Colin Gordon

Acting

Born April 27, 1911, Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]

​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

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