Anecdotes

While searching around in film reels, he had found the uncut reels of Aux portes de l'au-delà (1986) and gave MGM permission to release the uncut version to DVD.

Survived by his wife Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, three daughters, four grandchildren, and a brother.

He was nominated for a 1982 Joseph Jefferson Award for Director of a Play for "E/R", at the Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.

Was originally going to direct Lurking Fear (1994).

He was nominated for the 1975 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Director of a Play for "Huckleberry Finn 2", at the Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.

Graduated from Lane Technical High School in Chicago, Illinois

He was of Russian Jewish and Bohemian Jewish descent.

He was nominated for the 1976 Joseph Jefferson Award for Director of a Play for "Switch Bitch", at the Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.

Son of Rosalie (Sabath), a high school English teacher, and Bernard Gordon, who supervised a cosmetics plant.

Appears as himself in the documentary film Rondo and Bob (2020).

One of the founders of the Organic Theater Company in Chicago.

He was awarded the 1975 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Director of a Play for "Huckleberry Finn 1", at the Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.

Was slated to direct a Iron Man (2008) movie in the 1990's off a scrip written by Edward Neumeier that was focused on an older Tony Stark coming out of retirement. The project didn't make it beyond pre-production.

He was nominated for the 1974 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Director for "Bloody Bess", at the Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.

He was nominated for the 1974 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Director for "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit", at the Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.

He was nominated for the 1977 Joseph Jefferson Award for Director of a Play for "Bleacher Bums", at the Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.