William D. Gordon

William Douglas Gordon (January 4, 1918 – August 12, 1991) was an American actor, writer, director, story editor, and producer. Although he is best known for his writing credits, he acted occasionally on numerous TV series.

Biography Gordon was born in Santa Clara, California, in 1918. He started his career as a writer in 1936, writing for radio shows like The Cisco Kid, The Count of Monte Cristo and The Tommy Dorsey Show. In 1939, he began to direct TV shows, directing the first live television shows for the Don Lee Network and later he served as an infantry officer during World War II. In 1958, he acted for the first time in Maverick, appearing subsequently in TV series including Maverick, The Twilight Zone, Thriller, Peter Gunn, Law of the Plainsman, Riverboat, Rawhide, The Americans and The Virginian during the 1960s. and Sergeant Ryker.

As a director, he directed one episode of The Richard Boone Show titled "Death Before Dishonor" and another of The Fugitive titled "A.P.B.". On March 31, 1965, he became the producer of Twelve O'Clock High, producing 47 episodes of the series, in addition to producing 32 episodes of The Fugitive between 1964 and 1966.

Selected filmography Actor Cimarron City - The Blood Line (1958) TV Episode .... Roy Rankin Maverick - Escape to Tampico (1958) TV Episode .... Sam Garth - Prey of the Cat (1958) TV Episode .... Fred Bender - Two Tickets to Ten Strike (1959) TV Episode .... Eddie Burke Peter Gunn - The Portrait (1959) TV Episode .... Maddox Law of the Plainsman - Prairie Incident (1959) TV Episode .... Deke - A Matter of Life and Death (1959) TV Episode .... Henchman Riverboat - Payment in Full (1959) TV Episode .... Joe Travis - The Barrier (1959) TV Episode .... Joe Travis - About Roger Mowbray (1959) TV Episode .... Joe Travis - A Race to Cincinnati (1959) TV Episode .... Joe Travis - The Unwilling (1959) TV Episode .... Joe Travis - The Fight Back (1959) TV Episode .... Joe Travis - Escape to Memphis (1959) TV Episode .... Joe Travis - Witness No Evil (1959) TV Episode .... Joe Travis - A Night at Trapper's Landing (1959) TV Episode .... Joe Travis - The Faithless (1959) TV Episode .... Joe Travis - The Boy from Pittsburgh (1959) TV Episode .... Joe Travis - Strange Request (1959) TV Episode .... Joe Travis - Guns for Empire (1959) TV Episode .... Joe Travis - The Face of Courage (1959) TV Episode .... Joe Travis Black Saddle - A Case of Slow (1960) TV Episode .... Dr. Tom Wall Rawhide - Incident of the Last Chance (1960) TV Episode .... Sid Gorman The Twilight Zone - Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room .... George - Eye of the Beholder .... Doctor The Americans - Harper's Ferry (1961) TV Episode .... Lt. Barnes - The Regular (1961) TV Episode .... Lt. Barnes Thriller - The Premature Burial (1961) TV Episode .... Doctor March Laramie - The Star Trail (1959) TV Episode .... Vic Stoddard - A Grave for Cully Brown (1962) TV Episode .... Giles The Virginian - West (1962) TV Episode .... Blench Bearcats! - Powderkeg (1971) TV Episode .... Fallon, Hotel Goon The Bold Ones: The Lawyers - The Strange Secret of Yermo Hill (1971) TV Episode .... Dr. Sinclair Alias Smith and Jones - What happened at the XST? (1972) TV Episode .... Reverend Siever Captains and the Kings - Chapter III (1976) TV Episode .... Doctor Gill Hunter - Blow-Up (1986) TV Episode .... Minister

Writer Startime (1960) TV Series (writer - 1 episode) The Americans (1961) TV Series (writer - 2 episodes) (teleplay - 1 episode) Thriller (1961–1962) TV Series (adaptation - 2 episodes) Outlaws (1961–1962) TV Series (writer - 3 episodes) Rodeo (1963) TV Series (writer - 1 episode) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962–1964) TV Series (teleplay - 6 episodes) Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1964) TV Series (writer - 1 episode) (teleplay - 4 episodes) The Richard Boone Show (1963–1964) TV Series (teleplay - 4 episodes) (writer - 1 episode) (written by - 1 episode) Breaking Point (1964) TV Series (written by - 1 episode) The Fugitive (1963–1965) TV Series (written by- 3 episodes) (teleplay - 2 episodes) 12 O'Clock High (1965–1966) TV Series (writer - 3 episodes) Sergeant Ryker (1968) (screenplay) The Name of the Game (1969–1970) TV Series (written by - 2 episodes) The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1970–1971) TV Series (teleplay - 2 episodes) Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1972) TV Series (writer - 1 episode) (teleplay - 1 episode) Bonanza (1972) TV Series (writer - 1 episode) Cotter (1973) (writer) Petrocelli (1974) TV Series (written by - 1 episode) The Six Million Dollar Man (1975) TV Series (story - 1 episode) Ironside (1973–1975) TV Series (teleplay - 5 episodes) (written by - 5 episodes) (story - 3 episodes) Barbary Coast (1975–1976) TV Series (writer - 1 episode) (written by - 1 episode) Chips (1978–1981) TV Series (writer - 4 episodes) (teleplay - 2 episodes) (teleplay & story - 1 episode) (story - 1 episode)

Producer Twelve O'Clock High (1965–1967) TV Series (producer – 47 episodes) The Fugitive (1964–1966) TV Series (associate producer – 32 episodes)

Miscellaneous crew The Richard Boone Show (1963–1964) TV Series (story supervisor – 17 episodes) Bonanza (1972) TV Series (executive story consultant – 3 episodes) Barbary Coast (1975–1976) TV Series (story editor – 11 episodes) CHiPs (1978–1982) TV Series (story editor – 77 episodes) (story supervisor – 2 episodes)