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Leo Gordon (I) (1922–2000)

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Big, burly, character actor, one of the toughest of screen heavies, Leo Gordon's powerful physique, combined with his deep, menacing voice, was guaranteed to strike fear into the heart of even the bravest screen hero. Director Don Siegel, who used Gordon in his prison film Riot in Cell Block 11, once said that "Leo Gordon was the scariest man I have ever met"... See full bio »

Born:

Leo Vincent Gordon
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 78) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1994 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies (TV movie)
Wyatt Earp
 
1994 Maverick
Poker Player (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1994 SeaQuest 2032 (TV series)
Smith
– Whale Song (1994) … Smith
 
1990 Mob Boss (video)
Don O'Reily
 
1990 Wiseguy (TV series)
Charlie Boden
– Brrump-Bump (1990) … Charlie Boden (as Leo V. Gordon)
– Sanctuary (1990) … Charlie Boden (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1990 Alienator
Cpl. Coburn
 
1989 War and Remembrance (TV mini-series)
Gen. Omar Bradley
– Part 9 (1989) … Gen. Omar Bradley (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1988 Saturday the 14th Strikes Back
The Evil One (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1988 Big Top Pee-wee
Joe the Blacksmith (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1987-1988 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Bjorn Johnston
– Split Decision (1988) … Bjorn Johnston (as Leo V. Gordon)
– Ewe Can't Go Home Again (1987) … Bjorn Johnston (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1987 Moonlighting (TV series)
Warden Cosgrove
– Cool Hand Dave: Part 2 (1987) … Warden Cosgrove (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1987 The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Guard #1 (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1987 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
Croquet Player
– The People vs. Orville Wright (1987) … Croquet Player (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1985 Savage Dawn
Sheriff
 
1985 Fame (TV series)
Myron Leach
– Bronco Bob Rides Again (1985) … Myron Leach
 
1985 All American Cowboy (TV movie)
 
1983 The Rousters (TV movie)
Unhappy Gun Buyer
 
1983 The Rousters (TV series)
Unhappy Gun Buyer
– The Rousters (1983) … Unhappy Gun Buyer (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1983 Bog
Dr. John Warren
 
1983 Fire and Ice
Jarol
 
1983 M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (TV movie)
Officer Horvath
 
1983 The Winds of War (TV mini-series)
General 'Train' Anderson
– The Changing of the Guard (1983) … General 'Train' Anderson (as Leo V. Gordon)
– Of Love and War (1983) … General 'Train' Anderson (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1981 Enos (TV series)
Sgt. Kick / Sgt. Theodore Kirk
– Forever Blowing Bubbles (1981) … Sgt. Theodore Kirk (as Leo V. Gordon)
– Cops at Sea (1981) … Sgt. Kick (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1980-1981 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Chief Guard / The Bartender
– The Searcher/The Way We Weren't (1981) … Chief Guard
– The Love Doctor/Pleasure Palace/Possessed (1980) … The Bartender
 
1980 Rage! (TV movie)
Cal's Father
 
1980 Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV series)
Joe Kingman
– The Robin Tucker's Roseland Roof and Ballroom Murder (1980) … Joe Kingman
 
1979 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Milo Stavroupolis
– The King Is Dead (1979) … Milo Stavroupolis
 
1979 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)
Devere / Rocky Marlowe
– The Meeting (1979) … Devere
– Deputy Dukes (1979) … Rocky Marlowe
 
1978-1979 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Charles Martell / Charlie Martell / Clark Streeter
– Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs: Part 2 (1979) … Charlie Martell (as Leo V. Gordon)
– Black Mirror: Part 1 (1978) … Charles Martell
– Black Mirror: Part 2 (1978) … Charles Martell
– Heartaches of a Fool (1978) … Clark Streeter
 
1978 The Lucifer Complex
Norris (uncredited)
 
1978 Son of Hitler
Tuennes
 
1976 Nashville Girl
Burt
 
1975 Cannon (TV series)
Jack Danvers
– A Touch of Venom (1975) … Jack Danvers
 
1975 Far Out Space Nuts (TV series)
Head of the Droneks
– It's All in Your Mind (1975) … Head of the Droneks
 
1975 Barbary Coast (TV series)
Chief Macdonald Keogh
– The Barbary Coast (1975) … Chief Macdonald Keogh (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1971-1975 Adam-12 (TV series)
Carl Carney / Cleve / Jack Donohoe / …
– Grand Theft Auto (1975) … Ken Quinnlan
– Trouble in the Bank (1974) … Cleve
– Hot Spell (1972) … Carl Carney
– Million Dollar Buff (1971) … Jennings Thornton
– Log 165: Once a Cop (1971) … Jack Donohoe
 
1974 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Drunk Driver
– Diamond Run (1974) … Drunk Driver
 
1956-1974 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Badger / Hack Prine / Hargis / …
– The Town Tamers (1974) … Badger
– A Quiet Day in Dodge (1973) … Job Snelling
– No Tomorrow (1972) … Hargis
– No Chip (1960) … Hutch Dolan
– Hack Prine (1956) … Hack Prine
 
1973 My Name Is Nobody
Red
 
1973 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Sgt. Lewis
– The Other Martin Loring (1973) … Sgt. Lewis
 
1973 Hec Ramsey (TV series)
Shaneley
– The Mystery of Chalk Hill (1973) … Shaneley
 
1973 Bonnie's Kids
Charley
 
1972 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Eddie Suslow
– The Thirty-Year Pin (1972) … Eddie Suslow
 
1972 Mod Squad (TV series)
Keller
– Kill Gently, Sweet Jessie (1972) … Keller
 
1971 The Trackers (TV movie)
Higgins
 
1971 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series)
Harry Wilson
– Operation: Hijack (1971) … Harry Wilson
 
1971 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Ebenezer
– Smiler with a Gun (1971) … Ebenezer
 
1971 The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV series)
Adolph Zinner
– The Search for Leslie Grey (1971) … Adolph Zinner
 
1962-1970 The Virginian (TV series)
Big Jim Lafferty / Jack Scratch / Loma Bartender
– Hannah (1970) … Loma Bartender
– The Hour of the Tiger (1964) … Big Jim Lafferty
– West (1962) … Jack Scratch
 
1970 McCloud (TV series)
Officer Shannen
– Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue (1970) … Officer Shannen
 
1970 You Can't Win 'Em All
Bolek
 
1969 The Outcasts (TV series)
Mark Fenner
– The Town That Wouldn't (1969) … Mark Fenner
 
1968 Buckskin
Travis
 
1959-1968 Bonanza (TV series)
Early Thorne / Fargo Taylor / Forsythe
– Blood Tie (1968) … Fargo Taylor
– The Deadly Ones (1962) … Forsythe
– Death on Sun Mountain (1959) … Early Thorne
 
1968 The High Chaparral (TV series)
Lije Driskill
– Gold Is Where You Leave It (1968) … Lije Driskill
 
1967 Lassie (TV series)
Bob Stokes
– Showdown (1967) … Bob Stokes
 
1967 Hostile Guns
Hank Pleasant
 
1967 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Heitler
 
1967 Devil's Angels
Sheriff Henderson
 
1967 Tarzan (TV series)
Bull Thomas
– The Circus (1967) … Bull Thomas
 
1967 Tobruk
Sgt. Krug
 
1967 Rango (TV series)
– The Daring Holdup of the Deadwood Stage (1967)
 
1966 Pistols 'n' Petticoats (TV series)
Cyrus Breech
– Cards Anyone (1966) … Cyrus Breech
 
1965-1966 Laredo (TV series)
Moose / Wayne Emerson
– The Land Slickers (1966) … Wayne Emerson
– Lazyfoot, Where Are You? (1965) … Moose
 
1966 Beau Geste
Krauss
 
1966 The Night of the Grizzly
Cass Dowdy
 
1965 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Silas Morgan
– A Rope for Mingo (1965) … Silas Morgan
 
1965 Get Smart (TV series)
Grillak
– School Days (1965) … Grillak
 
1965 12 O'Clock High (TV series)
M / Sgt. Caber McVaigh
– The Loneliest Place in the World (1965) … M/Sgt. Caber McVaigh
 
1965 The Dictator's Guns
Morrison
 
1965 The Girls on the Beach
Second Waiter (uncredited)
 
1963-1965 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Bender
– No Gun Behind His Badge (1965) … Bender
– The Debt (1963)
 
1964 Kitten with a Whip
Enders
 
1959-1964 Rawhide (TV series)
Chris Jenson / Daggett
– The Lost Herd (1964) … Chris Jenson
– Incident of the Valley in Shadow (1959) … Daggett
 
1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Fred Kordiak
– Those Which Love Has Made (1964) … Fred Kordiak
 
1963-1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Biggie / Jolly Boy
– The Square Peg (1964) … Jolly Boy
– The House Next Door (1963) … Biggie
 
1964 The Great Adventure (TV series)
McCanles
– Wild Bill Hickok - the Legend and the Man (1964) … McCanles
 
1963 Kings of the Sun
Hunac Ceel
 
1963 McLintock!
Jones
 
1963 Temple Houston (TV series)
Charles Grimm
– Toll the Bell Slowly (1963) … Charles Grimm
 
1963 The Haunted Palace
Edgar Weeden / Ezra Weeden
 
1958-1963 The Rifleman (TV series)
Abe Jordan / Stack Wade
– Which Way'd They Go? (1963) … Stack Wade
– The Angry Gun (1958) … Abe Jordan
 
1963 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
Luke Comstock
– High Noon in Mayberry (1963) … Luke Comstock
 
1962 Ripcord (TV series)
– The Losers (1962)
 
1955-1962 Cheyenne (TV series)
Dan Gibson / George MacDonald / Greg Kirby / …
– Vengeance Is Mine (1962) … Dan Gibson
– The Idol (1962) … Greg Kirby
– Death Deals the Hand (1956) … Lou Santell/McCarthy
– The Outlander (1955) … George MacDonald
 
1962 Empire (TV series)
Jake
– The Tall Shadow (1962) … Jake
 
1962 Tarzan Goes to India
Bryce, Head Engineer
 
1962 The Intruder
Sam Griffin
 
1959-1962 Bronco (TV series)
Barnaby Spence / Nero Hollister
– Destinies West (1962) … Nero Hollister
– The Soft Answer (1959) … Barnaby Spence
 
1962 The Nun and the Sergeant
Dockman
 
1957-1961 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Adam Kemper / Frank Lambert / Nick Breese
– Trackback (1961) … Frank Lambert
– Jeff Davis' Treasure (1960) … Adam Kemper
– The Hasty Gun (1957) … Nick Breese (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1961 Whispering Smith (TV series)
Bigley
– Trial of the Avengers (1961) … Bigley
 
1961 The Roaring 20's (TV series)
Damian
– Million Dollar Suit (1961) … Damian
 
1961 Lawman (TV series)
Bull Nickerson
– Whiphand (1961) … Bull Nickerson
 
1961 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV series)
Miggles Hannegan
– The Shooting Starts (1961) … Miggles Hannegan
 
1957-1961 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Bert Talman / Clyde McNally / Harkness / …
– The Last Judgment (1961) … Moley - Deputy
– The Sanctuary (1960) … Harkness
– The Fifth Man (1959) … Bert Talman
– Winchester Quarantine (1957) … Clyde McNally
 
1961 The Brothers Brannagan (TV series)
Burt Hanna
– A Very Special Woman (1961) … Burt Hanna
 
1961 Coronado 9 (TV series)
Kyte
– Run, Shep, Run (1961) … Kyte
 
1960 Checkmate (TV series)
Harry Briggs
– The Murder Game (1960) … Harry Briggs
 
1960 Route 66 (TV series)
Bernie Duncan
– Legacy for Lucia (1960) … Bernie Duncan
 
1960 Dan Raven (TV series)
Regis
– Japanese Sandbag (1960) … Regis
 
1960 Outlaws (TV series)
Hutch
– The Rape of Red Sky (1960) … Hutch
 
1960 Laramie (TV series)
Rafe
– Ride into Darkness (1960) … Rafe
 
1958-1960 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Joe Quince / Red Eric Peterson
– Law of the Land (1960) … Red Eric Peterson
– Dude's Folly (1958) … Joe Quince
 
1960 Mr. Lucky (TV series)
Killer
– Election Bet (1960) … Killer
 
1960 The Alaskans (TV series)
Tracy
– Calico (1960) … Tracy
 
1960 Noose for a Gunman
Link Roy
 
1957-1960 Tombstone Territory (TV series)
Ben Jensen / Pete Carter
– The Kidnapping (1960) … Ben Jensen
– Guns of Silver (1957) … Pete Carter
 
1960 The Untouchables (TV series)
Pops Gantry / Whitey
– Head of Fire: Feet of Clay (1960) … Pops Gantry
– The St. Louis Story (1960) … Whitey
 
1960 Law of the Plainsman (TV series)
Rand
– The Show-Off (1960) … Rand
 
1960 Tightrope (TV series)
Charlie Carson
– Big Business (1960) … Charlie Carson
 
1960 The Deputy (TV series)
Evan Sloate
– The Border Between (1960) … Evan Sloate
 
1959 Five Fingers (TV series)
Lenska
– The Man Who Got Away (1959) … Lenska
 
1959 The Jayhawkers!
Jake Barton
 
1959 Lock Up (TV series)
Ed Sparks
– Stakeout (1959) … Ed Sparks
 
1959 The Big Operator
Danny Sacanzi
 
1959 Man Without a Gun (TV series)
Matt Bercie
– The Shaving Mug (1959) … Matt Bercie
 
1959 Perry Mason (TV series)
Charles Duncan
– The Case of the Dangerous Dowager (1959) … Charles Duncan
 
1957-1959 Maverick (TV series)
Big Mike McComb / Mike McComb
– The Strange Journey of Jenny Hill (1959) … Big Mike McComb
– Shady Deal at Sunny Acres (1958) … Big Mike McComb
– Plunder of Paradise (1958) … Mike McComb
– According to Hoyle (1957) … Big Mike McComb
– War of the Silver Kings (1957) … Big Mike McComb
 
1958-1959 26 Men (TV series)
Sal Dupino
– Showdown (1959) … Sal Dupino
– Run No More (1958)
 
1959 Fury (TV series)
Fred Berry
– Ten Dollars a Head (1959) … Fred Berry
 
1958 Tales of the Texas Rangers (TV series)
Joe Brock
– Desert Fury (1958) … Joe Brock
 
1958 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Outlaw Bill
– Texas John Slaughter: Ambush in Laredo (1958) … Outlaw Bill (scenes deleted)
– Texas John Slaughter (1958) … Outlaw Bill
 
1958 Yancy Derringer (TV series)
Lance Carter
– The Belle from Boston (1958) … Lance Carter
 
1958 Escort West
Trooper Vogel
 
1958 The Rough Riders (TV series)
Maj. Adams
– The Imposters (1958) … Maj. Adams
 
1958 Frontier Doctor (TV series)
Zip Wyatt
– Three Wanted Men (1958) … Zip Wyatt
 
1958 Ride a Crooked Trail
Sam Mason
 
1958 Apache Territory
Zimmerman
 
1958 The Cry Baby Killer
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
 
1958 Quantrill's Raiders
William Clarke Quantrill
 
1958 Target (TV series)
Joe Burns
– Police Doctor (1958) … Joe Burns
 
1958 The Notorious Mr. Monks
Chip Klamp
 
1956-1958 State Trooper (TV series)
Dan Quirk / Ed Munger
– Death on Wheels (1958) … Dan Quirk
– The Hills of Homicide (1956) … Ed Munger
 
1958 Sea Hunt (TV series)
Panicky Miner
– Flooded Mine (1958) … Panicky Miner
 
1958 Official Detective (TV series)
Joe Kirk
– Hijackers (1958) … Joe Kirk
 
1957 Casey Jones (TV series)
Deputy Marshal Martin Croy
– Layover at Jamestown (1957) … Deputy Marshal Martin Croy
 
1957 Baby Face Nelson
John Dillinger
 
1957 The Tall Stranger
Stark
 
1957 The Walter Winchell File (TV series)
Robinson
– The Witness (1957) … Robinson
 
1957/I Man in the Shadow
Chet Huneker
 
1957 Black Patch
Hank Danner
 
1957 The Restless Breed
Cherokee
 
1957 Lure of the Swamp
Steggins, Insurance Investigator
 
1956-1957 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Joe Bendito / Tim Thatcher
– Harbor Patrol (1957) … Tim Thatcher
– Assignment Champ (1956) … Joe Bendito
 
1957 Soldiers of Fortune (TV series)
Buck / Zimmer
– Crew of the Dolly 'D' (1957) … Buck
– A Gift of Death (1957) … Zimmer
 
1956 Broken Arrow (TV series)
Will Carr
– The Raiders (1956) … Will Carr
 
1956 7th Cavalry
Vogel
 
1956 Navy Log (TV series)
Smokey
– The Big A (1956) … Smokey
 
1956 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Jed Scott
– You Only Run Once (1956) … Jed Scott
 
1956 Circus Boy (TV series)
Hank Miller
– Meet Circus Boy (1956) … Hank Miller
 
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Tom Martin
– High Air (1956) … Tom Martin
 
1956 Johnny Concho
Mason
 
1956 Great Day in the Morning
Zeff Masterson
 
1956 Crusader (TV series)
– A Quiet Town (1956)
 
1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much
Chauffeur (uncredited)
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Augie
– Tabloid (1956) … Augie
 
1956 Red Sundown
Rod Zellman
 
1955-1956 Frontier (TV series)
Brandon / Lou / Pauk
– The Big Dry (1956) … Pauk
– Ferdinand Meyer's Army (1955) … Brandon
– Paper Gunman (1955) … Lou
 
1954-1956 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV series)
Charlie / Garth / Pete Cregar
– The Third Rider (1956) … Pete Cregar
– The White Buffalo (1955) … Garth
– Wolf Cry (1954) … Charlie
 
1956 The Steel Jungle
Lupo
 
1956 The Conqueror
Tartar Captain
 
1956 Chevron Hall of Stars (TV series)
Gibbons
– A Matter of Nerve (1956) … Gibbons
 
1955 Man with the Gun
Ed Pinchot
 
1955 Crossroads (TV series)
Sgt. Leroy
– With All My Love (1955) … Sgt. Leroy
 
1955 Tennessee's Partner
The Sheriff
 
1955 Robbers' Roost
Jeff
 
1955 Soldier of Fortune
Big Matt
 
1955 Santa Fe Passage
Tuss McLawery
 
1955 Seven Angry Men
Martin White
 
1955 Ten Wanted Men
Frank Scavo
 
1955 Waterfront (TV series)
Alec / Throop
– Harbor Bound (1955) … Alec
– Floating Bottle … Throop
 
1954 The Bamboo Prison
Pike
 
1954 Sign of the Pagan
Bleda
 
1954 The Yellow Mountain
Drake
 
1954 The Egyptian
Egyptian Soldier (uncredited)
 
1954 Stories of the Century (TV series)
Bill Doolin
– The Doolin Gang (1954) … Bill Doolin
 
1954 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– The Relentless Weavers (1954)
 
1954 Riot in Cell Block 11
Crazy Mike Carnie
 
1953 Hondo
Ed Lowe
 
1953 All the Brothers Were Valiant
Peter How
 
1953 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Leonard
– The Ming Lama (1953) … Leonard
 
1953 Gun Fury
Tom 'Jess' Burgess
 
1953 City of Bad Men
Russell (uncredited)
 
1953 China Venture
Sgt. Hank Janowicz
 
1953 My Hero (TV series)
– The Duel (1953)
 
1952 The Blue and White Lamp (TV movie) (as Leo V. Gordon)
 
Show ShowWriter (27 titles)
1995 The Wasp Woman (TV movie) (1960 screenplay)
 
1971-1975 Adam-12 (TV series)
– Gus Corbin (1975) (written by)
– Follow Up (1975) (written by)
– Grand Theft Auto (1975) (written by)
– Point of View (1974) (written by)
– Suspect Number One (1974) (written by)
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1970 You Can't Win 'Em All (written by / as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1969 All the Loving Couples (novel / screenplay)
 
1967 Tobruk (written by / as Leo V. Gordon)
 
1965 The Bounty Killer
 
1963-1965 Bonanza (TV series)
– The Flannel-Mouth Gun (1965) (writer)
– The Boss (1963) (writer)
 
1963 The Terror (screenplay)
 
1961-1963 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
– Gift of Love (1963) (story)
– The Man from Manila (1961) (writer)
 
1962 Tower of London (story)
 
1962 Lawman (TV series)
– Get Out of Town (1962) (story)
 
1961 The Cat Burglar (written by)
 
1960-1961 The Case of the Dangerous Robin (TV series)
– La Virgin De Macarena (1961) (creator)
– Missing Money (1961) (creator)
– The Fabulous Flopper (1961) (creator)
– Man on the Run (1961) (creator)
– Falling Star (1961) (creator)
See all 38 episodes »
 
1960-1961 Maverick (TV series)
– The Deadly Image (1961) (teleplay)
– Diamond Flush (1961) (teleplay)
– A Bullet for the Teacher (1960) (teleplay)
– Mano Nera (1960) (teleplay)
 
1957-1960 Tombstone Territory (TV series)
– Juan Diega (1960) (writer)
– Female Killer (1960) (writer)
– Eyewitness (1960) (writer)
– Death Is to Write About (1959) (written by)
– Thicker Than Water (1958) (writer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1960 Valley of the Redwoods
 
1959 Attack of the Giant Leeches (original story / screenplay)
 
1959 The Wasp Woman (screenplay)
 
1959 Bat Masterson (TV series)
– Buffalo Kill (1959) (written by)
 
1958 Escort West (writer)
 
1958 Hot Car Girl (writer)
 
1958 The Cry Baby Killer (screenplay / story)
 
1957 M Squad (TV series)
– Diamond Hard (1957) (teleplay / story)
 
1957 Colt .45 (TV series)
– A Time to Die (1957) (writer)
 
1957 Black Patch (original screenplay)
 
1957 State Trooper (TV series)
– Death on the Rock (1957) (story / teleplay)
 
1956 Cheyenne (TV series)
– The Trap (1956) (story)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2008 Attack of the Giant Leeches (dedicatee)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
1991 Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West (video)
 
1976 The Shootist
Books' Victim in Flashback (uncredited)
 
1967 The Far Out West
Cyrus Breech
 

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Alternate Names:

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6' 2" (1.88 m)
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