Mark Joshua Gordon (May 19, 1926 – August 12, 2010)
was an American film, television and theatre actor.
Life and career
Gordon was born in New York City.
He began his career in 1952, appearing in the Broadway play ''Desire Under the Elms''.
Gordon made his television debut in 1956, playing Lt. Paul Carey in the soap opera ''
The Edge of Night
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It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that network for most of its ...
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From the 1960s through the 1980s Gordon appeared in film and television programs including ''
Take the Money and Run Take the Money and Run may refer to:
Songs
* "Take the Money and Run" (Bunny Walters song), 1972
* "Take the Money and Run", by Crosby & Nash from ''Wind on the Water'', 1975
* "Take the Money and Run" (Steve Miller Band song), 1976
* "Take the M ...
'', ''
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O or Hawaii Five-0 may refer to:
* ''Hawaii Five-0'' (2010 TV series), an American action police procedural television series
* ''Hawaii Five-O'' (1968 TV series), an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productio ...
'', ''
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
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'', ''
A New Leaf'', ''
Don't Drink the Water'', ''
The F.B.I.'', ''
Hawkins'', ''
Starsky & Hutch
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The New Dick Van Dyke Show
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Background
CBS was so eager to have Dick V ...
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Lotsa Luck
''Lotsa Luck'' is an American sitcom, broadcast on NBC during the 1973–74 television season. The series stars Dom DeLuise as bachelor Stanley Belmont who lives with his bossy mother (Kathleen Freeman), his sister Olive ( Beverly Sanders) and he ...
'', ''
The Nickel Ride'', ''
Kojak
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'' and ''
Hawkins''.
He also appeared in stage productions including ''Of Mice and Men'', ''The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window'', and ''The Moon Besieged''.
In 2001, Gordon retired, last appearing in the television series ''
Ed'', playing Hank Rodulescu.
Death
Gordon died in August 2010 of lung cancer in New York, at the age of 84.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1926 births
2010 deaths
Male actors from New York (state)
Deaths from lung cancer in New York (state)
American male film actors
American male television actors
20th-century American male actors
American theatre directors