Full Name | Barry Gordon |
Net Worth | $900,000 |
Date Of Birth | December 21, 1948 |
Place Of Birth | Brookline, Massachusetts, USA |
Occupation | Actor, television host, television producer, singer, president of the Screen Actors Guild |
Profession | Singer, Politician, Child actor, Voice Actor, Television producer, Character Actor, Talk show host |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Gail Schaper |
Nicknames | Barry Gordon, Gordon, Barry |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0330015 |
Nominations | Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play |
Movies | A Thousand Clowns, The Girl Can't Help It, The Spirit is Willing, Out of It, Love at First Bite, The Adventures of the American Rabbit, Christmas Comes to Pac-Land, Pressure Point, Body Slam, Hands of a Stranger, The Object of Beauty, Losing Control, Gallavants, Soft Beds, Hard Battles, Warp Speed |
TV Shows | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, Snorks, Archie Bunker's Place, Jabberjaw, Pac-Man, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Gravedale High, The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!, Mighty Orbots, Space Cats, Fish, A Family for Joe, Good Time Harry, The Don Rickles Show (1972), Shazam... |
Star Sign | Sagittarius |
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1 | He was the longest serving President of the Screen Actors Guild, having served in that position from 1988 to 1995. |
2 | Friends with Cam Clarke, Townsend Coleman and Rob Paulsen. |
3 | Host of the Los Angeles radio show Barry Gordon - From the Left Field. [April 2006] |
4 | Since losing congressional runs in 1996 and 1998, Gordon returned to acting, usually on TV (most recently on ER (1994) and Becker (1998)). [2002] |
5 | Proud sponsor of Camp Will-A-Way, a camp for the mentally and/or physically disabled |
6 | Was nominated for Broadway's 1963 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "A Thousand Clowns." |
7 | In 1996 Gordon, a Democrat, ran for the Burbank-Glendale based congressional seat being vacated by retiring Republican Rep. Carlos Moorhead. He lost the primary to fellow Democrat Doug Kahn, who went on to lose to then assemblyman James Rogan (R-Glendale). In 1998 Gordon ran again and this time won the primary. He narrowly lost to Rogan 51%-46%, however. |
8 | In the mid-1950s, rock legend Bill Haley wrote the song, "Six Year Olds Can Rock and Roll", for Barry Gordon. It's not known if Gordon ever recorded it; Haley's demo recording surfaced in the 1980s. |
9 | Performed lead vocals (backed by Art Mooney & His Orchestra) for "Nuttin' for Christmas", a popular novelty song that peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the 1955 Christmas Season. |
10 | (1988-1995) President of Screen Actors Guild (SAG). |
11 | One son. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2014-2016 | TV Series | 80s Donatello |
Forked Up | 2015 | TV Series | Mr. Goodman |
Brothers & Sisters | 2011 | TV Series | Rabbi |
Losing Control | 2011 | | Frank |
Curb Your Enthusiasm | 2004-2005 | TV Series | Rabbi |
Dragnet | 2003 | TV Series | Alan Sperry |
Becker | 2002 | TV Series | Mr. Levin |
Star Trek: Voyager | 2001 | TV Series | Arden Broht |
ER | 2000 | TV Series | Baxter |
The Hughleys | 1999-2000 | TV Series | The Judge |
NYPD Blue | 1994-2000 | TV Series | Preston Ross / Dr. Berger / Philip Fox, Esq. |
Grüne Wüste | 1999 | | Alex |
Arli$$ | 1999 | TV Series | Doctor |
Caroline in the City | 1998 | TV Series | Rabbi Katz |
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | 1997 | TV Series | Nerdy Monster / Korbutokov |
Over the Top | 1997 | TV Series | Marty |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 1987-1996 | TV Series | Donatello Bebop Blue Android ... |
Empty Nest | 1995 | TV Series | Earl |
Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron | 1993-1994 | TV Series | Razor Jake Clawson |
L.A. Law | 1993-1994 | TV Series | Rossoff Divorce Atty. Seth / Seth |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | 1993 | TV Series | Nava |
Civil Wars | 1992-1993 | TV Series | Mel Wittnauer |
Batman: The Animated Series | 1993 | TV Series | Sheldrake |
Tom & Jerry Kids Show | 1993 | TV Series | |
Darkwing Duck | 1991 | TV Series | Dr. Fossil |
Spacecats | 1991 | TV Series | Incidental Characters (1991) (voice) |
The Object of Beauty | 1991 | | Auctioneer |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time | 1991 | Video Game | Donatello (voice, uncredited) |
Operation Blue Line | 1990 | Video short | Donatello (voice) |
His & Hers | 1990 | TV Series | Bruno Chernak |
A Family for Joe | 1990 | TV Series | Roger Hightower |
Gravedale High | 1990 | TV Series | Reggie Moonshroud |
Snorks | 1984-1988 | TV Series | Junior Wetworth |
Superman | 1988 | TV Series | |
CBS Summer Playhouse | 1988 | TV Series | Newton Hobbs |
Throb | 1987 | TV Series | Josh |
Repairs | 1987 | Short | Lew the Studio Exec |
Body Slam | 1986 | | Sheldon Brockmeister |
Stark: Mirror Image | 1986 | TV Movie | Lee Vogel |
The Adventures of the American Rabbit | 1986 | | Rob / American Rabbit / Punk Jackal (voice) |
The Smurfs | 1985 | TV Series | The Gamemaster / Additional Voices |
The Jetsons | 1985 | TV Series | Lenny Laser / Mechanic / Sneak |
Stark | 1985 | TV Movie | Lee Vogel |
Pole Position | 1984 | TV Series | |
Gallavants | 1984 | | Edil / Bok / Gauk (voice) |
The Mighty Orbots | 1984 | TV Series | Robert Simmons (voice) |
Pac-Man | 1982-1983 | TV Series | Inky |
Archie Bunker's Place | 1981-1983 | TV Series | Gary Rabinowitz |
Christmas Comes to PacLand | 1982 | TV Movie | Inky (voice) |
Pac Preview Party | 1982 | TV Movie | Inky (voice, uncredited) |
Meatballs and Spaghetti | 1982 | TV Series | Clyde (1982) (voice) |
Barney Miller | 1979-1982 | TV Series | David Fingler / Stanley Fine |
Time Warp | 1981 | TV Movie | Mud |
Warp Speed | 1981 | TV Movie | David Ingalls |
The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! | 1981 | TV Series | Captain Marvel Jr. Freddy Freeman |
I'm a Big Girl Now | 1981 | TV Series | Jerry |
The Perfect Woman | 1981 | TV Movie | Emo |
Good Time Harry | 1980 | TV Series | Stan |
Mr. and Mrs. Dracula | 1980 | TV Series | Cousin Anton |
Three's Company | 1980 | TV Series | Gilbert Larwin |
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle | 1976-1979 | TV Series | |
Supertrain | 1979 | TV Series | Billy |
The Incredible Hulk | 1979 | TV Series | Harold Milburn |
Love at First Bite | 1979 | | Flashlight Vendor |
Fish | 1977-1978 | TV Series | Charlie Harrison |
The Practice | 1976 | TV Series | Dr. Byron Fisk |
Jabberjaw | 1976 | TV Series | Cleveland 'Clam-Head' Rogers |
Good Heavens | 1976 | TV Series | Harold |
The Bob Crane Show | 1975 | TV Series | Gordon |
Kolchak: The Night Stalker | 1974 | TV Series | Barry the Waiter |
Mannix | 1974 | TV Series | Todd Corvin |
The New Dick Van Dyke Show | 1973-1974 | TV Series | Dennis Whitehead |
The Don Rickles Show | 1972 | TV Series | Conrad Musk |
Love, American Style | 1969 | TV Series | Bill (segment "Love and the High School Flop-Out") |
Out of It | 1969 | | Paul |
Double-Stop | 1968 | | 1st Art Student |
The Spirit Is Willing | 1967 | | Steve Powell |
My Brother the Angel | 1966 | TV Series | Lester |
A Thousand Clowns | 1965 | | Nick Burns / Wilbur Malcome Burns / Theodore Burns / ... |
Summer Playhouse | 1964 | TV Series | Kid |
Arrest and Trial | 1963 | TV Series | Bobby Randolph |
Pressure Point | 1962 | | Boy Patient |
Hands of a Stranger | 1962 | | Skeet |
Dr. Kildare | 1961 | TV Series | Billy Hoffman |
The DuPont Show with June Allyson | 1961 | TV Series | Pepe |
The Jack Benny Program | 1954-1961 | TV Series | Harry Johnson / Jack Benny, as a Child |
Thriller | 1961 | TV Series | 'Slip-Slip' |
Dennis the Menace | 1960 | TV Series | Buzzy Hanson |
Cinderfella | 1960 | | Fella at Age 11 (uncredited) |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1960 | TV Series | Aaron Gold / Ignace 'Iggy' Kovacs |
Leave It to Beaver | 1960 | TV Series | Chopper Cooper |
Philip Marlowe | 1960 | TV Series | Jamie |
Startime | 1959 | TV Series | Larry |
Richard Diamond, Private Detective | 1959 | TV Series | Tommy |
General Electric Theater | 1959 | TV Series | Etienne |
The Ann Sothern Show | 1958 | TV Series | Donald / Donald Carpenter |
Sally | 1957 | TV Series | Humberto |
The Girl Can't Help It | 1956 | | Barry the Paperboy |
Make Room for Daddy | 1956 | TV Series | Herbie |
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