Richard Jordan

:"For the senior RAF officer, see Richard Jordan (RAF officer)."Infobox actor
name = Richard Jordan


imagesize = 200px
birthname = Robert Anson Jordan [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5D71730F932A3575AC0A965958260 Richard Jordan dies at 56] .]
birthdate = birth date|1937|7|19
birthplace = New York, New York, U.S.
deathplace = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
deathdate = death date and age|1993|8|30|1937|7|19
occupation = Actor, Producer
spouse = Kathleen Widdoes
(1964-1972)
1 daughter
domesticpartner = Marcia Cross
Blair Brown
(1976-1985)
1 son [imdb|0430151]
children = Nina Jordan
Robert Jordan

Richard Anson Jordan (July 19, 1937 – August 30, 1993) was a Golden Globe-winning Harvard-educated American stage, screen and film actor. He was a long-time member of the New York Shakespeare Festival, and appeared in many Off Broadway and Broadway plays. His films include "Logan's Run", "Les Misérables", "Raise the Titanic!", "The Friends of Eddie Coyle", "The Yakuza", "The Bunker", "Dune", "The Secret of My Succe$s", "The Hunt for Red October" and "Gettysburg". He died of a brain tumor in 1993. [cite news | title = Richard Jordan, Actor, Director, Producer and Writer, 56, Is Dead | work = New York Times | date = 1993-09-01 | accessdate = 2008-04-03]

Career

In 1976, Jordan starred as Joseph Armagh, in a highly successful early TV mini-series, Taylor Caldwell's "Captains and the Kings".

Jordan's final role was that of General Lewis Armistead in "Gettysburg". One of the first members of the cast (some 15 years before the film was made) it has been said that the film was one of his proudest achievements as an actor. He was close friends with author Michael Shaara, writer of "The Killer Angels" (the novel which "Gettysburg" was based upon), and also contributed to the screenplay. Jordan's last moment on screen was the mortal wounding of his character, General Armistead.

Jordan was to have played the part of Dr. Charles Nichols in "The Fugitive", but fell ill during shooting, and was replaced by Jeroen Krabbé.

Family

Jordan had a daughter Nina (born 1964) from his marriage (1964-1972) to actress Kathleen Widdoes, and a son Robert (born 1983) by his nine-year relationship with actress Blair Brown. At the time of his death, he was in a five-year relationship with actress Marcia Cross.

Filmography

* "Lawman" (1971)
* "Valdez Is Coming" (1971)
* "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine" (1972)
* "Chato's Land" (1972)
* "Kamouraska" (1973)
* "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" (1973)
* "The Yakuza" (1974)
* "Rooster Cogburn" (1975)
* "Logan's Run" (1976)
* "Captains and the Kings" (1976) (TV miniseries)
* "Alibis" (1977)
* "Interiors" (1978)
* "Les Misérables" (1978)
* "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (1979)
* "Old Boyfriends" (1979)
* "Raise the Titanic!" (1980)
* "A Flash of Green" (1984)
* "Dune" (1984)
* "The Mean Season" (1985)
* "The Men's Club" (1986)
* "Solarbabies" (1986)
* "The Secret of My Succe$s" (1987)
* "Romero" (1989)
* "The Hunt for Red October" (1990)
* "Delusion" (1991)
* "Timebomb" (1991)
* "Heaven Is a Playground" (1991)
* "Shout" (1991)
* "Primary Motive" (1992)
* "Posse" (1993)
* "Gettysburg" (1993)

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