Gordon, Barry 1948–

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GORDON, Barry 1948–

PERSONAL

Born December 21, 1948, in Brookline, MA; married Sally Julian (a television host; marriage ended); married Gail Schaper (a corporate executive); children: two. Education: Attended University of California, Los Angeles, 1968–69; California State University, Los Angeles, B.A., 1986; Loyola University, J.D., 1990. Religion: Judaism.

Addresses: Agent— Herb Tannen and Associates, 8370 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 902, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Contact— SDB Partners, 1801 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 902, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career: Actor, voice performer, and attorney. Appeared in commercials, including voice of rabbit for Nestle Quik, beginning in the 1970s, and voice of bumblebee for Honey Nut Cheerios breakfast cereal; Partnership for a Drug–Free America, member of advisory board and voice for public service announcements. Win Win Workplace Solutions, consultant; Dispute Resolution Services, Inc., member of board of directors; United Services Organizations, member of board of governors, 1994; Pasadena Community Access Corporation, chair of board of directors. Member of the Bar of California; Democratic candidate for Congress, 1998.

Member: International Association for Conflict Resolution, Screen Actors Guild (president, 1988–95), American Association for Single People (honorary member), Southern California Mediation Association.

Awards, Honors: Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best featured actor in a play, 1963, for A Thousand Clowns.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Conrad Musk, The Don Rickles Show, CBS, 1972.

Dennis Whitehead, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS, 1973–1974.

Voice of Clamhead, Jabberjaw (animated), ABC, 1976–1978.

Charlie Harrison, Fish, ABC, 1977–1978.

Stan, Good Time Harry, NBC, 1980.

Voice of Freddy Freeman/Captain Marvel, Jr., The Kid Superpower Hour with Shazam! (animated), NBC, 1981–1982.

Gary Rabinowitz, Archie Bunker's Place, CBS, 1981–1983.

Voice of Brainy Smurf, The Smurfs (animated; also known as Smurfs' Adventures ), NBC, 1981–1990.

Voice, Meatballs and Spaghetti (animated), CBS, 1982–1983.

Voice of Inky, The Pac–Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show (animated), ABC, 1982–1983.

Voice of Inky, Pac–Man (animated), ABC, 1982–1984.

Voice of Robert Simmons, The Mighty Orbots (animated), ABC, 1984–1985.

Voice, Pole Position (animated), CBS, 1984–1986.

Voice of Junior Wetworth, The Snorks (animated), NBC, 1984–1986.

Voices of Donatello and Bebop, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (animated; also known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Series ), syndicated, 1987–1990, CBS, 1990–1996.

Roger Hightower, A Family for Joe, NBC, 1990.

Voice of Reggie Moonshroud, Gravedale High (animated; also known as Rick Moranis in Gravedale High ), NBC, 1990–1991.

Voices of Jake Clawson and Razor, Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (animated), syndicated, 1993–1994.

Some of these animated series were also broadcast within other series, including Cartoon All–Stars to the Rescue: Stop Digimon!, Lost in the Cartoon World, and PokeMadness 2000.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Lee Vogel, Stark, CBS, 1985.

Lee Vogel, Stark: Mirror Image (also known as Stark II ), CBS, 1986.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Voice of Inky, Christmas Comes to Pacland, ABC, 1984.

Voices of Donatello and Bebop, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cufflink Caper (animated), 1990.

Voices of Donatello and Bebop, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids (animated), CBS, 1991.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Hideout," Richard Diamond, Private Detective, CBS, 1959.

Aaron Gold, "The Contest for Aaron Gold," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1960.

Chopper Cooper, "Beaver's House Guest," Leave It to Beaver, ABC, 1960.

Ignace "Iggy" Kovacs, "The Day of the Bullet," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CBS, 1960.

Boy, "Man in a Cage," Thriller, NBC, 1961.

Harry Johnson, "Jack Casting for TV Special," The Jack Benny Program, CBS, 1961.

Jack Benny as a child, "Musicale," The Jack Benny Program, CBS, 1961.

"Children's Version of the Show," The Jack Benny Program, CBS, 1961.

"A Flame in the Dark," Arrest and Trial, ABC, 1963.

"Love and the High School Flop–Out," Love, American Style, ABC, 1969.

Barry the waiter, "Horror in the Heights," Kolchak: The Night Stalker, ABC, 1974.

Todd Corvin, "Portrait in Blues," Mannix, CBS, 1974.

"I Want Nancy!," Good Heavens, ABC, 1976.

Billy, "Where Have You Been Billy Boy," Supertrain, NBC, 1979.

Harold Milburn, "The Confession," The Incredible Hulk, CBS, 1979.

Stanley Fine, "Computer Crime," Barney Miller, ABC, 1979.

Gilbert Larwin, "Secret Admirer," Three's Company, ABC, 1980.

David Dingler, "Inquiry," Barney Miller, ABC, 1982.

Guest, The $25,000 Pyramid, CBS, 1982.

Voice, "Judy Takes Off," The Jetsons (animated; also known as The New Jetsons ), syndicated, 1985.

Voice of Cogswell's spy, "Solar Snoops," The Jetsons (animated; also known as The New Jetsons ), syndicated, 1985.

Voice of garage mechanic, "S.M.A.S.H.," The Jetsons (animated; also known as The New Jetsons ), syndicated, 1985.

Voice of the lieutenant, "The Great Boldini," Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (animated; also known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Series ), syndicated, 1989.

Voice of Dr. Fossil, "Jurassic Jumble," Darkwing Duck (animated), ABC and syndicated, 1991.

Voice of Englebert Newton, "The Mayhem of the Moving Mollusk," A Pup Named Scooby–Doo (animated), ABC, 1991.

Mel Wittnauer, "Chute First, Ask Questions Later," Civil Wars, ABC, 1992.

Mel Wittnauer, "Oboe Phobia," Civil Wars, ABC, 1992.

Nava, "The Nagus," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as Deep Space Nine, DS9, and Star Trek: DS9 ), syndicated, 1993.

Seth, "Pacific Rimshot," L.A. Law, NBC, 1993.

Voice of knight, "Bride of the Pastmaster," Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (animated), syndicated, 1993.

Voice of Sheldrake, "Blind As a Bat," Batman: The Animated Series, Fox, 1993.

Voice of Sheldrake, "The Mechanic," Batman: The Animated Series, Fox, 1993.

"Captain Kangaroo Court," Civil Wars, ABC, 1993.

Philip Fox, "Simone Says," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994.

Seth, "Cold Cuts," L.A. Law, NBC, 1994.

Earl, "Single White Male," Empty Nest, NBC, 1995.

Marty Futterman, "The Kernel," Over the Top, ABC, 1997.

Dr. Berger, "Twin Petes," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1998.

Rabbi Katz, "Caroline and the Bar Mitzvah," Caroline in the City (also known as Caroline ), NBC, 1998.

Judge, "Dog Eat Dog," The Hughleys, ABC, 1999.

Baxter, "Homecoming" (also known as "Indian Summer"), ER (also known as Emergency Room ), NBC, 2000.

Judge, "The Truth Shall Set Me Free," The Hughleys, ABC, 2000.

Preston Ross, "These Shoots Are Made for Joaquin," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2000.

Arden Broht, "Author, Author," Star Trek: Voyager, UPN, 2001.

Mr. Levin, "Too Much, Too Late," Becker, CBS, 2002.

Appeared as a guest panelist, The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour, NBC; as Dr. Byron Fisk, The Practice, NBC; provided a voice for Tom & Jerry Kids Show (animated), Fox; and in an episode of Arli$$, HBO.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Kid, The Jimmy Durante Show, CBS, 1964.

Harry Toffler, Jr., You're Just Like Your Father, CBS, 1976.

Cousin Anton, Mr. and Mrs. Dracula, ABC, 1980.

Newton Hobbs, Dr. Paradise, CBS, 1988.

Television Appearances; Other:

The Perfect Woman, 1978.

David Ingalls, Warp Speed, 1981.

Voices of Donatello, Bebop, and others, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (animated; miniseries), syndicated, 1987.

Television Work; Additional Voices; Animated Series:

A Pup Named Scooby–Doo, ABC, 1988–1991.

The Smurfs (also known as Smurfs' Adventures ), NBC, 1981–1990.

Film Appearances:

Himself, The Girl Can't Help It, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1956.

Cinderfella at age eleven, Cinderfella, Paramount, 1960.

Boy patient, Pressure Point, United Artists, 1962.

"Skeet" Wilder, Hands of a Stranger (also known as The Answer ), Allied Artists, 1962.

Nick, Wilbur Malcolm, Theodore, Raphael Sabatini, Dr. Morris Fishbein, Woodrow, King, Rover, Lefty, Chevrolet, and Big Sam Burns, A Thousand Clowns, United Artists, 1965.

Steve Powell, The Spirit Is Willing, Paramount, 1967.

First art student, Double–Stop, World Entertainment, 1968.

Paul, Out of It, United Artists, 1969.

Flashlight vendor, Love at First Bite, American International Pictures, 1979.

Voices of Rob and American rabbit, The Adventures of the American Rabbit (animated), Clubhouse Pictures, 1986.

Sheldon Brockmeister, Body Slam, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group/Worldvision Enterprises, 1987.

Auctioneer, The Object of Beauty, Avenue Pictures Productions, 1991.

Alex, Gruene Wueste (also known as The Green Desert ), Bavaria Film International/Lichtmeer Film/MC–One, 1999.

Stage Appearances:

Nick Burns, A Thousand Clowns, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1962–1963, later produced in 1969.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

(Uncredited) Voice of Bebop, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (also known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game ), Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, 1990.