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William Jordan is a Actor American born on 13 october 1937 at Milan (USA)

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Birth name William C. Jordan
Nationality USA
Birth 13 october 1937 (87 years) at Milan (USA)

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

Biography


Jordan was born in the state of 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 (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 in Hollywood, while owning a large home in Arrowhead, California.

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Charles Cyphers
Charles Cyphers
(3 films)
Steve Starkey
Steve Starkey
(1 films)
David Greene
David Greene
(3 films)
Dan Curtis
Dan Curtis
(1 films)
Larry Cohen
Larry Cohen
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of William Jordan (17 films)

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Actor

Nothing But a Man
Nothing But a Man (2023)
, 1h31
Directed by Michael Roemer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Ivan Dixon, Yaphet Kotto, Julius Harris, Gloria Foster, Tom Ligon, Mel Stewart
Roles Teenager
Rating78% 3.9399653.9399653.9399653.9399653.939965
The story introduces Duff Anderson on the railroad, playing checkers with his rail worker friends, at a pool hall, and on the street at night. At a church meeting featuring lively gospel music, Duff meets the pretty and genteel schoolteacher Josie Dawson. They begin to date against the will of Preacher Dawson (Josie’s father). Duff tells her he doesn't want to get married. But after visiting his illegitimate son who has been abandoned to the care of a wet nurse, and his drunken father who is barely keeping it together under the care of a loving wife, Duff realizes that he prefers the stability of a family to the life of a drifter. The two marry with bright hopes for the future, but then begin to face a series of challenges as a married couple. Being on the move had given Duff the illusion of freedom, but living in the town makes Duff subject to the town's social rules, and he immediately starts to have problems. He hates his preacher father-in-law, whom he sees as having sold out to the white people, and he hurtfully says to his wife, "You've never really been a nigger, living with them, in that house." After refusing to bow down to the white bosses at the mill he is fired, and subsequently finds himself blacklisted. His father-in-law finally finds him a job at a gas station, but customers who find him too proud for a black "boy" threaten to cause trouble if the boss keeps him on. Duff and his wife get into a fight because of the emotional and physical trials Duff faces, and because of the added pressure that a coming baby adds. Unwilling either to kowtow to white bosses or to pick cotton for $2.50 a day he leaves in a rage, telling his wife that he will write her when he is on his feet again. Duff storms off to his father, who is so inebriated that he dies as Duff and his stepmother are driving him to the hospital. Neither Duff nor his stepmother knows where his father was born or how old he was, and the only possessions he has handed down to Duff are the contents of his pockets. Duff and his stepmother stare at one another, facing the grim reality of the invisibleness and lack of history of the negro. The film concludes as Duff gains the courage to return home with his son, and the two tearfully embrace as he reassures her that "everything is gonna be all right”.
Brooklyn Lobster
Brooklyn Lobster (2005)
, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Danny Aiello, Jane Curtin, Heather Burns, Marisa Ryan, Ricky D. Aiello, Barbara Garrick
Rating62% 3.1463653.1463653.1463653.1463653.146365
Giorgio's Lobster Farm est une tradition à Brooklyn depuis plus de 65 ans. Tenu par un équipage excentrique et servant les meilleurs fruits de mer de l'État.
Contact
Contact (1997)
, 2h33
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Seafaring films, Radio, Transport films, Dans l'espace, Films based on science fiction novels, Space opera, Satellite, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, John Hurt
Roles Chairman of Joint Chiefs
Rating74% 3.7492153.7492153.7492153.7492153.749215
Encouraged to explore as a child by her late father, Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway works for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) program at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. She listens to radio transmissions hoping to find signals sent by extraterrestrial life. Science Advisor to the President David Drumlin pulls the funding from SETI because he believes the endeavor is futile. Arroway gains backing from secretive billionaire industrialist S. R. Hadden, who has followed her career and allows her to continue her studies at the Very Large Array (VLA) in Socorro County, New Mexico.
Kingpin
Kingpin (1996)
, 1h53
Directed by Frères Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Sports films, Transport films, Films about disabilities, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Bill Murray, Chris Elliott, William Jordan
Roles Mr. Boorg
Rating68% 3.448033.448033.448033.448033.44803
Roy Munson, a bowling prodigy, wins the 1979 Iowa state amateur championship and plans to leave his tiny (fictional) hometown of Ocelot, Iowa, to go on the Professional Bowlers Tour. He wins his first tournament, defeating an established pro named Ernie McCracken. Soon after, McCracken convinces Roy to help him hustle some bowlers. The con goes badly with McCracken fleeing and letting Roy take the fall when the bowlers mutilate Roy's hand in revenge.
Friendly Fire
Friendly Fire (1980)
, 2h27
Directed by David Greene
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Carol Burnett, Ned Beatty, Sam Waterston, Timothy Hutton, Sherry Hursey, Hilly Hicks
Roles Col. Byron Schindler
Rating71% 3.5862753.5862753.5862753.5862753.586275
Lorsqu'ils essaient d'apprendre comment leur fils est mort au Vietnam, les Mullen rencontrent les mensonges et l'évasion de tous côtés.
The Buddy Holly Story
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
, 1h53
Directed by Steve Rash
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis, William Jordan, Dick O'Neill
Roles Riley
Rating71% 3.598953.598953.598953.598953.59895
Buddy Holly, a teenager from Lubbock, Texas, emerges into the world of rock and roll with friends and bandmates, drummer Jesse Charles and bass player Ray Bob Simmons, forming a trio known as The Crickets.
Gray Lady Down
Gray Lady Down (1978)
, 1h51
Directed by David Greene
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Disaster films, American disaster films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, Stephen McHattie, Ronny Cox
Roles Waters
Rating62% 3.101563.101563.101563.101563.10156
Aging, respected commander Paul Blanchard (Heston) is on his final submarine tour before promotion to command of a submarine squadron (COMSUBRON). Surfaced and returning to port, the submarine, USS Neptune, is struck by a Norweigian freighter in route to New York in heavy fog, and sinks to a depth of 1,450 feet (442 meters) on a canyon ledge above the ocean floor. A United States Navy rescue force, commanded by Captain Bennett (Keach), arrives on the scene, but Neptune is subsequently rolled by a gravity slide to a greater angle that does not allow the Navy's Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) rescue submarine to complete its work.
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977)
, 3h30
Directed by David Greene
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Political films, Alternate history films
Actors John Pleshette, Ben Gazzara, Lorne Greene, Frances Lee McCain, Lawrence Pressman, Charles Robinson
Roles James Kleist
Rating66% 3.328113.328113.328113.328113.32811
The film opens sometime in 1964 and we see Oswald in a maximum security cage as a radio announcer tells how he has been on trial for the last 43 days as the eyes of the entire world watch. A bailiff announces the jury has reached a verdict and the world press rushes to their phones. We see Oswald being handcuffed and led back into the courtroom to learn his fate.
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
, 1h52
Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Broderick Crawford, Michael Parks, José Ferrer, Rip Torn, Celeste Holm, Ronee Blakley
Roles Pres. John F. Kennedy
Rating60% 3.044783.044783.044783.044783.04478
The film is a chronicle of forty years in the life of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, starting first in the time of Prohibition, as he enforced the law on bootlegging and organized crime. Later, the director comes up against the Red Scare of the 1950s, the Kennedys, the wave of change in the 1960s, and his hatred of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Examined here is the allegation that he had an 'abnormal' sexual life, along with his obsession with his dead mother.
The Kansas City Massacre
The Kansas City Massacre (1975)
, 1h39
Directed by Dan Curtis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Dale Robertson, Bo Hopkins, Scott Brady, John Karlen, Matt Clark, Lynn Loring
Roles John Dillinger
Rating59% 2.999562.999562.999562.999562.99956
Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin Purvis puts together a special squad to track down and capture the men responsible.
The Parallax View
The Parallax View (1974)
, 1h42
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Films about writers, Films about journalists, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss, Jim Davis, Earl Hindman
Roles Tucker's Aide
Rating70% 3.547573.547573.547573.547573.54757
TV newswoman Lee Carter (Paula Prentiss) is one of many witnesses to the public assassination of presidential candidate Senator Charles Carroll (Bill Joyce) atop the Seattle Space Needle. A waiter armed with a revolver is chased but falls to his death. Meanwhile, a second waiter, also armed, leaves the crime scene unnoticed. A Congressional special committee determines that the assassination was the work of a lone gunman.