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.

About Gale Gordon

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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