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Gale Gordon
Age: 89 (passed away Jun. 30th, 1995)
Height: 5' 8"
Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Born: Feb. 20th, 1906
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Gale Gordon's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: Character actor Gale Gordon found his niche as stuffy, blustery characters on "Our Miss Brooks" (1952) and the various Lucille Ball sitcoms. In his early film appearances, he usually played stuffy military officers. Gordon was at his best when he had to deliver the "slow burn" take.
TRIVIA:
- Portrayed principal Osgood Conklin on CBS Radio's "Our Miss Brooks" (1948-1957).
- Gale's wife, Virginia, died about a month before he did.
- He was the Rexall Drugs spokesman for NBC Radio's "The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show" (1948-1950). His part was integrated into the actual scripts.
- He had some experience with banks before he played Theodore J. Mooney on _"The Lucy Show" (1962)_ (qv). He portrayed bank president Rudolph Atterbury on CBS Radio's "My Favorite Husband" (1948-1951).
- Played the Walter Huston role on the 10/07/46 Lux Theater broadcast of "Dragonwyck" with Gene Tierney and Vincent Price.
- Gale Gordon was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1999.
- He died at the Redwood Terrace Health Center in Escondido, California after a long battle with cancer.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6340 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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