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Colin Gordon
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Colin Gordon (27 April 1911 – 4 October 1972) was a British actor born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
He was educated at Marlborough College and Christ Church, Oxford. He made his first West End appearance in 1934 as the hind legs of a horse in a production of “Toad of Toad Hall”. From 1936 to 1939 he was a director with the Fred Melville Repertory Company at Brixton. He served in the army during WWII for six years. His performance in 1948 as Rupert Billings in “The Happiest Days of Your Life” won the Clarence Derwent award.
Gordon had a long career in British cinema and television from the 1940s to the 1970s, often playing government officials. His f…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Colin Gordon (27 April 1911 – 4 October 1972) was a British actor born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He was educated at Marlborough College and Christ Church, Oxford. He made his first West End appearance in 1934 as the hind legs of a horse in a production of “Toad of Toad Hall”. From 1936 to 1939 he was a director with the Fred Melville Repertory Company at Brixton. He served in the army during WWII for six years. His performance in 1948 as Rupert Billings in “The Happiest Days of Your Life” won the Clarence Derwent award. Gordon had a long career in British cinema and television from the 1940s to the 1970s, often playing government officials. His films include The Pink Panther and Casino Royale although he is probably best known for his portrayal of Number Two in the ITC classic series The Prisoner. Along with Leo McKern, he was one of only two actors to play Number Two more than once. He first played the character in "The General" and later reprised his role in "A. B. and C.". In fact, the episodes were subsequently broadcast in reverse order: when "The General" was in production, "A. B. and C" had not yet been cast. Gordon was a regular in another ITC production, The Baron playing civil servant Templeton-Green opposite Steve Forrest. He also played the host and occasional narrator of the 1969 London Weekend Television series The Complete and Utter History of Britain, which arose from a pre-Monty Python collaboration between Michael Palin and Terry Jones; and was the Airport Commandant in the 1967 Doctor Who story The Faceless Ones. He was also in Bachelor Father and made a notable guest appearance in The Holiday episode of Steptoe and Son. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colin Gordon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
as Albert Thompson
The Body Beneath
as Graham Ford
Subterfuge
as Kitteridge
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as Mr. Hartford
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
as Commandant
Casino Royale
as Casino Director
The Family Way
as Mr Hutton, Travel Agent
The Trygon Factor
as Dice
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
as Noakes
The Psychopath
as Dr. Glyn
The Liquidator
as Vicar
The Pink Panther
as Tucker
The Running Man
as Solicitor
Heavens Above!
as Prime Minister
Bitter Harvest
as Charles
The Devil's Agent
as Count Dezsepalvy
The Boys
as Gordon Percy Lonsdale
In the Doghouse
as Dean Muswell
Strongroom
as Mr. Spencer
Night of the Eagle
as Lindsay Carr
Crooks Anonymous
as Drunk
The Horsemasters
as Mr. Ffolliott
Three on a Spree
as Mitchell
Don't Bother to Knock
as Rolsom
Very Important Person
as Briggs
House of Mystery
as Burdon
Seven Keys
as Mr. Barber
His and Hers
as TV Announcer
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
as Benge
The Big Day
as George Baker
Carry On Constable
as (uncredited)
Please Turn Over
as Maurice
Virgin Island
as The Commissioner
Bobbikins
as Dr. Phillips
The Mouse That Roared
as BBC Announcer
Alive and Kicking
as Bird Watcher
No Poster
The Crowning Touch
as Stacey
The Doctor's Dilemma
as Newspaper Man
The Safecracker
as Dakers
The One That Got Away
as Army Interrogator
The Key Man
as Larry Parr
The Green Man
as Reginald Willoughby-Cruft
Up in the World
as Fletcher Hethrington
A Touch of the Sun
as Cecil Flick
Keep It Clean
The Extra Day
as Sir George
Jumping for Joy
as Max, 1st Commentator
John and Julie
as Mr. Swayne
Little Red Monkey
as Harry Martin - reporter
Up to His Neck
as Lt. Cmdr. Sterning
The Heart of the Matter
as Colonial Secretary (uncredited)
Innocents in Paris
as Customs officer
Grand National Night
as Buns Darling
Folly to Be Wise
as Professor Mutch
The Hour of 13
as MacStreet
Mandy
as Woollard (Junior)
Green Grow the Rushes
as Roderick Fisherwick
The Lady with a Lamp
The Man in the White Suit
as Hill
Laughter in Paradise
as Station Constable
Circle of Danger
as Col. Fairbairn
The Long Dark Hall
as Pound
The Third Visitor
as Bill Millington
Traveller's Joy
as Tom Wright
Golden Arrow
as Connelly
Helter Skelter
as Chadbeater Longwick
It's Hard to be Good
as Neighbour with Baby (uncredited)
The Winslow Boy
as Reporter Interviewing Dickie (uncredited)
Bond Street
as Clerk in Travel Agency