William Jordan (actor)


William C. Jordan is an American film and television actor. He played Major Jake Gatlin in season one of the television series Project UFO, among other roles in films and television series.

Personal life

Jordan was born in Milan, Indiana. As a high school student, under the name Bill Jordan, Jordan was a member of the famous 1954 Milan High School basketball team that won the 1954 Indiana High School Athletic Association 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 in Hollywood, while owning a large home in Arrowhead, California.

Filmography

Film

Nothing But a Man - TeenagerTo Catch a Pebble A Man Called Horse - BentDeathmaster - MonkRage - Major CooperBlue Demon y Zovek en La invasión de los muertos The Parallax View - Tucker's AideThe Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover - President John F. KennedyGray Lady Down - WatersThe Buddy Holly Story - RileyHambone and Hillie - Bert RollinsKingpin - Mr. BoorgContact - Chairman of Joint ChiefsBrooklyn Lobster - John EvansTerra Firma - Barman

Television

Flipper - Eric Tilton / Mr. Enfield The Rat Patrol - Major Heinrich Bruder Judd, for the Defense - Wagner The High Chaparral - Pearsall The Big Valley - Dave Carr Bonanza - Mr. Leek / Rusher Mannix The Sixth Sense - John Call to Danger - Tony BoydGriff - Johnny Barton The Magician - Sheriff R. Sanders The New Adventures of Perry Mason The Streets of San Francisco - Bob Harris The Kansas City Massacre - John DillingerCannon - Holt Barbary Coast - James Carr Hallmark Hall of Fame - Kenneth Ormiston The Rockford Files - Jeffers / Police Officer Andrew Dolan / Terry Warde Lucan - Gene Boone The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald - James KleistKing - John F. KennedyProject UFO - Major Jake GatlinFriendly Fire - Col. Byron SchindlerBeyond Westworld - Joseph OppenheimerSecrets of Midland Heights - Martin Wheeler Lou Grant - Danzinger / Pomeroy Simon & Simon - Dean Larkin The Yellow Rose - The Foreman Lottery! Scarecrow and Mrs. King - Masterson Knight Rider - Dr. Ian Browning Beverly Hills Madam - Len CulverT. J. Hooker - Bill Kennedy Guns of Paradise - Curtis Ivey L.A. Law Mark Johnson Knots Landing - Attorney Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis - HathawaySilk Stalkings - Fletcher Stanton Walker, Texas Ranger - Jackson Blake Dupree Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book - Packwood