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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1911-04-27
- event Death Date 1972-10-04
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 3.8
- info Birth Place Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
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6.9
The Pink Panther
1963-12-18
5.3
Casino Royale
1967-04-13
6.8
The Man in the White Suit
1951-08-07
5.8
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
1966-03-11
5.8
Little Red Monkey
1955-06-03
6.7
Night of the Eagle
1962-04-25
7
The One That Got Away
1957-11-22
5.9
Please Turn Over
1959-12-17
6.2
The Psychopath
1966-02-04
6.7
Strongroom
1962-05-04
6.1
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960-09-04
8.1
Grand National Night
1953-04-15
4.7
Subterfuge
1968-12-12
5.9
Green Grow the Rushes
1951-11-06
6.6
The Extra Day
1956-01-01
4.5
Keep It Clean
1956-05-01
4.8
John and Julie
1955-07-26
7.1
Alive and Kicking
1959-07-13
6.8
Bond Street
1948-05-12
5.7
Traveller's Joy
1950-12-25
6.1
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968-07-12
5.7
The Hour of 13
1952-11-21
4.9
His and Hers
1961-01-01
6
UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!
1971-09-06
6.8
Seven Keys
1961-02-01
6.2
The Devil's Agent
1962-09-01
6
The Third Visitor
1951-01-31
5.1
The Body Beneath
1970-09-29
5.5
The Key Man
1957-06-01
5
Virgin Island
1959-08-07
4
Bobbikins
1959-07-28
8
The Boys
1962-08-31
5.1
Don't Bother to Knock
1961-05-28
5.3
Three on a Spree
1961-06-28
5.2
Innocents in Paris
1953-07-22
6.9
The Winslow Boy
1948-09-24
6.2
Heavens Above!
1963-05-20
7
The Green Man
1956-12-21
6.9
In the Doghouse
1962-05-17
0
Up to His Neck
1954-01-01
6.6
The Family Way
1966-12-18
7
The Horsemasters
1961-10-01
6.7
Laughter in Paradise
1951-06-01
6.5
Up in the World
1956-12-06
6.2
Bitter Harvest
1963-03-08
6.9
Mandy
1952-07-29
6.4
The Mouse That Roared
1959-07-17
6.5
Circle of Danger
1951-04-17
6.4
The Long Dark Hall
1951-02-06
0
The Crowning Touch
1959-06-01
6.7
Folly to Be Wise
1952-12-04
5.5
Very Important Person
1961-04-24
6.3
Crooks Anonymous
1962-03-31
5.5
The Lady with a Lamp
1951-09-22
6.2
Helter Skelter
1949-01-07
6.5
Jumping for Joy
1956-01-01
0
Golden Arrow
1949-12-31
8.2
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
1967-05-13
5.8
The Safecracker
1958-03-05
5.6
A Touch of the Sun
1956-10-01
6.6
The Running Man
1963-10-01
6.2
The Liquidator
1965-11-01
6.5
The Trygon Factor
1966-12-16
7
The Big Day
1960-07-01
7.8
The Prisoner
1967-09-29
6.8
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
1969-01-12
4.9
Department S
1969-09-09
7.9
Doctor Who
1963-11-23
7.7
UFO
1970-09-16
5.4
The Baron
1966-09-28
5
Counterstrike
1969-09-08
6
Oh, Brother!
1968-09-13
0
A Life Of Bliss
1960-01-21
7.5
Hancock's Half Hour
1956-07-06
0
Hine
1971-04-07