Gale Gordon
Actor
Biography
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Gale Gordon (born Charles Thomas Aldrich Jr., February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995) was an American character actor perhaps best remembered as Lucille Ball's longtime television foil—and particularly as cantankerously combustible, tightfisted bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball's second television situation comedy, The Lucy Show. Gordon also appeared in I Love Lucy and had starring roles in Ball's successful third series Here's Lucy and her short-lived fourth and final series Life with Lucy.
Gordon was also a respected and beloved radio actor who is remembered for his role as school principal Osgood Conklin in Our Miss Brooks, starring Eve Arden, in both the 1948–1957 radio series and the 1952–1956 television series. He also co-starred as the second Mr. Wilson in Dennis the Menace.
Filmography
Speedway
as R.W. Hepworth 1968
Visit to a Small Planet
as Bob Mayberry 1960
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
as W.A. Thorwald 1958
Don't Give Up the Ship
as Congressman Mandeville 1959
All in a Night's Work
as Oliver Dunning 1961
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
as Raven Rossiter 1959
Our Miss Brooks
as Osgood Conklin 1956
Francis Covers the Big Town
as Evans 1953
Elmer, the Great
as Radio Announcer (uncredited) 1933
Dondi
as Colonel 1961
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
as Self 1993
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited) 1968
A Woman of Distinction
as Postal Clerk 1950
Sergeant Deadhead
as Captain Weiskopf 1965
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self 1976
Lucy Moves to NBC
as Self 1980