Colin Gordon
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| Colin Gordon | |
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| Born | 27 April 1911 Ceylon |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1947-1972 |
| Spouse(s) | Sidney Eileen Short (1936-1943 (divorced, 1 child), Zena Howard (1945-separated), |
Colin Gordon (27 April 1911 – 4 October 1972) was a British actor born in Ceylon.[1]
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 World War II 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 (both with Peter Sellers, alongside whom he made five films). In the ITC series The Prisoner (1967) he portrayed Number Two twice in "The General" and later in "A. B. and C.". The episodes were subsequently broadcast in reverse order.
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. In 1961 he appeared as the Doctor in "The Lift" episode of Hancock.
Selected filmography
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- Traveller's Joy (1949)
- Edward, My Son (1949)
- Helter Skelter (1949)
- Circle of Danger (1951)
- Laughter in Paradise (1951)
- The Man in the White Suit (1951)
- Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
- Mandy (1952)
- Folly to Be Wise (1953)
- Grand National Night (1953)
- Up to His Neck (1954)
- Escapade (1955)
- John and Julie (1955)
- Little Red Monkey (1955)
- The Extra Day (1956)
- Jumping for Joy (1956)
- Keep It Clean (1956)
- The Green Man (1956)
- A Touch of the Sun (1956)
- Up in the World (1956)
- The Key Man (1957)
- The One That Got Away (1957)
- The Safecracker (1958)
- The Doctor's Dilemma (1958)
- Virgin Island (1959)
- Please Turn Over (1959)
- Alive and Kicking (1959)
- The Crowning Touch (1959)
- The Mouse That Roared (1959)
- Bobbikins (1959)
- The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
- Make Mine Mink (1960)
- Seven Keys (1961)
- House of Mystery (1961)
- Very Important Person (1961)
- Don't Bother to Knock (1961)
- Three on a Spree (1961)
- In the Doghouse (1961)
- Night of the Eagle (1962)
- Crooks Anonymous (1962)
- Strongroom (1962)
- The Boys (1962)
- Bitter Harvest (1963)
- Heavens Above! (1963)
- The Running Man (1963)
- The Pink Panther (1963)
- The Counterfeit Constable (1964)
- The Liquidator (1965)
- The Psychopath (1966)
- The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
- The Trygon Factor (1966)
- The Family Way (1966)
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968)
- Subterfuge (1968)
