Colin Gordon
Acting • Born 1911-04-27 – Died 1972-10-04
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.
Filmography
82 credits
The Pink Panther
Movie • 1963
Tucker
Casino Royale
Movie • 1967
Casino Director
The Man in the White Suit
Movie • 1951
Hill
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Movie • 1966
Noakes
Little Red Monkey
Movie • 1955
Harry Martin - reporter
Night of the Eagle
Movie • 1962
Lindsay Carr
The One That Got Away
Movie • 1957
Army Interrogator
Please Turn Over
Movie • 1959
Maurice
The Psychopath
Movie • 1966
Dr. Glyn
Strongroom
Movie • 1962
Mr. Spencer
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Movie • 1960
Benge
Grand National Night
Movie • 1953
Buns Darling
Subterfuge
Movie • 1968
Kitteridge
Green Grow the Rushes
Movie • 1951
Roderick Fisherwick
The Extra Day
Movie • 1956
Sir George
Keep It Clean
Movie • 1956
John and Julie
Movie • 1955
Mr. Swayne
Alive and Kicking
Movie • 1959
Bird Watcher
Bond Street
Movie • 1948
Clerk in Travel Agency
Traveller's Joy
Movie • 1950
Tom Wright
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Movie • 1968
Mr. Hartford
The Hour of 13
Movie • 1952
MacStreet
His and Hers
Movie • 1961
TV Announcer
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
Movie • 1971
Albert Thompson
Seven Keys
Movie • 1961
Mr. Barber
The Devil's Agent
Movie • 1962
Count Dezsepalvy
The Third Visitor
Movie • 1951
Bill Millington
The Body Beneath
Movie • 1970
Graham Ford
The Key Man
Movie • 1957
Larry Parr
Virgin Island
Movie • 1959
The Commissioner
Bobbikins
Movie • 1959
Dr. Phillips
The Boys
Movie • 1962
Gordon Percy Lonsdale
Don't Bother to Knock
Movie • 1961
Rolsom
Three on a Spree
Movie • 1961
Mitchell
Innocents in Paris
Movie • 1953
Customs officer
The Winslow Boy
Movie • 1948
Reporter Interviewing Dickie (uncredited)
Heavens Above!
Movie • 1963
Prime Minister
The Green Man
Movie • 1956
Reginald Willoughby-Cruft
In the Doghouse
Movie • 1962
Dean Muswell
Up to His Neck
Movie • 1954
Lt. Cmdr. Sterning
The Family Way
Movie • 1966
Mr Hutton, Travel Agent
The Horsemasters
Movie • 1961
Mr. Ffolliott
Laughter in Paradise
Movie • 1951
Station Constable
Up in the World
Movie • 1956
Fletcher Hethrington
Bitter Harvest
Movie • 1963
Charles
Mandy
Movie • 1952
Woollard (Junior)
The Mouse That Roared
Movie • 1959
BBC Announcer
Circle of Danger
Movie • 1951
Col. Fairbairn
The Long Dark Hall
Movie • 1951
Pound
The Crowning Touch
Movie • 1959
Stacey
Folly to Be Wise
Movie • 1952
Professor Mutch
Very Important Person
Movie • 1961
Briggs
Crooks Anonymous
Movie • 1962
Drunk
The Lady with a Lamp
Movie • 1951
Helter Skelter
Movie • 1949
Chadbeater Longwick
Jumping for Joy
Movie • 1956
Max, 1st Commentator
Golden Arrow
Movie • 1949
Connelly
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Movie • 1967
Commandant
The Safecracker
Movie • 1958
Dakers
A Touch of the Sun
Movie • 1956
Cecil Flick
The Running Man
Movie • 1963
Solicitor
The Liquidator
Movie • 1965
Vicar
The Trygon Factor
Movie • 1966
Dice
The Big Day
Movie • 1960
George Baker
House of Mystery
Movie • 1961
Burdon
Carry On Constable
Movie • 1960
(uncredited)
The Doctor's Dilemma
Movie • 1959
Newspaper Man
The Prisoner
TV • 1967
Number Two
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
TV • 1969
Department S
TV • 1969
Doctor Stickney
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Commandant
UFO
TV • 1970
Albert Thompson
The Baron
TV • 1966
John Alexander Templeton-Green
Counterstrike
TV • 1969
Oh, Brother!
TV • 1968
A Life Of Bliss
TV • 1960
Hancock's Half Hour
TV • 1956
Hine
TV • 1971
The Misfit
TV • 1970
Lester
The World of Wooster
TV • 1965
The Rt. Hon. AB Filmer
Man of the World
TV • 1962
Langford
Mark Saber
TV • 1954
Theo Bayliss