Colin Gordon

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

Doctor Who

The Prisoner

UFO

Department S

The Pink Panther

Casino Royale

Hancock's Half Hour

Mark Saber

All Movies (67)

• UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!1971 · as Albert Thompson
• The Body Beneath1970 · as Graham Ford
• Subterfuge1968 · as Kitteridge
• Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River1968 · as Mr. Hartford
• Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones1967 · as Commandant
• Casino Royale1967 · as Casino Director
• The Family Way1966 · as Mr Hutton, Travel Agent
• The Trygon Factor1966 · as Dice
• The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery1966 · as Noakes
• The Psychopath1966 · as Dr. Glyn
• The Liquidator1965 · as Vicar
• The Pink Panther1963 · as Tucker
• The Running Man1963 · as Solicitor
• Heavens Above!1963 · as Prime Minister
• Bitter Harvest1963 · as Charles
• The Devil's Agent1962 · as Count Dezsepalvy
• The Boys1962 · as Gordon Percy Lonsdale
• In the Doghouse1962 · as Dean Muswell
• Strongroom1962 · as Mr. Spencer
• Night of the Eagle1962 · as Lindsay Carr
• Crooks Anonymous1962 · as Drunk
• The Horsemasters1961 · as Mr. Ffolliott
• Three on a Spree1961 · as Mitchell
• Don't Bother to Knock1961 · as Rolsom
• Very Important Person1961 · as Briggs
• House of Mystery1961 · as Burdon
• Seven Keys1961 · as Mr. Barber
• His and Hers1961 · as TV Announcer
• The Day They Robbed the Bank of England1960 · as Benge
• The Big Day1960 · as George Baker
• Carry On Constable1960 · as (uncredited)
• Please Turn Over1959 · as Maurice
• Virgin Island1959 · as The Commissioner
• Bobbikins1959 · as Dr. Phillips
• The Mouse That Roared1959 · as BBC Announcer
• Alive and Kicking1959 · as Bird Watcher
• The Crowning Touch1959 · as Stacey
• The Doctor's Dilemma1959 · as Newspaper Man
• The Safecracker1958 · as Dakers
• The One That Got Away1957 · as Army Interrogator
• The Key Man1957 · as Larry Parr
• The Green Man1956 · as Reginald Willoughby-Cruft
• Up in the World1956 · as Fletcher Hethrington
• A Touch of the Sun1956 · as Cecil Flick
• Keep It Clean1956
• The Extra Day1956 · as Sir George
• Jumping for Joy1956 · as Max, 1st Commentator
• John and Julie1955 · as Mr. Swayne
• Little Red Monkey1955 · as Harry Martin - reporter
• Up to His Neck1954 · as Lt. Cmdr. Sterning
• Innocents in Paris1953 · as Customs officer
• Grand National Night1953 · as Buns Darling
• Folly to Be Wise1952 · as Professor Mutch
• The Hour of 131952 · as MacStreet
• Mandy1952 · as Woollard (Junior)
• Green Grow the Rushes1951 · as Roderick Fisherwick
• The Lady with a Lamp1951
• The Man in the White Suit1951 · as Hill
• Laughter in Paradise1951 · as Station Constable
• Circle of Danger1951 · as Col. Fairbairn
• The Long Dark Hall1951 · as Pound
• The Third Visitor1951 · as Bill Millington
• Traveller's Joy1950 · as Tom Wright
• Golden Arrow1949 · as Connelly
• Helter Skelter1949 · as Chadbeater Longwick
• The Winslow Boy1948 · as Reporter Interviewing Dickie (uncredited)
• Bond Street1948 · as Clerk in Travel Agency

All TV Shows (15)

• Hine1971
• UFO1970 · as Albert Thompson
• The Misfit1970 · as Lester
• Department S1969 · as Doctor Stickney
• Counterstrike1969
• The Complete and Utter History of Britain1969
• Oh, Brother!1968
• The Prisoner1967 · as Number Two
• The Baron1966 · as John Alexander Templeton-Green
• The World of Wooster1965 · as The Rt. Hon. AB Filmer
• Doctor Who1963 · as Commandant
• Man of the World1962 · as Langford
• A Life Of Bliss1960
• Hancock's Half Hour1956
• Mark Saber1954 · as Theo Bayliss