Don Gordon
Actor, screenwriter
Don Gordon was an American film and television actor, who was sometimes billed as Donald Gordon. He was born on November 13, 1926 in Donald Walter Guadagno. Gordon's television successes began with a starring role in the 1960–1961 syndicated series The Blue Angels, based on the elite precision flight demonstration pilots of the United States Navy Blue Angels. In 1962, Gordon was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his role as Joey Tassili on CBS's legal drama, The Defenders, starring E.G. Marshall. During 1977–1978, he co-starred in the television show Lucan,and he played Harry in the CBS drama The Contender (1980). His most notable film roles were those in which he appeared alongside his friend Steve McQueen: Bullitt, Papillon and The Towering Inferno. n 1964, Gordon appeared as deputy sheriff Morgan Fallon in "Tug Of War" an episode of The Fugitive series. In 1967, he appeared as Charlie Gilman in "The Trial", an episode in the second season of "The Invaders" series, and appeared in an episode of The Wild Wild West. In 1974, he played a former convict who is set up and murdered by the character played by Dick Van Dyke in the Columbo episode "Negative Reaction", starring Peter Falk. Gordon played the U.S. Navy diving expert brother of Seaview crewman Kowalski in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode "Deadly Waters." In 1983, Gordon appeared on CBS's The Dukes Of Hazzard as hit man Frank Scanlon, in the sixth season episode "Enos' Last Chance".
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