Gordon Mitchell
Biography
Gordon Mitchell was born "Charles Pendleton" in Colorado and served his country in both World War II and the Korean War (during which he was briefly a POW). Afterward he worked as a teacher in inner city schools in California and got heavily involved in personal fitness and bodybuilding. He became friends with Joe Gold (of Gold's Gym), joining Mae West's comedy act as one of her "strongmen" who would carry her on and off the stage. During this time he also found himself in demand as an extra in several Hollywood films including "Lil Abner", "The Enemy Below", and "The Ten Commandments" (in which he and Joe Gold bring Moses to Ramsey's court in chains). When the Peplum craze began in Italy and his fellow Muscle Beach star Steve Reeves became a huge star. Gordon (along with Reg Park, Mark Forrest, Brad Harris, Mickey Hargitay, and Richard Harrison) similarly jumped on the bandwagon and headed to Italy to find stardom and financially greener pastures. Thanks to his unconventional appearance (small, sharp eyes and craggy face) and enthusiasm for his work, Mitchell found himself one of the most in-demand performers in Italy's Sword & Sandal craze of the early 60's, working with several top directors including Marino Girolami, Alberto De Martino, and Michele Lupo. Unlike most of his peers who left Italy once the genre ran its course, Mitchell stayed on to play villains in numerous Spaghetti Westerns, Giallos, War Films, and Science Fiction movies. He also had a small but key role in the Elizabeth Taylor / Marlon Brandon vehicle "Reflections in a Golden Eye" (1967) during this time though perhaps his most prestigious role would be the rogue who helps the two protagonists kidnap the noble in Fellini's "Satyricon" (1969). Mitchell used his extra cash to buy and build his own movie studio (Cave Studios) which he single-handedly constructed outside of Rome. It went largely unused except by ultra-low budget director Demofilo Fidani who would often cast Mitchell as well. In the late 1980's when the Italian genre film industry had basically self-destructed, unable to compete with American films even for video rentals, Mitchell packed his bags and moved back to California. Once home, he re-teamed with old friend Joe Gold to manage World Gym, at which Mitchell acted as COO and lived at the top floor of its headquarters in Marina Del Rey. Continuing for years to act in low budget films purely for the fun of it, Mitchell passed away in his sleep at age 80 in 2003. Having just won the California recall election the day prior, Arnold Schwarzenegger took time out of his busy schedule to pay his respects at Mitchell's Memorial Service at the World Gym Headquarters along with many other bodybuilders who credit Mitchell with getting them into their careers.
Known For
Igor
Terror! Il castello delle donne maledette
Dr. Otto Frankenstein
Frankenstein '80
Stables Sergeant
Reflections in a Golden Eye
killer russo
La dottoressa preferisce i marinai
Chris Forest
Se t'incontro, t'ammazzo
Mr. Temple
Febbre a 40!
Burying Sam
Il mio nome è Shanghai Joe
Obro
Il gigante di Metropolis
Burton
Al di là della legge
Black Mass Leader
La croce dalle 7 pietre
Col. Morgan
Endgame - Bronx lotta finale
Rolf
Le miniere del Kilimangiaro
Moskovitz, le tueur à gages
Le Coup du parapluie
Frank Stilo
Pugni dollari e spinaci
فاتحین صحرا
Degueyo
Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino
Häuptling Sitzender Büffel
Little Rita nel West
Hector
She
Col. Mortimer
Cobra Mission
Murdu
2+5: Missione Hydra
Achilles
L'ira di Achille
killer
Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere
Omar
Sinbad Contro I Sette Saraceni
David
La Polizia Ordina: Sparate A Vista
El Kadir
Io monaca... per tre carogne e sette peccatrici
Maciste
Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi
Olaf
Vivre pour survivre
Frank
3 Colpi di Winchester per Ringo
Roy Fulton
T'ammazzo! - Raccomandati a Dio
Morgan
SFX Retaliator
Henry Di Fusco
Le saut de l'ange
Deputy
Il giorno del giudizio
Ironhead
Giù la testa... hombre
Gordon Mitchell
Era Sam Wallash!... lo chiamavano... E Così Sia
John Hamilton
Per una bara piena di dollari
Martin
Il magnifico west
Ray Potter
Il suo nome era Pot... ma... lo chiamavano Allegria
Joe il Rosso
Io non spezzo... rompo
Rod Gordon
Nato per uccidere
Danite
John il bastardo
Greg "The Crazy Person"
Vamos a matar Sartana
Dakota
Un uomo Chiamato Dakota
Mike
C'era una volta questo pazzo pazzo west
Glenn Sheppard
Thompson 1880
Black Burt Keller / Burt Kelly
Arrivano Django e Sartana... è la fine
Big Ben
Sette volte sette
Hermann
Delirio di sangue
Jonathan Duke
Scansati... a Trinità arriva Eldorado
Miller
Amico mio, frega tu... che frego io!
Jack Mason
La tigre venuta dal fiume Kwai
Morgan
Zanna Bianca e il grande Kid
Pluto
Vulcano, figlio di Giove
Peter Wilcox
Dagli archivi della polizia criminale
Cooper
I sette del gruppo selvaggio
Martin
Allegri becchini... arriva Trinità
Buck/Butch Bradley
Giù le mani... Carogna!
Roger Murdock
Inginocchiati straniero... I cadaveri non fanno ombra!
Kommandant von Stolzen
Kaput lager - gli ultimi giorni delle SS
Paul
Strategia per una missione di morte
Yussuf
Il figlio dello sceicco
Hamar
Giulio Cesare contro i pirati
General Von Werner
Il domestico
Anasının Gözü
The Man with the Golden Arm
Gregory Falco
Fenomenal e il tesoro di Tutankamen
Yor
Rush
The Albanian
Bersaglio mobile
香港小教父
Il predone
Fellini – satyricon
Baltimore Joe/Ringo
Uccidi o muori
Ulrich
Col ferro e col fuoco
Costa
Overdose
Toni
Un killer per sua maestà
Alfredo
Radhapura – Endstation der Verdammten
Roger
La vendetta di Lady Morgan
Margherito
Quei paracul… pi di Jolando e Margherito
Coyote
The Arizona Kid
Tre nel mille
Abdul Pascha
Diamond Connection
Renato Proietti
Due Magnum .38 per una città di carogne
Don Nicola
Mafia, una legge che non perdona
Balisten
Gli schiavi più forti del mondo
Arminio
La Vendetta di Spartacus
Ringo
Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak
Sven
Erik, il vichingo
General Metellus
Il conquistatore di Corinto
Hunding
Il tesoro della foresta pietrificata
Haine
Ισχυρή Δόση... Σεξ
Goliath
Bikini Drive-In
Brenno
Brenno il nemico di Roma
Gladiator (uncredited)
Spartacus
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Young Lions
Von Thirac
La schiava io ce l'ho e tu no
Bar Cowboy Watching Fistfight (uncredited)
Rio Bravo
The Wings of War
Pirate Captain
Hercules and the Princess of Troy
Commando Invasion
(uncredited)
The Spirit of St. Louis
Dan Thorn
The Alien Within
Professor Helmut
La pelle sotto gli artigli
Man in nightclub
Casa d'appuntamento
Brado
Kırmızı Kelebek
Robert
Η Μαύρη Εμμανουέλα
Al Rubino
Cin cin... cianuro
Extra (uncredited)
Around the World in Eighty Days
Erikson
Tutto sul rosso
Gordon
Une femme spéciale
Maserati
Kopfschuß
Three Men on Fire
General Murchison
An Enraged New World
Don Fabrizio De Martino
Malevolence
Self
Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co
Jack Volpetti
Se tutto va bene siamo rovinati
Gordon
Una donna per 7 bastardi
Gooming
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
Amerikaner
Santa Lucia
Joe
Cuibul salamandrelor
Gordon Mitchell
Trois filles dans le vent
Football player
Lisa dagli occhi blu
(as Charles Pendleton)
Porno erotico western
Gordon
Situation
Gizli Kuvvet
Pretorius
Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora
Clayton
Sapevano solo uccidere
Donkey / Morgan Pitt
Carogne si nasce
Van Himst
È mezzanotte... butta giù il cadavere
Pablo
Gli Uccisori
Mike
Le Ricain
Ora X Pattuglia Suicida
Felix Oppenheimer
Holocaust 2: I ricordi, i deliri, la vendetta
Self
L'Estate
German Sailor
The Enemy Below
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
132
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-07-29
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, USA
Also Known As
Charles Allen Pendleton