About Gale Gordon
Gale Gordon (born Charles Thomas Aldrich Jr.; February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995) was an American character actor who was Lucille Ball's longtime television foil, particularly as cantankerously combustible, tightfisted bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball's second television sitcom The Lucy Show. Gordon also appeared in I Love Lucy and had starring roles in Ball's successful third series Here's Lucy and her short-lived fourth and final series Life with Lucy. Gordon was also a radio actor who played school principal Osgood Conklin in Our Miss Brooks, starring Eve Arden, in both the 1948–1957 radio series and the 1952–1956 television series. He also co-starred as the second Mr. Wilson in Dennis the Menace, replacing Joseph Kearns after he died. == Early life == Charles Thomas Aldrich, Jr. was born on February 20, 1906, in New York City, the first child and only son of American quick change artist Charles Thomas Aldrich and English actress Bertha Wilson, who adopted the stage names Jewel St. Ledger, and later, Gloria Gordon. The couple had met while performing in separate shows in London, and married the prior year in Detroit. The elder Aldrich was on tour at the time of his birth, introducing his son to the audience at eight days old.
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