Leo Gordon, towering at 6ft 2 (188 cm), was an American character actor and screenwriter whose imposing height and rugged 200-pound frame defined his career as a menacing heavy in Westerns like Hondo, Black Patch, Gun Fury, and The Night of the Grizzly.
His stature fueled his tough-guy image, leading him to quip, "nobody believes I'm a writer anyway. I look like a heavy. I'm 6-2, 200 pounds. Got a craggy-ass face." This physical presence landed him roles like a dimwitted bodyguard on The Rockford Files.