William C. Jordan (born October 13, 1937) is an American film and television actor. He played Major Jake Gatlin in season one of the television series ''

Project UFO ''Project U.F.O.'' is an American television series which ran on NBC from 1978 to 1979. Running for two seasons of 13 episodes each, the show was based loosely on the real-life Project Blue Book. The show was created by Jack Webb, who pored throug ...

'', among other roles in films and television series.

Personal life

Jordan was born in

Milan, Indiana Milan ( ) is a town in Franklin Township, Ripley County, Indiana, Franklin and Washington Township, Ripley County, Indiana, Washington townships, Ripley County, Indiana, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,899 at the ...

. As a high school student, under the name Bill Jordan, Jordan was a member of the famous

1954 Milan High School basketball team The 1954 Milan High School Indians won the Indiana High School Boys Basketball Tournament championship in 1954. With an enrollment of only 161, Milan was the smallest school ever to win a single-class state basketball title in Indiana, beating th ...

that won the 1954

Indiana High School Athletic Association The Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public and private high schools in the U.S. state of Indiana. It monitors a system that divides athletically-competing high schools in Indiana ...

(IHSAA) State Tournament. It was this 1954 Milan "Indians" basketball team on which the movie '' Hoosiers'' was loosely based. Jordan is a graduate of Indiana University. During his career as an actor, Jordan rented an upscale

apartment An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are ma ...

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood, ...

, while owning a large home in

Arrowhead, California Arrowhead Springs is a highly mountainous neighborhood in the municipality of San Bernardino, California, officially annexed to the city on November 19, 2009. The neighborhood lies below the Arrowhead geological monument, which is California Hist ...

Filmography

Film

* '' Nothing But a Man'' (1964) - Teenager * ''To Catch a Pebble'' (1970) * '' A Man Called Horse'' (1970) - Bent * ''Deathmaster'' (1972) - Monk * '' Rage'' (1972) - Major Cooper * '' Blue Demon y Zovek en La invasión de los muertos'' (1973) * ''

The Parallax View ''The Parallax View'' is a 1974 American political thriller film produced and directed by Alan J. Pakula, and starring Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels and Paula Prentiss. The screenplay by David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based ...

'' (1974) - Tucker's Aide * ''

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover ''The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover'' is a 1977 American biographical drama film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen. It stars Broderick Crawford as Hoover, alongside an ensemble cast including Jose Ferrer, Michael Parks, Rip Tor ...

'' (1977) - President John F. Kennedy * ''

Gray Lady Down ''Gray Lady Down'' is a 1978 American submarine disaster film directed by David Greene and starring Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox and Rosemary Forsyth, and includes the feature film debut of Christophe ...

'' (1978) - Waters * ''

The Buddy Holly Story ''The Buddy Holly Story'' is a 1978 American biographical film which tells the life and career of rock and roll musician Buddy Holly. It features an Academy Award-winning musical score, adapted by Joe Renzetti and Oscar-nominated lead performan ...

'' (1978) - Riley * ''

Hambone and Hillie ''Hambone and Hillie'' is a 1984 American comedy-drama film about a dog (Hambone) separated from his owner (Hillie). The dog treks from New York to Los Angeles, meeting a host of helpers along the way. It was directed by Roy Watts, and starred Li ...

'' (1983) - Bert Rollins * '' Kingpin'' (1996) - Mr. Boorg * ''

Contact Contact may refer to: Interaction Physical interaction * Contact (geology), a common geological feature * Contact lens or contact, a lens placed on the eye * Contact sport, a sport in which players make contact with other players or objects * ...

'' (1997) - Chairman of Joint Chiefs * ''

Brooklyn Lobster ''Brooklyn Lobster'' is a 2005 American drama film presented by Martin Scorsese and written, produced, and directed by Kevin Jordan. The screenplay is based on Jordan's family's efforts to salvage their Brooklyn-based wholesale and retail seafood ...

'' (2005) - John Evans * ''Terra Firma'' (short film) (2008) - Barman

Television

* '' Flipper'' (1966) - Eric Tilton / Mr. Enfield (two episodes) * ''

The Rat Patrol ''The Rat Patrol'' is an American action and adventure television series that aired on ABC between 1966 and 1968. The show follows the exploits of four Allied soldiers — three Americans and one British — who are part of a long-range desert p ...

'' (1967) - Major Heinrich Bruder (one episode) * ''

Judd, for the Defense ''Judd, for the Defense'' is an American legal drama originally broadcast on the ABC network on Friday nights from September 8, 1967, to March 21, 1969. Synopsis The show stars Carl Betz, who had previously spent eight years in the role of Dr. Al ...

'' (1968) - Wagner (one episode) * ''

The High Chaparral ''The High Chaparral'' television series, which was broadcast on NBC from 1967 to 1971, is an American Western action adventure drama set in the 1870s. It stars Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell. The series was made by Xanadu Productions in ...

'' (1968) - Pearsall (one episode) * ''

The Big Valley ''The Big Valley'' is an American Western drama television series that originally aired from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969 on ABC. The series is set on the fictional Barkley Ranch in Stockton, California, from 1884 to 1888. The one-hour e ...

'' (1968) - Dave Carr (one episode) * ''

Bonanza ''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 13, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 432 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running western, the second-longest-running western series on U ...

'' (1967, 1969) - Mr. Leek / Rusher (two episodes) * ''

Mannix ''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character, Joe Mannix, is a private inves ...

'' (1972) (one episode) * ''

The Sixth Sense ''The Sixth Sense'' is a 1999 American psychological thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Bruce Willis as a child psychologist whose patient (Haley Joel Osment) claims he can see and talk to the dead. Released by ...

'' (1972) - John (one episode) * ''

Call to Danger ''Call to Danger'' was broadcast as a ''New CBS Tuesday Night Movie'' television film on February 27, 1973. Initially ordered as a pilot, titled ''Deadly Target'', the series was envisioned as a vehicle for Peter Graves should his current serie ...

'' (TV movie) (1973) - Tony Boyd * ''

Griff Griff may refer to: People * Griff (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Griff (singer), stage name of English singer and songwriter Sarah Faith Griffiths (born 2001) * Nickname of Guy Griffiths (1915–1999), British Second W ...

'' (1973) - Johnny Barton (one episode) * '' The Magician'' (1973) - Sheriff R. Sanders (one episode) * ''

The New Adventures of Perry Mason ''The New Perry Mason'' is a CBS TV series that ran from 1973 to 1974. It was a revival of the 1957 ''Perry Mason'' television series about Erle Stanley Gardner's brilliant defense attorney. Plot All of the major characters of the original serie ...

'' (1974) (one episode) * ''

The Streets of San Francisco ''The Streets of San Francisco'' is a television crime drama filmed on location in San Francisco and produced by Quinn Martin, Quinn Martin Productions, with the first season produced in association with Warner Bros. Television (QM produced the ...

'' (1973–1974) - Bob Harris (two episodes) * ''The Kansas City Massacre'' (TV movie) (1975) - John Dillinger * ''

Cannon A cannon is a large- caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder ...

'' (1975) - Holt (one episode) * '' Barbary Coast'' (1975) - James Carr (one episode) * ''

Hallmark Hall of Fame ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'', originally called ''Hallmark Television Playhouse'', is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City-based greeting card company. The longest-running prime-time series in t ...

'' (1976) - Kenneth Ormiston (one episode) * ''

The Rockford Files ''The Rockford Files'' is an American detective drama television series starring James Garner that aired on the NBC network from September 13, 1974 to January 10, 1980, and remains in syndication. Garner portrays Los Angeles private investigator ...

'' (1974–1977) - Jeffers / Police Officer Andrew Dolan / Terry Warde (three episodes) * ''

Lucan Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November 39 AD – 30 April 65 AD), better known in English as Lucan (), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba (modern-day Córdoba), in Hispania Baetica. He is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial ...

'' (1977) - Gene Boone (one episode) * '' The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald'' (TV movie) (1977) - James Kleist * ''

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

'' (TV mini-series) (1978) - John F. Kennedy * ''

'' (1978) - Major Jake Gatlin * ''

Friendly Fire In military terminology, friendly fire or fratricide is an attack by belligerent or neutral forces on friendly troops while attempting to attack enemy/hostile targets. Examples include misidentifying the target as hostile, cross-fire while eng ...

'' (TV movie) (1979) - Col. Byron Schindler * ''

Beyond Westworld ''Beyond Westworld'' is a 1980 American television series based on the 1973 film ''Westworld (film), Westworld,'' which was written and directed by Michael Crichton. It ignored the 1976 film sequel ''Futureworld''. Synopsis Security Chief John Mo ...

'' (1980) - Joseph Oppenheimer * ''

Secrets of Midland Heights ''Secrets of Midland Heights'' is an American nighttime soap opera produced by Lorimar Productions after the success of ''Dallas''. It ran on CBS from December 6, 1980 to January 24, 1981 for eight episodes, with three episodes left unaired. ...

'' (1981) - Martin Wheeler (one episode) * ''

Lou Grant Lou Grant is a fictional character played by Ed Asner in two television series produced by MTM Enterprises for CBS. The first was ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (1970–1977), a half-hour light-hearted situation comedy in which the character was ...

'' (1980, 1982) - Danzinger / Pomeroy (two episodes) * ''

Simon & Simon ''Simon & Simon'' is an American crime drama television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981, to September 16, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS, and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two disparate brothers who operate ...

'' (1983) - Dean Larkin (one episode) * ''

The Yellow Rose ''The Yellow Rose'' is an American soap opera television series that was broadcast on NBC from October 2, 1983 until May 12, 1984. It was produced by Paul Freeman. The series was at least partly inspired by the more coltish elements of the soap o ...

'' (1984) - The Foreman (one episode) * ''

Lottery! ''Lottery!'' is an American anthologic drama that premiered on ABC on September 9, 1983. The series aired for one season of 17 episodes and starred Ben Murphy as Patrick Sean Flaherty, and Marshall Colt as Eric Rush. ''Lottery!'' centered on o ...

'' (1984) (one episode) * ''

Scarecrow and Mrs. King ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King'' is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to September 10, 1987, on CBS. The show starred Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner, as divorced housewife Amanda King and top-level "Agency" operative ...

'' (1984) - Masterson (one episode) * ''

Knight Rider ''Knight Rider'' is an American entertainment franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The core of ''Knight Rider'' is its three television series: the original ''Knight Rider'' (1982–1986) and sequel series ''Team Knight Rider'' (1997–1998) ...

'' (1986) - Dr. Ian Browning (one episode) * ''

Beverly Hills Madam ''Beverly Hills Madam'' (also known as ''Ladies of the Night'') is a 1986 American made-for-television drama film directed by Harvey Hart and starring Faye Dunaway, Melody Anderson, Donna Dixon and Robin Givens. It was originally broadcast on NBC ...

'' (TV movie) (1986) - Len Culver * ''

T. J. Hooker ''T. J. Hooker'' is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on March 13, 1982, on ABC and ran on the network un ...

'' (1986) - Bill Kennedy (one episode) * ''

Guns of Paradise ''Paradise'' (later renamed ''Guns of Paradise'') is an American Western family television series, broadcast by CBS from October 27, 1988 to May 10, 1991. Created by David Jacobs and Robert Porter, the series presents the adventures of fictiti ...

'' (1989) - Curtis Ivey (one episode) * ''

L.A. Law ''L.A. Law'' is an American legal drama television series that ran for eight seasons on NBC, from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it centers on the partners, associates and staff of a Los ...

'' (1990) Mark Johnson (one episode) * ''

Knots Landing ''Knots Landing'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993. A spin-off of ''Dallas'', it was set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles and initially centered on the lives of ...

'' (1990) - Attorney (one episode) * ''Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis'' (TV movie) (1991) - Hathaway * ''

Silk Stalkings ''Silk Stalkings'' is an American crime drama television series that premiered on CBS on November 7, 1991, as part of the network's late-night ''Crimetime After Primetime'' programming package. Broadcast for two seasons until CBS ended the ''Crim ...

'' (1993) - Fletcher Stanton (one episode) * ''

Walker, Texas Ranger ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' is an American action crime television series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. It was inspired by the film ''Lone Wolf McQuade'', with both this series and that film starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texa ...

'' (1997) - Jackson Blake Dupree (one episode) * '' Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book'' (1998) - Packwood (one episode)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jordan, William 1937 births Living people Male actors from Indiana American male film actors American male television actors