Gordon Carroll

Charles Gordon Carroll III (February 2, 1928 – September 20, 2005) was an American film producer. He is known for his work on the Alien franchise (1979–2004), for which he co-founded Brandywine Productions with David Giler and Walter Hill, to produce the Alien film series. He was also associated with Jack Lemmon, producing four films through the actor's Jalem Productions company (1964–1970). He died on September 20, 2005, in Los Angeles, California. and after military duty as a first lieutenant in the Korean War, he returned to Manhattan and entered the advertising world at Foote, Cone & Belding.

He began his film career as executive producer of How to Murder Your Wife, which was filmed in March 1964 and produced through Jack Lemmon's independent film production company, Jalem Productions. In August 1964, Lemmon appointed Carroll vice president of Jalem Productions. From there, he went on to produce other films through Jalem, including Luv and Cool Hand Luke (both 1967), and The April Fools (1969).

After parting ways with Lemmon, he partnered with Paul Newman (who had starred in Cool Hand Luke) to make Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973). He later worked on such films as Blue Thunder (1983) starring Roy Scheider, The Best of Times (1986) starring Kurt Russell and Robin Williams, and Red Heat (1988) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Belushi. He also produced the first five films of the Alien franchise: Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), Alien Resurrection(1997), and Alien vs. Predator (2004).

Death Carrol died of a heart attack on September 20, 2005, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., at the age of 77. His body was cremated and his ashes were given to his family.

Filmography He was producer for all films unless otherwise noted.

Film Year Film Credit Notes 1965 How to Murder Your Wife Executive producer for Jalem Productions 1967 Luv Cool Hand Luke 1969 The April Fools 1973 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 1979 Alien 1983 Blue Thunder 1986 The Best of Times Aliens Executive producer 1988 Red Heat 1992 Alien 3 1997 Alien Resurrection 2004 Alien vs. Predator Final film as a producer

Miscellaneous crew

Year Film Role Notes 2004 Dear Frankie Advisor: Philately Uncredited