed Lowe

Tobruk

1967as Sgt. Krug

The Virginian

1962as Loma Bartender

Apache Territory

1958as Zimmerman

Ride a Crooked Trail

1958as Sam Mason

Tennessee's Partner

1955as The Sheriff

The Deputy

as Evan Sloate

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967as Heitler

The Raven

1963as Grimes (voice) (uncredited)

Escort West

1959as Trooper Vogel