Don Gordon, dead at 90. RIP. Buddies with Steve McQueen.
I won’t link to the Slimes obit. Here’s an excerpt:
“His most memorable film roles were alongside McQueen in “Bullitt” (1968); “Papillon” (1973), which also starred Dustin Hoffman; and “The Towering Inferno” (1974), a disaster film with Paul Newman and Faye Dunaway.”
More info:
“Donald Walter Guadagno was born on Nov. 13, 1926, in Los Angeles. At age 8, he started selling newspapers on the street to help his family during the Depression, his wife said.
He enlisted in the Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was only 15 but convinced his mother to sign a statement saying he was 18, Ms. Gordon said. He went on to receive 11 battle stars.”
Don Gordon was in a lot of cameos in TV. RIP