William D. Gordon (actor)
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. He also worked as a script writer for shows like "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "The Fugitive", "Bonanza", "Ironside" and "Barbary Coast", in addition to writing the screenplay of the films "Cotter" 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. He worked as a story supervisor of "The Richard Boone Show", "Bonanza", "Thriller" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and directed the television game show "Queen for a Day". From 1977 to 1982, Gordon, along with James Doherty, helped to produce, write and edit the TV series "CHiPs". After retirement, Gordon began writing novels about the Civil War. Death. Gordon died in Thousand Oaks, California of lung cancer aged 73. William