Don Gordon

Don Gordon in The Twilight Zone: The Four of Us Are Dying

Don Gordon (1926 - 2017)

Film Deaths:

• Law And Order (1953) [Bart Durling]: Shot off-screen by Don Garner whom he had been continually harassing. (Thanks to Brian)

• Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) [Harvey Pleydell Dean]: Scalded in the face by his wife (Leueen Willoughby) with a heating iron.

• The Beast Within (1982) [Judge Curwin]: Decapitated by Billy Connors/Michael MacCleary (Paul Clemens) in his monster form.

TV Deaths:

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Dead Weight (1959) [Rudy Stickney]: Shot to death by Joseph Cotten (staged to appear that Joseph killed him in self-defense).
• The Twilight Zone: The Four of Us Are Dying (1960) [Andy Marshak]: Playing Harry Townes's character impersonating Don, he is shot by Peter Brocco; he frequently changes into Don before finally dying as Harry.

• The Twilight Zone: The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross (1964) [Salvadore Ross]: Shot to death by Vaughn Taylor when he asks to marry Vaughn's daughter (Gail Kobe), forgetting that he had bought Vaughn's compassion the day before.
• Combat!: Crossfire (1965) [Pvt. Stevens]: Mortally wounded in a firefight by Robert Champion with a submachinegun. He lives long enough to shoot Robert dead and have a few words with Vic Morrow. See Famous Last Words.

• Columbo: Negative Reaction (1974) [Alvin Deschler]: Shot to death by Dick Van Dyke (who then shoots himself in the leg in order to make it appear that he killed Don in self-defense) in a junkyard.

• The Streets of San Francisco: Superstar (1976) [Joey Latham]: Thrown through the window of his 5th floor apartment during a fight with Ron Soble. (Thanks to Brian)

Notable Connections

• Ex-husband of Helen Westcott.

• Ex-husband of Nita Talbot.

• Ex-husband of Bek Nelson.

• Husband of Denise Farr.