Person Details

Birthday: 1911-04-27 06:03:56

Death: 1972-10-04 06:03:56

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]

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Movie Involvements: 29

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

​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.

Most Famous Work

Doctor Who
Average
8

Doctor Who

(1963) Commandant
The Prisoner
Average
8

The Prisoner

(1967) Number Two
UFO
Average
8

UFO

(1970) Albert Thompson
Department S
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5

Department S

(1969) Doctor Stickney
The Baron
Average
5

The Baron

(1966) John Alexander Templeton-Green
The One That Got Away
Average
7

The One That Got Away

(1957) Army Interrogator
The Running Man
Average
7

The Running Man

(1963) Solicitor
Night of the Eagle
Average
7

Night of the Eagle

(1962) Lindsay Carr

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1971 Albert Thompson
N/A
1970 Graham Ford
Albert Thompson
1969 Doctor Stickney
N/A
N/A
1968 Kitteridge
N/A
Mr. Hartford
1967 Number Two
Commandant
Casino Director
1966 Mr Hutton, Travel Agent
Dice
John Alexander Templeton-Green
Noakes
Dr. Glyn
1965 Vicar
1963 Tucker
Commandant
Solicitor
Prime Minister
Charles
1962 Count Dezsepalvy
Gordon Percy Lonsdale
Muswell
Mr. Spencer
Lindsay Carr
Drunk
1961 Mr. Ffolliott
Mitchell
Rolsom
Briggs
Mr. Barber
TV Announcer
1960 Benge
George Baker
N/A
1959 Maurice
The Commissioner
Dr. Phillips
BBC Announcer
Bird Watcher
Stacey
1958 Dakers
1957 Army Interrogator
Larry Parr
1956 Reginald Willoughby-Cruft
Fletcher Hethrington
Cecil Flick
N/A
N/A
Sir George
Max, 1st Commentator
1955 Mr. Swayne
Harry Martin - reporter
1954 Lt. Cmdr. Sterning
1953 Customs officer
Buns Darling
1952 Professor Mutch
MacStreet
Woollard (Junior)
1951 Roderick Fisherwick
N/A
Hill
Station Constable
Col. Fairbairn
Pound
Bill Millington
1950 Tom Wright
1949 Connelly
Chadbeater Longwick
1948 N/A
Clerk in Travel Agency
Year Character Movie/Tv

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