Colin Gordon
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Colin Gordon (27 April 1911 – 4 October 1972) was a British actor born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
He was educated at Marlborough College and Christ Church, Oxford. He made his first West End appearance in 1934 as the hind legs of a horse in a production of “Toad of Toad Hall”. From 1936 to 1939 he was a director with the Fred Melville Repertory Company at Brixton. He served in the army during WWII for six years. His performance in 1948 as Rupert Billings in “The Happiest Days of Your Life” won the Clarence Derwent award.
Gordon had a long career in British cinema and television from the 1940s to the 1970s, often playing government officials. His films include The Pink Panther and Casino Royale although he is probably best known for his portrayal of Number Two in the ITC classic series The Prisoner. Along with Leo McKern, he was one of only two actors to play Number Two more than once. He first played the character in "The General" and later reprised his role in "A. B. and C.". In fact, the episodes were subsequently broadcast in reverse order: when "The General" was in production, "A. B. and C" had not yet been cast.
Gordon was a regular in another ITC production, The Baron playing civil servant Templeton-Green opposite Steve Forrest. He also played the host and occasional narrator of the 1969 London Weekend Television series The Complete and Utter History of Britain, which arose from a pre-Monty Python collaboration between Michael Palin and Terry Jones; and was the Airport Commandant in the 1967 Doctor Who story The Faceless Ones. He was also in Bachelor Father and made a notable guest appearance in The Holiday episode of Steptoe and Son.
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Known for
Doctor Who
Commandant
Hancock's Half Hour
UFO
Albert Thompson
The Prisoner
Number Two
Department S
Doctor Stickney
The Baron
John Alexander Templeton-Green
Counterstrike
Oh, Brother!
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
A Life Of Bliss
Hine
Casino Royale
Casino Director
The Pink Panther
Tucker
The Man in the White Suit
Hill
The Boys
Gordon Percy Lonsdale
The Winslow Boy
Reporter Interviewing Dickie (uncredited)
The Mouse That Roared
BBC Announcer
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Noakes
The One That Got Away
Army Interrogator
The Long Dark Hall
Pound
The Running Man
Solicitor
Night of the Eagle
Lindsay Carr
The Family Way
Mr Hutton, Travel Agent
The Green Man
Reginald Willoughby-Cruft
Mandy
Woollard (Junior)
Laughter in Paradise
Station Constable
The Body Beneath
Graham Ford
Circle of Danger
Col. Fairbairn
The Psychopath
Dr. Glyn
Virgin Island
The Commissioner
The Liquidator
Vicar
Helter Skelter
Chadbeater Longwick
Bobbikins
Dr. Phillips
The Hour of 13
MacStreet
The Lady with a Lamp
The Trygon Factor
Dice
The Devil's Agent
Count Dezsepalvy
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Mr. Hartford
Bond Street
Clerk in Travel Agency
UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!
Albert Thompson
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Benge
Please Turn Over
Maurice
Seven Keys
Mr. Barber
Up to His Neck
Lt. Cmdr. Sterning
Very Important Person
Briggs
Alive and Kicking
Bird Watcher
Innocents in Paris
Customs officer
Strongroom
Mr. Spencer
The Safecracker
Dakers
A Touch of the Sun
Cecil Flick
Crooks Anonymous
Drunk
Grand National Night
Buns Darling
His and Hers
TV Announcer
In the Doghouse
Muswell
Folly to Be Wise
Professor Mutch
Heavens Above!
Prime Minister
Golden Arrow
Connelly
Don't Bother to Knock
Rolsom
Bitter Harvest
Charles
Three on a Spree
Mitchell
Subterfuge
Kitteridge
The Third Visitor
Bill Millington
The Horsemasters
Mr. Ffolliott
Little Red Monkey
Harry Martin - reporter
The Extra Day
Sir George
John and Julie
Mr. Swayne
Green Grow the Rushes
Roderick Fisherwick
The Big Day
George Baker
Jumping for Joy
Max, 1st Commentator
Up in the World
Fletcher Hethrington
The Key Man
Larry Parr
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Commandant
Traveller's Joy
Tom Wright
The Crowning Touch
Stacey