Carl Gordon
Carl Gordon was born in Goochland, Virginia, United States on January 20th, 1932 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 78, Carl Gordon biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Carl Gordon (January 20, 1932-1932) was an American actor who began acting later in life and was best known for his role in the Fox TV series Roc, in addition to a number of other film, stage, and television as a character actor.
Life and career
Gordon was born Rufus Carl Gordon Jr. in Goochland, Virginia, and he was always identified by his middle name. As a child, he and his family were taken together and raised in Bedford, Brooklyn. He enlisted in the United States Air Force and served as an aircraft mechanic during the Korean War. After completing his military service, he attended Brooklyn College but then dropped out to seek jobs.
Gordon, who had been twice married and twice divorced, was unable to complete college, and he had only been able to find jobs as a sheet metal worker and as a stockroom clerk that didn't care or harass him. As recalled by The New York Times, he collapsed to his knees one night and yelled out "Lord, tell me what I need to do" and replied, "I'm acting." He attended Gene Frankel's Theatre and Film Workshop, where he was both the oldest student and the first African American. After many auditions, he began to appear as a character actor on Broadway, film, and television. He appeared in 1967 on the national tour of Happi Ending / Day of Absence, a pair of one-act plays by Douglas Turner Ward, and appeared in 30 productions by Ward's Negro Ensemble Company.
He appeared in films such as "Gordon's War" (1973) and "The Brother from Another Planet" (1984). Gordon appeared in The Piano Lesson, August Wilson's fourth of ten performances in his Pittsburgh Cycle, in 1990. In 1971, Melvin Van Peebles' Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death, a Melvin Van Peebles musical, and a 2003 film of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom starring Charles S. Dutton and Whoopi Goldberg appeared on Broadway. In episodes of ER on CBS TV show JAG as Chief Aubrey McBride in the 2002 episode "Port Chicago" and in episodes of Law & Order, he appeared on television.
His most notable work on the 1991–1994 Fox film Roc about an African American family in Baltimore was his. Gordon appeared in the role of the title character's father, Andrew, a "irascible, sharp-tongued retired train porter" on the show, alongside starring Dutton as Roc Emerson. Gordon's character in Roc, according to reviewer Marvin Kitman, is a "black Archie Bunker." As birthday gifts, he gives portraits of Malcolm X. He is offended that his son watches The Simpsons because they are white and does not watch Cosby. Larry Bird cannot possibly be white and play basketball as well as he does, according to Andrew, and he was born in Harlem and his real name is Abdul Mustafa. Gordon based his character on a strong-willed uncle who owned a grocery store in Philadelphia. Episodes of the second and third seasons of the show were broadcast live, which didn't faze Gordon, who described the experience as "going back to Broadway." The decision to air live shows was motivated as a marketing tactic, but it was aided by Gordon, Dutton, and other cast members' extensive stage experience.
Gordon died in Jetersville, Virginia, on July 20, 2010, after suffering from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Jacqueline Alston-Gordon, his third wife, five children, nine grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren were all survivors.