Mark Joshua Gordon (May 19, 1926 – August 12, 2010)[1] was an American film, television, theatre actor and theatre director.[2]

Life and career

Gordon was born in New York.[2] He began his career in 1952, as appearing in the Broadway play Desire Under the Elms, playing the role of the "Fiddler" (square-dancer).[3][4]

Later in his career, Gordon began his television career in 1956, playing Lt. Paul Carey in the soap opera television series The Edge of Night.

From the 1960s through the 1980s, Gordon mainly appeared in film and television programs including Take the Money and Run, Hawaii Five-O, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, A New Leaf, Don't Drink the Water, The F.B.I., Hawkins, Starsky & Hutch, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Lotsa Luck, The Nickel Ride, Kojak and Hawkins.[1][2] He also appeared and starred in other Broadway plays, as his theater credits includes, Of Mice and Men, playing Curley,[5] The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, playing Sidney Brustein[6] and The Moon Besieged, playing Billy Leeman.[3]

In 2001, Gordon retired his career, last appearing in the television series Ed, playing Hank Rodulescu.[2]

Death

He died in August 2010 of lung cancer in New York, at the age of 84.[1][2][7]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

• Mark Gordon at IMDb
• Mark Gordon at the TCM Movie Database
• Mark Gordon at AllMovie
• Mark Gordon at the Internet Broadway Database