Gordon Mitchell

Actor

July 29, 1923 (80 years)

† September 20, 2003

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 …

Filmography

8.5

The Twilight Zone

Soldier

An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

7.5

Spartacus

Gladiator (uncredited)

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

6.5

I Spy

A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.

6.7

Marco Polo

Capitano Arnolfo

The life of the 13th-century Venetian explorer who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.

7.8

Rio Bravo

Bar Cowboy Watching Fistfight (uncredited)

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

6.8

The Young Lions

Minor Role (uncredited)

The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.

7.1

I promessi sposi

Don Gonzalo

Set between 1629 and 1631. Renzo Tramaglino and Lucia Mondella are Lombard peasants forced to separate and endure a thousand vicissitudes because of the bullying of the squire Don Rodrigo. However, during their journey they will find various people willing to help them, from Friar Cristoforo to the Innominato, from Federigo Borromeo to Donna Prassede.

6.7

Around the World in 80 Days

Extra (uncredited)

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

7.1

The Enemy Below

German Sailor

The crew of the American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes, detects a German U-Boat—resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits.

6.1

Emmanuelle: Queen of Sados

Robert

A woman struggles to keep her stepdaughter from harms way after she hires an assassin to kill her husband, but the hitman turns and blackmails her for the crime.

6.7

The Spirit of St. Louis

(uncredited)

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.

7.2

The Man with the Golden Arm

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.

6.7

Satyricon

Il predone

After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.

6.5

Reflections in a Golden Eye

Stables Sergeant

Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.

4.7

The Giant of Metropolis

Obro

Obro the muscleman goes to Atlantis and sinks a death-ray king who knows the secret of immortality.

3.8

Holocaust II

Felix Oppenheimer

A secret group of Jewish activists is ready for revenge: the goal is to capture, torture and kill doctors and soldiers responsible for having done the same things to their friends and relatives. But succeeding in this fight will not be easy at all.

5.8

Beyond the Law

Burton

A thief takes the job as a town sheriff in order to rob a silver shipment before his ex-partner can grab it.

4.9

Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot

Pretorius

A lusty young woman decides to use her sexual powers to "tame" the evil and murderous Dr. Jekyll.

6.9

Umbrella Coup

Moskovitz, le tueur à gages

Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman with whom they had an appointment. Deluded Lecomte signs contract with them. He is supposed to kill gun dealer Otto Krampe at his birthday party in Saint-Tropez by piercing him with a cap of the umbrella with a built-in syringe with potassium cyanide. Lecomte is not aware that it has to be a real murder.

5.0

Bikini Drive-In

Goliath

Kim Taylor inherits her grandfather's drive-in theatre. She must raise $25,000 over one weekend or the bank will take the property from her. She also has to deal with pesky capitalist J.B. Winston.