Don Gordon (actor)

Don Gordon
Born
Donald Walter Guadagno

(1926-11-13)November 13, 1926
DiedApril 24, 2017(2017-04-24) (aged 90)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeWestwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation(s)Film, television actor
Years active1949–1993
Spouses
  • (m. 1948; div. 1953)
  • (m. 1954; div. 1958)
  • (m. 1959; div. 1979)
  • Denise Farr
    (m. 1979)
Children2[1][2]

Don Gordon (born Donald Walter Guadagno; November 13, 1926 – April 24, 2017)[3] was an American film and television actor. His most notable film roles were those in which he appeared alongside his friend Steve McQueen: Bullitt (1968), Papillon (1973) and The Towering Inferno (1974).[citation needed] Between the first and the last of those films he appeared in The Gamblers (1970), WUSA (1970), Cannon for Cordoba (1970), The Last Movie (1971), Z.P.G. (1972), Fuzz (1972), Slaughter (1972), The Mack (1973), The Education of Sonny Carson (1974) and Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) as the ill-fated assistant to protagonist Damien Thorn.

  1. ^ "Don Gordon Dead: Character Actor, Steve McQueen Friend Was 90 | Holly…". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Helen Westcott – The Private Life and Times of Helen Westcott. Helen Westcott Pictures".
  3. ^ Barnes, Mike (May 5, 2017). "Don Gordon, Top-Notch Character Actor and Pal of Steve McQueen, Dies at 90". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.