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Leo Gordon is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 2 december 1922 at New York City (USA)

Leo Gordon

Leo Gordon
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Birth name Leo Vincent Gordon
Nationality USA
Birth 2 december 1922 at New York City (USA)
Death 26 december 2000 (at 78 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Leo Vincent Gordon (December 2, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American film and television character actor as well as a screenplay writer and novelist. During more than 40 years in film and television, he was frequently cast as a supporting actor playing brutish bad guys.

Best films

The Dictator's Guns
The Dictator's Guns
(1965)
(Actor)

Usually with

Roger Corman
Roger Corman
(13 films)
Bruno VeSota
Bruno VeSota
(7 films)
John Wayne
John Wayne
(5 films)
Daniel Haller
Daniel Haller
(8 films)
Floyd Crosby
Floyd Crosby
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Leo Gordon (73 films)

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Actor

Maverick
Maverick (1994)
, 2h7
Directed by Richard Donner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Jeu, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Poker
Actors Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene, Alfred Molina, James Coburn
Roles Poker Player
Rating69% 3.4991153.4991153.4991153.4991153.499115
The story, set in the American Old West, is a first-person account by wisecracking gambler Bret Maverick (Mel Gibson) of his misadventures on the way to a major five-card draw poker tournament. Besides wanting to win the tournament for the prize money, he also wants to prove, once and for all, that he is the best card player of his time.
Alienator
Alienator (1990)
, 1h33
Directed by Fred Olen Ray
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Robot films
Actors Jan-Michael Vincent, John Phillip Law, Teagan Clive, Ross Hagen, P. J. Soles, Dyana Ortellí
Roles Cpl. Coburn
Rating32% 1.6157651.6157651.6157651.6157651.615765
Kol (Ross Hagen), an alien criminal, escapes from a spaceship into the woods of an American suburb. The commander (Jan-Michael Vincent) of the spaceship dispatches The Alienator (Teagan Clive) -- a deadly female gynoid, to capture Kol. He meets up with some teenagers as they are all running from fiery death at the hands of The Alienator. She relentlessly pursues Kol and the teens through a series of action sequences and low budget special effects. Kol must face the toughest decision of his life: kill or be killed.
Big Top Pee-wee
Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
, 1h25
Directed by Randal Kleiser
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Circus films
Actors Kris Kristofferson, Paul Reubens, Susan Tyrrell, Valeria Golino, Penelope Ann Miller, Albert Henderson
Roles Joe the Blacksmith (as Leo V. Gordon)
Rating51% 2.550372.550372.550372.550372.55037
Pee-wee Herman has a dream of being a famous singer. He makes his exit by disguising himself as Abraham Lincoln. One of the fans asks him for his autograph, but his disguise is promptly exposed. They chase after him and he flies off to his ranch. Pee-wee finally awakens from his dream that morning to work on his farm with Vance the pig. Later, he has lunch with his fiancée, schoolteacher Winnie Johnson. Next, he races Vance to a general store owned by Mr. Ryan to order a cheese sandwich with a pickle.
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
, 1h37
Directed by Rodney Amateau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Musical films
Actors Mackenzie Astin, Anthony Newley, Phil Fondacaro, Katie Barberi, Jim Cummings, Debbie Lee Carrington
Roles Guard #1
Rating27% 1.3578651.3578651.3578651.3578651.357865
A garbage can spaceship is seen flying near Earth. The same garbage can is then shown inside an antique shop owned by Captain Manzini. A boy named Dodger is being assaulted by four bullies in a park. Juice, the leader, steals Dodger's money and drops him in a puddle. Dodger goes to Manzini's antique shop where he works. Manzini takes Dodger's clothes and cleans them while warning him to stay away from the garbage can. Later, Dodger sees Tangerine, Juice's girlfriend, who seems to be the most compassionate one towards Dodger, and tries to persuade her to buy something. Dodger is attracted to Tangerine and covertly smells her hair while she is distracted. The other bullies enter the shop and attempt to rough up Dodger again, but he manages to outwit them. However, amidst the tussle, the garbage can is knocked over. The bullies then bring Dodger into a sewer, handcuff him to a rail, and open a sewage pipe on him. Dodger is saved by little mysterious people named the Garbage Pail Kids.
Savage Dawn
Savage Dawn (1986)
, 2h
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Lance Henriksen, William Forsythe, George Kennedy, Karen Black, Mickey Jones, Elizabeth Kaitan
Roles Sheriff
Rating51% 2.5552.5552.5552.5552.555
Stryker (played by Lance Henriksen), a former soldier, is riding on his motorcycle in the desert, he is on his way to see his friend Tick Rand (played by George Kennedy) in the small town of Aqua Dulce, Texas. Stryker stops at a gas station to get some gas. There are 2 bikers, Spyder (played by John Lisbon Wood) and Meatrack (played by Charles Hyman) who ride in, they are members of a motorcycle gang called the "Savages". The 2 bikers start trouble with the gas station owner, Stryker comes to deal with the 2 and they both ride off.
Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice (1983)
, 1h28
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Erotic, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, La préhistoire, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Susan Tyrrell, Maggie Roswell, Steve Sandor, Leo Gordon, William Ostrander, Le Tari
Roles Jarol
Rating65% 3.2515653.2515653.2515653.2515653.251565
From their stronghold in Icepeak, the evil Queen Juliana (Eileen O'Neill) and her son, Nekron (Stephen Mendel), send forth a wave of glaciers, forcing humanity to retreat south towards the equator. Nekron sends a delegation to King Jarol (Leo Gordon) in Firekeep to request his surrender, but this is a ruse orchestrated by Queen Juliana for Nekron’s sub-humans to kidnap Jarol’s daughter, Princess Teegra (Cynthia Leake), a 15-year-old, barefoot, microkini-wearing teenage girl; Queen Juliana feels that Nekron should take a bride to produce an heir.
Bog
Bog (1979)

Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Gloria DeHaven, Aldo Ray, Marshall Thompson, Leo Gordon
Roles Dr. John Warren
Rating32% 1.6254751.6254751.6254751.6254751.625475
Dynamite fishing in a rural swamp revives a prehistoric gill monster that lives on the blood of human females. When a local is fishing with dynamite in Bog Lake, something larger pops to the surface: a green bug-eyed monster awakened from a long sleep, which promptly begins killing fishermen who stumble across its lair. When biologist Ginny Glenn (Gloria DeHaven) discovers the creature's evolutionary nature, the local sheriff decides to use various methods to destroy the beast.
The Shootist
The Shootist (1976)
, 1h40
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Harry Morgan, James Stewart, Richard Boone
Roles Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7962753.7962753.7962753.7962753.796275
An aging Books arrives in Carson City, Nevada on January 22, 1901. In a newspaper he reads that Great Britain's Queen Victoria has died. After a stranger calls him an "old man" and barks at him to get out of the way, Books laments that the Old West is dying too.
My Name Is Nobody
My Name Is Nobody (1973)
, 1h57
Directed by Tonino Valerii, Sergio Leone
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Western, Spaghetti Western
Themes Buddy films
Actors Terence Hill, Henry Fonda, Jean Martin, Geoffrey Lewis, Mario Brega, Steve Kanaly
Roles Red
Rating72% 3.64963.64963.64963.64963.6496
Jack Beauregard (Henry Fonda) is an aging legendary gunslinger who wants to retire in peace in Europe to get away from young gunmen constantly trying to test themselves against the master. The film opens with three gunmen attempting to ambush Beauregard in a barbershop. After Beauregard has dispatched them, the barber's son asks his father if there is anyone in the world faster than Beauregard, to which the barber replies "Faster than him? Nobody!"
Bonnie's Kids
Bonnie's Kids (1973)
, 1h45
Directed by Arthur Marks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Tiffany Bolling, Steve Sandor, Robin Mattson, Scott Brady, Alex Rocco, Leo Gordon
Roles Charley
Rating61% 3.0933053.0933053.0933053.0933053.093305
Sisters Myra and Ellie have finally had enough of their miserable, dead-end lives. When their step-father Charley tries to rape Myra, Ellie shoots him with a shotgun and the pair run off to their wealthy uncle's mansion in El Paso. From that point on the two undergo a transformation in their personalities and start to enjoy living their lives on the wild side.
You Can't Win 'Em All
You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)
, 1h37
Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Rail transport films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Fikret Hakan, Michèle Mercier, Grégoire Aslan, Patrick Magee
Roles Bolek
Rating57% 2.853432.853432.853432.853432.85343
Les aventures d'un vétéran britannique (Charles Bronson) de la Grande Guerre et d'un armateur américain (Tony Curtis) en Turquie, durant la guerre civile turque et la guerre gréco-turque de 1919-1922.