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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 27, 1911
Died
October 4, 1972
Place of Birth
Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
Colin Gordon
0.4 Popularity
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
Credits
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
as Albert Thompson
1971
6.0
Hine
1971
0.0
The Body Beneath
as Graham Ford
1970
4.9
UFO
as Albert Thompson
1970
7.7
The Misfit
as Lester
1970
0.0
Department S
as Doctor Stickney
1969
5.0
🎬
Counterstrike
1969
5.0
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
1969
7.0
Subterfuge
as Kitteridge
1968
4.7
🎬
Oh, Brother!
1968
6.0
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as Mr. Hartford
1968
6.1
The Prisoner
as Number Two
1967
7.7
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
as Commandant
1967
7.8
Casino Royale
as Casino Director
1967
5.3
The Family Way
as Mr Hutton, Travel Agent
1966
6.5
The Trygon Factor
as Dice
1966
6.5
The Baron
as John Alexander Templeton-Green
1966
5.4
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
as Noakes
1966
6.1
The Psychopath
as Dr. Glyn
1966
6.3
The Liquidator
as Vicar
1965
6.2
🎬
The World of Wooster
as The Rt. Hon. AB Filmer
1965
5.5
The Pink Panther
as Tucker
1963
6.8
Doctor Who
as Commandant
1963
7.9
The Running Man
as Solicitor
1963
6.6
Heavens Above!
as Prime Minister
1963
6.4
Bitter Harvest
as Charles
1963
5.8
Man of the World
as Langford
1962
7.0
The Devil's Agent
as Count Dezsepalvy
1962
6.4
The Boys
as Gordon Percy Lonsdale
1962
7.8
In the Doghouse
as Dean Muswell
1962
5.9
Strongroom
as Mr. Spencer
1962
6.2
Night of the Eagle
as Lindsay Carr
1962
6.7
Crooks Anonymous
as Drunk
1962
5.9
The Horsemasters
as Mr. Ffolliott
1961
7.0
Three on a Spree
as Mitchell
1961
6.0
Don't Bother to Knock
as Rolsom
1961
4.5
Very Important Person
as Briggs
1961
5.2
Seven Keys
as Mr. Barber
1961
6.5
House of Mystery
as Burdon
1961
6.8
His and Hers
as TV Announcer
1961
4.9
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
as Benge
1960
6.1
The Big Day
as George Baker
1960
7.0
Carry On Constable
as (uncredited)
1960
6.3
🎬
A Life Of Bliss
1960
0.0
Please Turn Over
as Maurice
1959
6.1
Virgin Island
as The Commissioner
1959
5.0
Bobbikins
as Dr. Phillips
1959
4.0
The Mouse That Roared
as BBC Announcer
1959
6.3
Alive and Kicking
as Bird Watcher
1959
6.9
🎬
The Crowning Touch
as Stacey
1959
0.0
The Safecracker
as Dakers
1958
5.8
The One That Got Away
as Army Interrogator
1957
6.8
The Key Man
as Larry Parr
1957
5.5
The Green Man
as Reginald Willoughby-Cruft
1956
6.9
Up in the World
as Fletcher Hethrington
1956
6.3
A Touch of the Sun
as Cecil Flick
1956
5.6
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
7.3
Keep It Clean
1956
4.6
The Extra Day
as Sir George
1956
6.6
Jumping for Joy
as Max, 1st Commentator
1956
6.5
John and Julie
as Mr. Swayne
1955
4.6
Little Red Monkey
as Harry Martin - reporter
1955
6.4
Mark Saber
as Theo Bayliss
1954
7.0
Up to His Neck
as Lt. Cmdr. Sterning
1954
0.0
Innocents in Paris
as Customs officer
1953
4.8
Grand National Night
as Buns Darling
1953
7.9
Folly to Be Wise
as Professor Mutch
1952
6.7
The Hour of 13
as MacStreet
1952
5.7
Mandy
as Woollard (Junior)
1952
7.0
Green Grow the Rushes
as Roderick Fisherwick
1951
5.8
The Lady with a Lamp
1951
6.1
The Man in the White Suit
as Hill
1951
6.9
Laughter in Paradise
as Station Constable
1951
6.4
Circle of Danger
as Col. Fairbairn
1951
6.5
The Long Dark Hall
as Pound
1951
6.4
The Third Visitor
as Bill Millington
1951
6.0
Traveller's Joy
as Tom Wright
1950
5.7
Golden Arrow
as Connelly
1949
0.0
Helter Skelter
as Chadbeater Longwick
1949
6.2
The Winslow Boy
as Reporter Interviewing Dickie (uncredited)
1948
6.9
Bond Street
as Clerk in Travel Agency
1948
6.8