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American actor (born 1976)
Gale Gordonwas an American character actor who was Lucille Ball’s longtime television foil, particularly as cantankerously combustible, tightfisted bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball’s second television sitcom 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.
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Gale Gordonwas an American character actor who was Lucille Ball’s longtime television foil, particularly as cantankerously combustible, tightfisted bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball’s second television sitcom 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 radio actor who played 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, replacing Joseph Kearns after he died.
6 Quotes by Gale Gordon
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I’ve worked with very few that I considered unpleasant. Dennis the Menace was a joy to work on.
Gale GordonAmerican actor (1906-1995)
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My wife and I love to read. We’re going to have to move out to make room for the books! And we have our dogs.
Gale GordonAmerican actor (1906-1995)
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
Gale GordonAmerican actor (1906-1995)
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My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
Gale GordonAmerican actor (1906-1995)
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I think anybody who has been in the theater, prefers it. Television is a… factory. You turn out things on a revolving assembly line. You don’t have time to perfect anything in television.
Gale GordonAmerican actor (1906-1995)
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The last thing in the world I should have done was go into the theater because was inordinately shy as a young man. I couldn’t open my mouth. At a party, I was the one stuck up against the wall. I was embarrassed about talking. I felt that I couldn’t talk well.
Gale GordonAmerican actor (1906-1995)