Gordon Mitchell
Actor · died at 80
Profile
| Age | died at 80 |
|---|---|
| Birth date | July 29, 1923 |
| Birthplace | Denver |
| Died | September 20, 2003 |
| Profession | Actor, Teacher, Screenwriter, Film actor |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
Gordon Mitchell — Biography
Gordon Mitchell, born Charles Allen Pendleton on 29 July 1923 in Denver, Colorado, died on 20 September 2003 in Marina del Rey, California. After studying at the University of Southern California he became known as a bodybuilder before building a long career in Italian sword-and-sandal pictures and spaghetti westerns. He brought his imposing physique to peplum films such as Julius Caesar Against the Pirates and The Centurion, and also appeared in western entries tied to the Django and Sartana cycles. Across more than a hundred mostly low-budget Italian productions he specialized in playing tough, taciturn characters. Later in his career he turned up in horror pictures including Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks. Though he never claimed a top bodybuilding title, he was a well-known figure from that sport's early years before shifting his focus fully to acting.
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Filmography / Projects
- 1987 Overdose
- 1984 White Fire
- 1983 Endgame
- 1982 Marco Polo
- 1981 La dottoressa preferisce i marinai
- 1980 The Umbrella Coup
- 1979 Strategy per una missione di morte (Strategia per una missione di morte) (translated)
- 1977 Kaput Lager - Gli ultimi giorni delle SS
- 1977 Cuibul salamandrelor
- 1975 The Man from Chicago (Belalı tatil)
- 1975 Fighting Killer (Dört Hergele)
- 1974 Il domestico
- 1974 Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
- 1973 Dagli archivi della polizia criminale
- 1973 My Darling Slave
- 1973 My Name Is Shanghai Joe
- 1972 Go away! Trinity has arrived in Eldorado
- 1971 Io non spezzo... rompo
- 1971 His Name Was Pot... But They Called Him Allegria
- 1971 A Fistful of Death
- 1971 Angel's Leap
- 1971 Drummer of Vengeance
- 1970 Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End
- 1969 Satyricon
- 1969 Sartana the Gravedigger
- 1969 Lisa dagli occhi blu
- 1969 Seven Times Seven
- 1968 Sapevano solo uccidere
- 1968 Cry of Death
- 1968 Cheers to Cyanide
- 1968 The Killer Likes Candy
- 1967 John the Bastard
- 1965 La vendetta di Lady Morgan
- 1964 The Revenge of Spartacus
- 1962 Julius Caesar Against The Pirates
- 1962 Invasion 1700
- 1961 The Centurion
- 1960 Spartacus (Spartaküs)
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