Single (backed by Art Mooney & His Orchestra): "Nuttin' for Christmas". NOTE: Hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Sponsor of Camp Will-A-Way, a camp for the mentally and/or
physically disabled.
He was the longest serving President of the Screen Actors Guild, having served in that position from 1988 to 1995.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1963 Tony Award as Best Supporting or
Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "A Thousand Clowns."
In the mid-1950s, rock legend Bill Haley wrote the song, "Six-Year-Olds Can Rock and Roll" for him. It's not known if Gordon ever recorded it. Haley's demo recording surfaced in the 1980s.