Colin Gordon
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.
Known For
Tucker
The Pink Panther
Casino Director
Casino Royale
Hill
The Man in the White Suit
Noakes
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Harry Martin - reporter
Little Red Monkey
Lindsay Carr
Night of the Eagle
Army Interrogator
The One That Got Away
Maurice
Please Turn Over
Dr. Glyn
The Psychopath
Mr. Spencer
Strongroom
Benge
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Buns Darling
Grand National Night
Kitteridge
Subterfuge
Roderick Fisherwick
Green Grow the Rushes
Sir George
The Extra Day
Keep It Clean
Mr. Swayne
John and Julie
Bird Watcher
Alive and Kicking
Clerk in Travel Agency
Bond Street
Tom Wright
Traveller's Joy
Mr. Hartford
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
MacStreet
The Hour of 13
TV Announcer
His and Hers
Albert Thompson
UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!
Mr. Barber
Seven Keys
Count Dezsepalvy
The Devil's Agent
Bill Millington
The Third Visitor
Graham Ford
The Body Beneath
Larry Parr
The Key Man
The Commissioner
Virgin Island
Dr. Phillips
Bobbikins
Gordon Percy Lonsdale
The Boys
Rolsom
Don't Bother to Knock
Mitchell
Three on a Spree
Customs officer
Innocents in Paris
Reporter Interviewing Dickie (uncredited)
The Winslow Boy
Prime Minister
Heavens Above!
Reginald Willoughby-Cruft
The Green Man
Dean Muswell
In the Doghouse
Lt. Cmdr. Sterning
Up to His Neck
Mr Hutton, Travel Agent
The Family Way
Mr. Ffolliott
The Horsemasters
Station Constable
Laughter in Paradise
Fletcher Hethrington
Up in the World
Charles
Bitter Harvest
Woollard (Junior)
Mandy
BBC Announcer
The Mouse That Roared
Col. Fairbairn
Circle of Danger
Pound
The Long Dark Hall
Stacey
The Crowning Touch
Professor Mutch
Folly to Be Wise
Briggs
Very Important Person
Drunk
Crooks Anonymous
The Lady with a Lamp
Chadbeater Longwick
Helter Skelter
Max, 1st Commentator
Jumping for Joy
Connelly
Golden Arrow
Commandant
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Dakers
The Safecracker
Cecil Flick
A Touch of the Sun
Solicitor
The Running Man
Vicar
The Liquidator
Dice
The Trygon Factor
George Baker
The Big Day
Burdon
House of Mystery
(uncredited)
Carry On Constable
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
66
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-04-27
Place of Birth
Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
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