TV Guide (March 26, 1955)

Record Details:

Title:
TV Guide
Date:
March 26, 1955
Publisher:
Philadelphia: Triangle Publications, Inc.
Volume:
TV Guide - Chicago (March 26, 1955)
Leaf #:
0004
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
August 28, 2022
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Gale Gordon: the placid, pipe-smok- ing hobbyist who, as Principal Conk¬ lin, explodes like a geyser on TV. It is a matter of both fact and senti¬ ment that Gloria Gordon, who for so long played Mrs. O’Reilly on ra¬ dio’s “My Friend Irma,” is the mother of Gale Gordon, who still plays Os¬ good Conklin on both the radio and TV versions of Ottr Miss Brooks. The broadcasting industry can be very clubby. The point, however, is not so much the clubbiness of broadcasting as the family tree of Gale Gordon. His mother is an actress. His father was a vaudeville performer. His wife DoMtcj&L.! ’PrtiMjupal /tb Ia/oaA./ But Gale Gordon, Of ‘Our Miss Brooks,' Is A Pipe Smoker At Heart is an actress. The actors in the family stop here, however — only because Gale has no children. Gordon himself, in addition to be¬ ing an actor, is a pipe-smoker. He is also a plumber, a carpenter, a fruit grower, an oil painter, a playwright, a gun collector—and one of the few actors in history to appear in a radio dramatic role without saying a word. He once played the footsteps of the “Unknown Soldier.” Gordon, who has been doing the Osgood Conklin role since its radio inception back in 1948, figures it is just about a character actor’s dream. “There is nothing subtle about Os¬ good,” he says contentedly. “No nu¬ ances. Just a lot of very satisfying acid, bluster and bellowing, with an occasional weak moment of cordiality