Gordon Mitchell was born "Charles Pendleton" in Colorado and served his country in both World War II and the Korean War (during which he was briefly a POW). Afterward he worked as a teacher in inner city schools in California and got heavily involved in personal fitness and bodybuilding. He became friends with Joe Gold (of Gold's Gym), joining Mae West's comedy act as one of her "strongmen" who would carry her on and off the stage. During this time he also found himself in demand as an extra in several Hollywood films including "Lil Abner", "The Enemy Below", and "The Ten Commandments" (in which he and Joe Gold bring Moses to Ramsey's court in chains). When the Peplum craze began in Italy and his fellow Muscle Beach star Steve Reeves became a huge star. Gordon (along with Reg Park, Mark Forrest, Brad Harris, Mickey Hargitay, and Richard Harrison) similarly jumped on the bandwagon and headed to Italy to find stardom and financially greener pastures.
Thanks to his unconventional appearance (small, sharp eyes and craggy face) and enthusiasm for his work, Mitchell found himself one of the most in-demand performers in Italy's Sword & Sandal craze of the early 60's, working with several top directors including Marino Girolami, Alberto De Martino, and Michele Lupo. Unlike most of his peers who left Italy once the genre ran its course, Mitchell stayed on to play villains in numerous Spaghetti Westerns, Giallos, War Films, and Science Fiction movies. He also had a small but key role in the Elizabeth Taylor / Marlon Brandon vehicle "Reflections in a Golden Eye" (1967) during this time though perhaps his most prestigious role would be the rogue who helps the two protagonists kidnap the noble in Fellini's "Satyricon" (1969). Mitchell used his extra cash to buy and build his own movie studio (Cave Studios) which he single-handedly constructed outside of Rome. It went largely unused except by ultra-low budget director Demofilo Fidani who would often cast Mitchell as well.
In the late 1980's when the Italian genre film industry had basically self-destructed, unable to compete with American films even for video rentals, Mitchell packed his bags and moved back to California. Once home, he re-teamed with old friend Joe Gold to manage World Gym, at which Mitchell acted as COO and lived at the top floor of its headquarters in Marina Del Rey. Continuing for years to act in low budget films purely for the fun of it, Mitchell passed away in his sleep at age 80 in 2003. Having just won the California recall election the day prior, Arnold Schwarzenegger took time out of his busy schedule to pay his respects at Mitchell's Memorial Service at the World Gym Headquarters along with many other bodybuilders who credit Mitchell with getting them into their careers.
| 2004 | Malevolence as Don Fabrizio De Martino |
| 2002 | An Enraged New World as General Murchison |
| 2000 | Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co as Self |
| 1995 | Bikini Drive-In as Goliath |
| 1990 | The Alien Within as Dan Thorn |
| 1989 | Overdose as Costa |
| 1988 | Delirio di sangue as Hermann |
| 1988 | SFX Retaliator as Morgan |
| 1987 | La croce dalle 7 pietre as Black Mass Leader |
| 1987 | Commando Invasion |
| 1986 | Three Men on Fire |
| 1986 | Cobra Mission as Col. Mortimer |
| 1986 | Le miniere del Kilimangiaro as Rolf |
| 1984 | Beyaz Alev as Olaf |
| 1984 | She as Hector |
| 1983 | Se tutto va bene siamo rovinati as Jack Volpetti |
| 1983 | Endgame - Bronx lotta finale as Col. Morgan |
| 1983 | Rush as Yor |
| 1983 | Gizli Kuvvet |
| 1982 | Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere as killer |
| 1982 | Diamond Connection as Abdul Pascha |
| 1982 | Kırmızı Kelebek as Brado |
| 1981 | La dottoressa preferisce i marinai as killer russo |
| 1981 | Kopfschuß as Maserati |
| 1981 | Trois filles dans le vent as Gordon Mitchell |
| 1980 | Çılgın Yarış as Moskovitz, le tueur à gages |
| 1980 | Holocaust 2: I ricordi, i deliri, la vendetta as Felix Oppenheimer |
| 1980 | Η Μαύρη Εμμανουέλα as Robert |
| 1980 | Febbre a 40! as Mr. Temple |
| 1980 | Mafia, una legge che non perdona as Don Nicola |
| 1979 | Porno erotico western as (as Charles Pendleton) |
| 1979 | Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora as Pretorius |
| 1979 | Strategia per una missione di morte as Paul |
| 1979 | Une femme spéciale as Gordon |
| 1979 | Santa Lucia as Amerikaner |
| 1978 | Zanna Bianca e il grande Kid as Morgan |
| 1978 | Ισχυρή Δόση... Σεξ as Haine |
| 1978 | Pugni dollari e spinaci as Frank Stilo |
| 1977 | Gli Uccisori as Pablo |
| 1977 | Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau as Gooming |
| 1977 | Cuibul salamandrelor as Joe |
| 1977 | Kaput lager - gli ultimi giorni delle SS as Kommandant von Stolzen |
| 1976 | Gördüğün Yerde Vur as David |
| 1975 | Due Magnum .38 per una città di carogne as Renato Proietti |
| 1975 | La tigre venuta dal fiume Kwai as Jack Mason |
| 1975 | Belalı Tatil as Mike |
| 1975 | La pelle sotto gli artigli as Professor Helmut |
| 1975 | I sette del gruppo selvaggio as Cooper |
| 1975 | Dört Hergele as Margherito |
| 1975 | Anasının Gözü |
| 1974 | Il domestico as General Von Werner |
| 1974 | 香港小教父 |
| 1974 | Yedi Sapık Bir Fahişe as Gordon |
| 1974 | Terror! Il castello delle donne maledette as Igor |
| 1973 | Il mio nome è Shanghai Joe as Burying Sam |
| 1973 | Allegri becchini... arriva Trinità as Martin |
| 1973 | Dagli archivi della polizia criminale as Peter Wilcox |
| 1973 | C'era una volta questo pazzo pazzo west as Mike |
| 1973 | La schiava io ce l'ho e tu no as Von Thirac |
| 1973 | Amico mio, frega tu... che frego io! as Miller |
| 1972 | Frankenstein '80 as Dr. Otto Frankenstein |
| 1972 | Scansati... a Trinità arriva Eldorado as Jonathan Duke |
| 1972 | Casa d'appuntamento as Man in nightclub |
| 1972 | Il magnifico west as Martin |
| 1972 | Io monaca... per tre carogne e sette peccatrici as El Kadir |
| 1972 | Un uomo Chiamato Dakota as Dakota |
| 1972 | Situation as Gordon |
| 1971 | Il suo nome era Pot... ma... lo chiamavano Allegria as Ray Potter |
| 1971 | Era Sam Wallash!... lo chiamavano... E Così Sia as Gordon Mitchell |
| 1971 | Le saut de l'ange as Henry Di Fusco |
| 1971 | Il giorno del giudizio as Deputy |
| 1971 | Vamos a matar Sartana as Greg "The Crazy Person" |
| 1971 | Giù le mani... Carogna! as Buck/Butch Bradley |
| 1971 | Giù la testa... hombre as Ironhead |
| 1971 | Per una bara piena di dollari as John Hamilton |
| 1971 | Se t'incontro, t'ammazzo as Chris Forest |
| 1971 | Tre nel mille |
| 1971 | Io non spezzo... rompo as Joe il Rosso |
| 1971 | فاتحین صحرا |
| 1970 | Inginocchiati straniero... I cadaveri non fanno ombra! as Roger Murdock |
| 1970 | Arrivano Django e Sartana... è la fine as Black Burt Keller / Burt Kelly |
| 1970 | The Arizona Kid as Coyote |
| 1969 | Lisa dagli occhi blu as Football player |
| 1969 | Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino as Degueyo |
| 1969 | Fellini – satyricon as Il predone |
| 1969 | Ora X Pattuglia Suicida |
| 1969 | The Wings of War |
| 1968 | Carogne si nasce as Donkey / Morgan Pitt |
| 1968 | T'ammazzo! - Raccomandati a Dio as Roy Fulton |
| 1968 | Radhapura – Endstation der Verdammten as Alfredo |
| 1968 | Tutto sul rosso as Erikson |
| 1968 | Sette volte sette as Big Ben |
| 1968 | Un killer per sua maestà as Toni |
| 1968 | Al di là della legge as Burton |
| 1968 | Cin cin... cianuro as Al Rubino |
| 1968 | Sapevano solo uccidere as Clayton |
| 1968 | Fenomenal e il tesoro di Tutankamen as Gregory Falco |
| 1967 | John il bastardo as Danite |
| 1967 | Reflections in a Golden Eye as Stables Sergeant |
| 1967 | Bersaglio mobile as The Albanian |
| 1967 | Little Rita nel West as Häuptling Sitzender Büffel |
| 1967 | Nato per uccidere as Rod Gordon |
| 1967 | Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak as Ringo |
| 1966 | È mezzanotte... butta giù il cadavere as Van Himst |
| 1966 | L'Estate as Self |
| 1966 | Uccidi o muori as Baltimore Joe/Ringo |
| 1966 | Thompson 1880 as Glenn Sheppard |
| 1966 | Yıldız Pilot as Murdu |
| 1966 | 3 Colpi di Winchester per Ringo as Frank |
| 1965 | La vendetta di Lady Morgan as Roger |
| 1965 | Erik, il vichingo as Sven |
| 1965 | Il tesoro della foresta pietrificata as Hunding |
| 1965 | Hercules and the Princess of Troy as Pirate Captain |
| 1964 | Sinbad Contro I Sette Saraceni as Omar |
| 1964 | La Vendetta di Spartacus as Arminio |
| 1964 | Gli schiavi più forti del mondo as Balisten |
| 1963 | Brenno il nemico di Roma as Brenno |
| 1962 | L'ira di Achille as Achilles |
| 1962 | Col ferro e col fuoco as Ulrich |
| 1962 | Il figlio dello sceicco as Yussuf |
| 1962 | Giulio Cesare contro i pirati as Hamar |
| 1962 | Vulcano, figlio di Giove as Pluto |
| 1961 | Il gigante di Metropolis as Obro |
| 1961 | Il conquistatore di Corinto as General Metellus |
| 1961 | Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi as Maciste |
| 1960 | Spartaküs as Gladiator (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Kahramanlar Şehri as Bar Cowboy Watching Fistfight (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Young Lions as Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Kanlı Deniz as German Sailor |
| 1957 | Atlantik Fatihi as (uncredited) |
| 1956 | 80 Günde Devr-i Alem as Extra (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Altın Kollu Adam |
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