He was born Rufus Carl Gordon Jr. on Jan. 20, 1932, in Goochland, VA. and grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. Mr. Gordon was a long time coming to his acting debut. After four years in the Air Force, an incomplete stint at Brooklyn College and two divorces, Mr. Gordon was employed in such dead-end capacities as a sheet-metal worker and department store stockroom clerk.
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