Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

182

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-12-02

Deathday

2000-12-26 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Leo V. Gordon
Leo Vincent Gordon

Leo 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.

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Known For

6.9%

Maverick

May 20, 1994

7.5%

The Man Who Knew Too Much

May 16, 1956

7.3%

My Name Is Nobody

Dec 13, 1973

7.9%

Little House on the Prairie

Sep 11, 1974

7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

7.9%

Get Smart

Sep 18, 1965

7.3%

Magnum, P.I.

Dec 11, 1980

7.5%

Moonlighting

Mar 3, 1985

7.1%

The Shootist

Jul 21, 1976

6.7%

Fire and Ice

Mar 25, 1983

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Acting

1994		The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies as Wyatt Earp
1994		Maverick as Poker Player

1993

seaQuest DSV as Smith

1990		Mob Boss as Don O'Reily
1990		Alienator as Cpl. Coburn

1988		Saturday the 14th Strikes Back as The Evil One
1988		Big Top Pee-wee as Joe the Blacksmith (as Leo V. Gordon)

1987		Wiseguy
1987		The Garbage Pail Kids Movie as Guard #1

1985		Savage Dawn as Sheriff
1985		Moonlighting as Warden Cosgrove ( As Leo V. Gordon)

1983		Fire and Ice as Jarol
1983		M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers as Officer Horvath

1982		St. Elsewhere as Bjorn Johnston
1982		Fame

1980		Magnum, P.I.
1980		Enos
1980		Rage! as Cal's Father
1980		Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

1979		Bog as Dr. John Warren
1979		Son of Hitler as Fritz Tünnes

1978

The Lucifer Complex as C.I.A. Chief Al Norris (uncredited)

1976		The Shootist as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
1976		Nashville Girl as Burt

1975

Barbary Coast as Chief Macdonald Keogh

1974		The Rockford Files as Charles Martell
1974		The Rockford Files as Clark Streeter
1974		The Rockford Files as Charlie Martell (as Leo V. Gordon)
1974		Little House on the Prairie

1973		My Name Is Nobody as Red
1973		Bonnie's Kids as Charley

1972

The Streets of San Francisco as Eddie Suslow

1971		The Trackers as Higgins
1971		Cannon
1971		Alias Smith and Jones as Ebenezer

1970		You Can't Win 'Em All as Bolek
1970		McCloud

1969

Marcus Welby, M.D. as Sgt. Lewis

1968		The Mod Squad as Unit Leader
1968		The Mod Squad as Keller
1968		The Outcasts
1968		Adam-12 as Jack Donohue
1968		Adam-12 as Jennings Thornton
1968		Adam-12 as Cleve
1968		Adam-12 as Ken Quinnlan
1968		Adam-12 as Carl Carney

1967		The High Chaparral as Lije Driskill
1967		Pistols 'n' Petticoats as Cyrus Breech
1967		Hostile Guns as Hank Pleasant
1967		The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Heitler
1967		Devil's Angels as Sheriff Henderson
1967		Tobruk as Sgt. Krug
1967		Rango
1967		Mr. Terrific as Archie Thompson

1966		Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966		Tarzan
1966		Beau Geste as Krauss
1966		The Night of the Grizzly as Cass Dowdy

1965		The F.B.I. as Drunk Driver
1965		Get Smart as Grillak
1965		Laredo
1965		The Dictator's Guns as Morrison

1964		Kitten with a Whip as Enders
1964		Daniel Boone as Silas Morgan
1964		12 O'Clock High as MSgt. Caber McVaigh

1963		Kings of the Sun as Hunac Ceel
1963		McLintock! as Jones
1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Jolly Boy
1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Biggie
1963		The Great Adventure as McCanles
1963		Temple Houston as Charles Grimm
1963		Arrest and Trial as Fred Kordiak
1963		The Haunted Palace as Edgar Weeden / Ezra Weeden
1963		The Raven as Grimes (voice) (uncredited)

1962		The Virginian as Jack Scratch
1962		The Virginian as Big Jim Lafferty
1962		The Virginian as Loma Bartender
1962		Tarzan Goes to India as Bryce
1962		The Intruder as Sam Griffin
1962		The Nun and the Sergeant as Dockman

1960		The Roaring 20's
1960		Route 66 as Bernie Duncan
1960		The Andy Griffith Show as Luke Comstock
1960		Outlaws
1960		Coronado 9
1960		Noose for a Gunman as Link Roy

1959		Mr. Lucky as Killer
1959		The Untouchables as Pops Gantry
1959		The Untouchables as Whitey
1959		The Jayhawkers! as Jake Barton
1959		The Alaskans
1959		Law of the Plainsman as Rand
1959		Lock-Up
1959		Bonanza as Fargo Taylor
1959		Bonanza as Early Thorne
1959		Bonanza as Forsythe
1959		The Deputy as Evan Sloate
1959		Tightrope as Charlie Carson
1959		The Big Operator as Danny Sacanzi
1959		Escort West as Trooper Vogel
1959		Rawhide as Chris Jenson
1959		Rawhide as Daggett

1958		Ride a Crooked Trail as Sam Mason
1958		Bat Masterson as Joe Quince
1958		Bat Masterson as Red Eric Peterson
1958		Lawman as Bull Nickerson
1958		Yancy Derringer as Lance Carter
1958		The Rifleman as Abe Jordan
1958		The Rifleman as Stack Wade
1958		Bronco
1958		Apache Territory as Zimmerman
1958		The Cry Baby Killer as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
1958		Quantrill's Raiders as William Clarke Quantrill
1958		The Notorious Mr. Monks as Chip Klamp
1958		Sea Hunt as Panicky Miner

1957		Man in the Shadow as Chet Huneker
1957		Baby Face Nelson as John Dillinger
1957		The Tall Stranger as Stark
1957		Tombstone Territory as Pete Carter
1957		Tombstone Territory as Ben Jensen
1957		26 Men
1957		Casey Jones as Deputy Marshal Martin Croy
1957		Maverick as Big Mike McComb
1957		Perry Mason as Charles Duncan
1957		Black Patch as Hank Danner
1957		Have Gun, Will Travel as Clyde McNally
1957		Have Gun, Will Travel as Bert Talman
1957		Have Gun, Will Travel as Harkness
1957		Have Gun, Will Travel as Deputy Moley
1957		The Restless Breed as Cherokee
1957		Lure of the Swamp as Steggins, Insurance Investigator
1957		Official Detective

1956		7th Cavalry as Vogel
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jed Scott
1956		State Trooper as Ed Munger
1956		State Trooper as Dan Quirk
1956		Broken Arrow as Will Carr
1956		Circus Boy
1956		Johnny Concho as Mason
1956		The Man Who Knew Too Much as Drayton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1956		Great Day in the Morning as Zeff Masterson
1956		The Conqueror as Tartar Captain
1956		The Steel Jungle as Lupo
1956		Red Sundown as Rod Zellman

1955		Man with the Gun as Ed Pinchot
1955		Screen Director's Playhouse as Tom Martin
1955		Frontier
1955		Frontier as Lou
1955		Frontier as Pauk
1955		Tennessee's Partner as The Sheriff
1955		Cheyenne as George MacDonald
1955		Cheyenne as Lou Santell / McCarthy
1955		Cheyenne as Dan Gibson
1955		Cheyenne as Greg Kirby
1955		Navy Log
1955		Gunsmoke as Hack Prine
1955		Gunsmoke as Hutch
1955		Gunsmoke as Hargis
1955		Gunsmoke as Job Snelling
1955		Gunsmoke as Badger
1955		The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Miggles Hannegan
1955		Robbers' Roost as Jeff
1955		Soldier of Fortune as Big Matt
1955		Santa Fe Passage as Tuss McLawery
1955		Seven Angry Men as Martin White
1955		Ten Wanted Men as Frank Scavo

1954		Sign of the Pagan as Bleda
1954		The Yellow Mountain as Drake
1954		The Wonderful World of Disney as Bill
1954		The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as Garth
1954		The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as Pete Cregar
1954		The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as Charlie
1954		The Bamboo Prison as Pike
1954		Riot in Cell Block 11 as Crazy Mike Carne

1953		Hondo as Ed Lowe
1953		All the Brothers Were Valiant as Peter How
1953		Gun Fury as Tom 'Jess' Burgess
1953		China Venture as Sgt. Hank Janowicz

1952		The Ford Television Theatre as Leonard
1952		The Ford Television Theatre as Officer Johnson

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Augie

Creator

1960

The Case of the Dangerous Robin as Creator

Writing

1975

The Pot as Writer

1970

You Can't Win 'Em All as Writer

1969

All the Loving Couples as Author

1968

Adam-12 as Writer

1967

Tobruk as Screenplay

1965

The Bounty Killer as Writer

1963

The Terror as Screenplay

1962		Tower of London as Writer
1962		Tower of London as Story

1961

The Cat Burglar as Writer

1960

Valley of the Redwoods as Writer

1959		The Wasp Woman as Screenplay
1959		Hawaiian Eye as Story
1959		Hawaiian Eye as Writer
1959		Attack of the Giant Leeches as Screenplay
1959		Attack of the Giant Leeches as Original Story
1959		Bonanza as Writer
1959		Escort West as Writer

1958		Bat Masterson as Writer
1958		Lawman as Story
1958		Hot Car Girl as Screenplay
1958		The Cry Baby Killer as Writer

1957		Tombstone Territory as Writer
1957		Tombstone Territory as Teleplay
1957		Maverick as Writer
1957		Maverick as Teleplay
1957		Sugarfoot as Writer
1957		Black Patch as Writer

1956		State Trooper as Writer
1956		State Trooper as Teleplay

1955

Cheyenne as Story