After all, I look like a heavy. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, The Best Actresses and Actors - Born in the 1920s. |  . Fandango helps you go back to the movies with confidence and peace of mind. SEE DETAILS. - IMDb Mini Biography By: US Actor, who appeared in 50's/60's Westerns. Eonline had a quote attributed to him, CelebHeights.com © Rob Paul 2004-2020. There's a good guy and a bad guy. He goes, "Bip, bip, bip!' By visiting Celeb Heights you agree to its. Got a craggy-ass face. Publicity Listings New York-born Leo Gordon's combination of a powerful physique, deep, menacing voice and icy, withering glare was guaranteed to strike fear into the heart of even the bravest screen hero. He passed away in 2000 of natural causes. Y'know? Like he's shooting. Over the course of his career Gordon would appear in more than 170 film and television productions from the early 1950s to the mid-1990s. Earn 125 points on every ticket you buy. Collect bonus rewards from our many partners, including AMC, Stubs, Cinemark Connections, Regal Crown Club when you link accounts. Leo Gordon's Height 6ft 2 (188 cm) US Actor, who appeared in 50's/60's Westerns. Eonline had a quote attributed to him, "nobody believes I'm a writer anyway. frankfob2@yahoo.com, Other Works . I'm 6-2, 200 pounds. Got a craggy-ass face. Big, burly character actor, one of the toughest of screen heavies. Gordon was still very busy as an actor and sometime writer well into the 1980's and early 1990's. when you purchase 3 participating Suave products 9/1-10/31 at Walmart or Walmart.com. Siegel wasn't talking about just Gordon's screen presence. I'm 6' 2", 200 pounds. Director Don Siegel, who used Gordon in his prison film Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954), once said that "Leo Gordon was the scariest man I have ever met"--this coming from a man who had directed John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and Bette Midler! As a "heavy", Gordon was the real deal--before becoming an actor (he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Gordon served five years in San Quentin State Prison for armed robbery (during which he was shot several times point-blank by police--and survived). Early in his adult life, Gordon did, indeed, serve a term at San Quentin for armed robbery; but after his release he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and was a working actor by the early 1950's. We know life happens, so if something comes up, you can return or exchange your tickets up until the posted showtime. Screen Reader Users: To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our Flixster.com website, which has the same tickets as our Fandango.com and MovieTickets.com websites. At 6 feet 2 inches tall, and with muscles to match, Gordon was an implicitly imposing screen presence, and most often played villains, although when he did play someone on the side of the angels he was equally memorable. Nobody believes I'm a writer. Gordon started his career on the stage and worked with such luminaries as Edward G. Robinson and Tyrone Power. I was walking down the street in Morocco when a little kid steps out of the alley and looks at me. It was in Don Siegel's Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954), which was shot at San Quentin, that a lot of mainstream filmgoers discovered precisely how fearsome Gordon could be, in the role of "Crazy Mike Carnie." That's a writer. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi. Leo Gordon cut one of the toughest, meanest, and most memorable figures on the screen of any character actor of his generation -- and he came by some of that tough-guy image naturally, having done time in prison for armed robbery. But a year later, he was back in his usual villain mold -- and as good as ever at it -- in McLintock! Body Size : 46 Inch Height: 1.88 m Weight KG: 75 KG [on whether he prefers screenwriting or acting] Writing is more rewarding than acting, but look at my face. New York-born Leo Gordon's combination of a powerful physique, deep, menacing voice and icy, withering glare was guaranteed to strike fear into the heart of even the bravest screen hero. Gordon was also a screenwriter, turning out several screenplays for Corman. You figure, "Here you are, a world away from anything you're familiar with, and some little kid in an alley in Morocco recognizes you?" I should be 5' 8", 142 pounds, wear patches on my elbows and horn-rimmed glasses and smoke a pipe. He did play sympathetic parts on occasion, notably in the western Black Patch (1957)--which he also wrote--and in Roger Corman's civil rights drama The Intruder (1962), and turned in first-rate performances, especially in the latter film. Tyler Posey realizes he's on his own in an exclusive clip from 'Alone,' now on FandangoNOW, What to Watch on FandangoNOW: ‘Unhinged,’ ‘The Opening Act,’ Miranda July’s ‘Kajillionaire’ and More, This Week in Family Movie News: ‘Thomas & Friends’ Coming Down the Track, First ‘Addams Family 2’ Teaser and More. ; in one of the most famous scenes of his career, he played the angry homesteader whose attempt to lynch a Native American leads to a head-to-head battle with John Wayne, bringing about an extended fight featuring the whole cast in a huge mud-pit. One of the most intimidating members of a cast that was overflowing with tough guys (and which used real cons as extras), Gordon's career was made after that. His first credited screen appearance (as Leo V. Gordon) was on television, in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of "The Blue And White Lamp", with Frank Albertson and Earl Rowe, in 1952. [the heavy is] the guy people remember. And at the start of the next decade, Gordon got one of his rare (and best) non-villain parts in a movie when Roger Corman cast him in The Intruder (1962), in the role of Sam Griffin, an onlooker who takes it upon himself to break up a race riot in a small southern town torn by court-ordered school integration. Westerns are fundamental . Once in a while, directors triped to tap other sides of his screen persona, as in the western Black Patch (1957). Movie work just exploded for the actor, and he was in dozens of pictures a year over the next few years, as well as working in a lot of better television shows, and he also earned a regular spot in the series Circus Boy, as Hank Miller. More typical, however, was his work in the second episode of the western series Bonanza, "Death on Sun Mountain", in which he played a murderous profiteer in Virginia City's boomtown days. Leo Vincent Gordon: Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Mini Bio (1) Big, burly character actor, one of the toughest of screen heavies. Leo Gordon is an American Film Actor, Are looking Leo Gordon Net Worth, Height, Family, Age, Weight, Biography & Wiki? He runs a few feet ahead of me--turns around and looks again--he puts his hands down like he's drawing two pistols. Once, coming down the street in Madrid with my wife, a car slides up and these guys jump out. You know which is which. Her Body Measurements are 46 Inch. I look like a heavy. "Riot in Cell Block 11" was filmed at Folsom State Prison--where Gordon also served time--and the Folsom warden remembered him as a troublemaker.At first he refused to allow the film to be shot there if Gordon was to be in it, but Siegel was able to convince him that Gordon was no threat to the prison.Contrary to his image, though, Gordon was not just a one-note villain. You don't have to go into the psyche to find out his parents were abusive . . . [on the "benefits" of playing so many heavies] You get more recognition. Heights are barefeet estimates, derived from quotations, official websites, agency resumes, in person encounters with actors at conventions and pictures/films. Figure Measurements & Body Stats: Leo Gordon stands tall 1.88 m and Weight 75 KG. His early feature film appearances included roles in China Venture (1953) and Gun Fury (1953), the latter marking the start of his long association with westerns, which was solidified with his villainous portrayal in the John Wayne vehicle Hondo (1953).

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