Don Gordon
Biography
Don Gordon was an American actor who worked in film and television. Born Donald Walter Guadagno in Los Angeles, he studied drama after the war and took a new name. On television he starred in the syndicated series The Blue Angels in 1960 and 1961, and in 1962 he earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for playing Joey Tassili on the CBS legal drama The Defenders. His film work included three pictures with his friend Steve McQueen: Bullitt (1968), Papillon (1973) and The Towering Inferno (1974). In between he appeared in WUSA (1970), Cannon for Cordoba (1970), The Last Movie (1971), Z.P.G. (1972), Slaughter (1972) and The Mack (1973), and he played the assistant to Damien Thorn in Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981). Later television roles included the series Lucan in 1977 and 1978 and the CBS drama The Contender in 1980, and he was interviewed for a 2005 documentary about McQueen.
90years old at death
- Born Los Angeles
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Donald Walter Guadagno (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 34 years1957 to 1991
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About the name
Gordon took his professional name from a street sign. Standing outside his drama school at Sunset Boulevard and Gordon Street, a classmate told him he would never make it as Guadagno and pointed at the sign.
First role
In the syndicated series The Blue Angels, which aired from 1960 to 1961, Gordon had his first starring part on television. The show drew on the United States Navy Blue Angels, the elite precision flight demonstration pilots.
Don Gordon movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Dennis Hopper directed two of these films, Michael Campus two. Steve McQueen appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Steve McQueen's page
Dennis Hopper's page
Paul Newman's page
Robert Vaughn's page
Gregory Sierra's page
Michael CampusDirector, 2 films, 1972 to 1973
Also two films together1 more actor
- Ron SobleThe Beast Within (1982) and Papillon (1973)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Don Gordon's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$444 million
8 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 8 worldwide figure; 9 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 9Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$120M27.1% of the total
- 2$116M26.1% of the total
- 3$53M12.0% of the total
- 4$45M10.1% of the total
- 5$42M9.5% of the total
- 6$39M8.8% of the total
- 7$20M4.6% of the total
- 8$7.7M1.7% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.