GORDON MITCHELL

Gordon Mitchell
Gordon Mitchell
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: July 29, 1923
Deathday: September 20, 2003
Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, USA

Biography

Gordon Mitchell was born "Charles Pendleton" in Colorado and served his country in both World War II and the Korean War (during which he was briefly a POW). Afterward he worked as a teacher in inner city schools in California and got heavily involved in personal fitness and bodybuilding. He became friends with Joe Gold (of Gold's Gym), joining Mae West's comedy act as one of her "strongmen" who would carry her on and off the stage. During this time he also found himself in demand as an extra in several Hollywood films including "Lil Abner", "The Enemy Below", and "The Ten Commandments" (in which he and Joe Gold bring Moses to Ramsey's court in chains). When the Peplum craze began in Italy and his fellow Muscle Beach star Steve Reeves became a huge star. Gordon (along with Reg Park, Mark Forrest, Brad Harris, Mickey Hargitay, and Richard Harrison) similarly jumped on the bandwagon and headed to Italy to find stardom and financially greener pastures.

Notable work

Filmography

Starring

Don Fabrizio De Martino
General Murchison
Goliath
Dan Thorn
Don Gonzalo
1989·
Overdose
Costa
1988·
Faida
Hermann
Morgan
Black Mass Leader
Col. Mortimer
Olaf
1984·
She
Hector
(uncredited)
1983·
Rush
Yor
1983·
Endgame
Col. Morgan
Capitano Arnolfo
Abdul Pascha
killer
Gordon Mitchell
Maserati
killer russo
Felix Oppenheimer
Moskovitz, le tueur à gages
Mr. Temple
(as Charles Pendleton)
Amerikaner
Haine
Pablo
1977·
Oil
Joe
Kommandant von Stolzen
Professor Helmut
Margherito
Cooper
Gordon
General Von Werner
Von Thirac
Gordon
Man in nightclub
Dr. Otto Frankenstein
Buck/Butch Bradley
Greg "The Crazy Person"
Joe il Rosso
John Hamilton
Gordon Mitchell
Ironhead
Deputy
Henry Di Fusco
Chris Forest
Coyote
Roger Murdock
Black Burt Keller / Burt Kelly
Football player
1969·
Satyricon
Il predone
Donkey / Morgan Pitt
Erikson
Al Rubino
Big Ben
Roy Fulton
Burton
The Albanian
Danite
Rod Gordon
Häuptling Sitzender Büffel
Stables Sergeant
1966·
L'Estate
Self
Baltimore Joe/Ringo
Glenn Sheppard
Murdu
1965·
I Spy
Hunding
Sven
Ulrich
Achilles
General Metellus
1960·
Spartacus
Gladiator (uncredited)
Soldier
1959·
Rio Bravo
Bar Cowboy Watching Fistfight (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
German Sailor
(uncredited)
Extra (uncredited)