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Gordon Mitchell (I) (1923–2003)

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Gordon Mitchell was one of those perfectly developed bodybuilders who jumped on the Steve Reeves bandwagon and hightailed it to Italy to seek movie stardom as a Herculean strongman. Born in Denver, Colorado, but raised in Inglewood, California, Mitchell served in WWII and at one point became a prisoner of war... See full bio »

Born:

Charles Allen Pendleton
in Denver, Colorado, USA

Died:

(age 80) in Marina Del Rey, California, USA
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2004 Malevolence
Capo Fabrizio De Martino
 
2002 An Enraged New World
Gen. Murchison
 
1998 Ehen vor Gericht (TV series)
Charles Pendelton
– Cybersex und Sektenfalle (1998) … Charles Pendelton
 
1995 Bikini Drive-In
Goliath
 
1989 The Betrothed (TV mini-series)
Don Gonzalo
 
1988 La tempesta
 
1988 Faida
Prete
 
1988 Delirio di sangue
Hermann
 
1987 Evil Spawn
Dan Thorn
 
1987 Overdose
Costa
 
1987 Cross of the Seven Jewels
Black Mass Leader
 
1987 SFX Retaliator
Morgan
 
1986 Le miniere del Kilimangiaro
Rolf
 
1986 Operation Nam
Col. Mortimer
 
1986 Terror Force Commando
 
1986 Commando Invasion
General MacMoreland
 
1984 Treasure of the Lost Desert
Dealer
 
1984 Ricordi
 
1984 Vivre pour survivre
Olaf
 
1983 Endgame - Bronx lotta finale
Col. Morgan
 
1983 Rush: The Assassin
Yor
 
1983 Dieci registi italiani, dieci racconti italiani (TV series)
– Il commissionario (1983)
 
1982-1983 Marco Polo (TV mini-series)
Arnolfo
– Episode #1.8 (1983) … Arnolfo
– Episode #1.7 (1983) … Arnolfo
– Episode #1.5 (1983) … Arnolfo
– Episode #1.1 (1982) … Arnolfo
 
1983 Se tutto va bene siamo rovinati
Jack Volpetti
 
1982 Curse of the Red Butterfly
Brado
 
1982 Diamond Connection
 
1982 Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere
Il killer
 
1982 She
Hector
 
1981 La dottoressa preferisce i marinai
The killer
 
1981 Nightfall
Maserati
 
1981 Inchon
GHQ Officer (uncredited)
 
1981 Trois filles dans le vent
Gordon Mitchell
 
1980 Umbrella Coup
Moskovitz, le tueur
 
1980 Holocaust parte seconda: i ricordi, i deliri, la vendetta
Felix Oppenheimer
 
1980 Emanuelle's Daughter
Robert
 
1980 The Iron Hand of the Mafia
Don Nicola
 
1980 Febbre a 40!
Sandy's Husband
 
1979 Porno-Erotic Western (as Charles Pendleton)
 
1979 Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora
Pretorius
 
1979 Strategia per una missione di morte
Paul
 
1979 A Very Special Woman
Gordon
 
1978 Operation Orient
 
1978 Pugni, dollari e spinaci
 
1977 The Man from Chicago
Mike
 
1977 Natascha - Todesgrüße aus Moskau
 
1977 Cuibul salamandrelor
Joe
 
1977 Kaput lager - gli ultimi giorni delle SS
Kommandant von Stolzen
 
1977 Zanna Bianca nel west
Morgan
 
1976 Special Squad Shoots on Sight
David
 
1976 L'unica legge in cui credo
Geo (uncredited)
 
1976 Gli uccisori
Pablo
 
1975 Tiger from River Kwai
Jack Mason
 
1975 Due Magnum .38 per una città di carogne
Renato Proietti
 
1975 La pelle sotto gli artigli
Prof. Helmut
 
1975 Seven Savage Men
Cooper
 
1975 Four for All
Margherito
 
1975 Yankesici
 
1974 Il domestico
General Von Werner
 
1974 The Godfather Squad
Son of Carrol
 
1974 Una donna per sette bastardi
Gordon
 
1974 Situation
Gordon
 
1974 Il castello della paura
Igor
 
1974 Dort Hergele
 
1974 Anasinin Gozu
 
1973 Shanghai Joe
Burying Sam
 
1973 Dagli archivi della polizia criminale
Peter Wilcox
 
1973 Pan
 
1973 Once Upon a Time in the Wild, Wild West
Mike
 
1973 The Slave
Von Thirac
 
1973 Curse of the Red Butterfly
 
1973 Anything for a Friend
Miller
 
1972 Frankenstein 80
Dr. Otto Frankenstein
 
1972 Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado
Jonathan Duke
 
1972 Down with Your Hands... You Scum!
Buck Bradley
 
1972 The French Sex Murders
Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
 
1972 Magnificent West
 
1972 The Big Bust Out
El Kadir
 
1972 His Colt, Himself, His Revenge
Martin
 
1972 A Gunman Called Dakota
Dakota
 
1971 Giù la testa... hombre
Ironhead (Italian Version:'Testa di ferro')
 
1971 Hero Called Allegria
Ray Potter
 
1971 Angel's Leap
Henry Di Fusco
 
1971 Day of Judgment
Deputy
 
1971 Vamos a matar Sartana
Greg "The Crazy Person"
 
1971 Coffin Full of Dollars
John
 
1971 Finders Killers
Chris Forest
 
1971 Tre nel mille
 
1971 Io non spezzo... rompo
Joe il Rosso
 
1971 Sapevano solo uccidere
Clayton
 
1971 His Name Was Sam Walbash, But They Call Him Amen
Gordon Mitchell (uncredited)
 
1970 Stranger That Kneels Beside the Shadow of a Corpse
Roger Murdoch
 
1970 Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End
Black Burt Keller/Burt Kelly
 
1970 The Arizona Kid
Coyote
 
1969 Sartana the Gravedigger
Deguejo
 
1969 Fellini Satyricon
Il predone
 
1969 The Wings of War
Sgt. Smith
 
1969 Lisa dagli occhi blu
Football player
 
1968 Cry of Death
Donkey / Morgan Pitt
 
1968 Trusting Is Good... Shooting Is Better
Roy Fulton
 
1968 L'estate
 
1968 Radhapura - Endstation der Verdammten
Alfredo
 
1968 Tutto sul rosso
Erikson
 
1968 Un killer per sua maestà
Toni
 
1968 Al di là della legge
Burton
 
1968 Cin... cin... cianuro
Al Rubino
 
1968 Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen
Gregory Falkoff
 
1968 Seven Times Seven
Big Ben
 
1968 Thompson 1880
Sheppard
 
1967 John the Bastard
Danite
 
1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye
Stables Sergeant
 
1967 Death on the Run
The Albanian
 
1967 Born to Kill
Roose
 
1967 Crazy Westerners
Bisonte Seduto/Sitting Bison
 
1966 È mezzanotte, butta giù il cadavere
Van Himst
 
1966 Uccidi o muori
Baltimore Joe
 
1966 Star Pilot
Murdu
 
1966 I Spy (TV series)
Angelo
– Sophia (1966) … Angelo
 
1966 Three Graves for a Winchester
Frank Sanders
 
1965 La vendetta di Lady Morgan
Roger
 
1965 Erik, il vichingo
Sven/Byarni
 
1965 Hercules and the Princess of Troy (TV movie)
Pirate Captain
 
1965 Il tesoro della foresta pietrificata
Hunding
 
1964 Sindbad contro i sette saraceni
Omar
 
1964 La vendetta di Spartacus
Arminio
 
1964 Revenge of The Gladiators
Balisten
 
1963 Brennus, Enemy of Rome
Brenno
 
1962 Fury of Achilles
Achilles
 
1962 Invasion 1700
Ulrich
 
1962 Kerim, Son of the Sheik
Yussuf
 
1962 Caesar Against the Pirates
Hamar, the Pirate
 
1962 Vulcan, Son of Giove
Pluto
 
1961 The Giant of Metropolis
Obro
 
1961 The Centurion
Gen. Metellus
 
1961 Atlas Against the Cyclops
Maciste (as Mitchell Gordon)
 
1960 Spartacus
Gladiator (uncredited)
 
1960 Totò ciak
Ringo
 
1959 Li'l Abner
Muscleman Rufe (uncredited)
 
1959 Rio Bravo
Bar Cowboy Watching Fistfight (uncredited)
 
1958 The Buccaneer
Pirate (uncredited)
 
1958 The Young Lions (uncredited)
 
1957 The Enemy Below
German Sailor (uncredited)
 
1957 The Spirit of St. Louis (uncredited)
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
Extra (uncredited)
 
1956 The Ten Commandments
Egyptian Guard (uncredited)
 
1955 The Man with the Golden Arm (uncredited)
 
1954 Prisoner of War
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
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2004 Die to Live - Das Musikill
Himself
 
2000 Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co (TV documentary)
Himself
 
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Alternate Names:

Mitchell Gordon | Charles Pendleton

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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His funeral memorial service was attended by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, Roland Kickinger, Franco Columbu, Mickey Hargitay, Richard Harrison, Sebastian Harrison, Joe Gold, Scott Brown, Michael A. Martinez, and Robert Amstler in front of the World Gym corporate headquarters. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo