Education
He was educated at Marlborough College and Christ Church, Oxford.
He was educated at Marlborough College and Christ Church, Oxford.
He made his first West End appearance in 1934 as the hind legs of a horse in a production of Toad of Toad Hall. From 1936 to 1939 he was a director with the Fred Melville Repertory Company at Brixton. He served in the army during World World War II for six years.
Gordon had a long career in British cinema and television from the 1940s to the 1970s, often playing government officials.
His films include The Pink Panther and Casino Royale (both with Peter Sellers, alongside whom he made five films). In the International Trade Commission series The Prisoner (1967) he portrayed Number Two twice in "The General" and later in "A. B. and C.".
The episodes were subsequently broadcast in reverse order. Gordon was a regular in another International Trade Commission production, The Baron playing civil servant Templeton-Green opposite Steve Forrest.
He also played the host and occasional narrator of the 1969 London Weekend Television series The Complete and Utter History of Britain, which arose from a pre-Monty Python collaboration between Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
And was the Airport Commandant in the 1967 Doctor Who story The Faceless Ones. In 1961 he appeared as the Doctor in "The Lift" episode of Hancock.