Gale Gordon

ABOUT GALE GORDON

Comic actor who was often the foil for Lucille Ball in several of her Lucy programs including The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life with Lucy.

He was born with a cleft palate and sent to England for corrective surgery.

He was the first to play Flash Gordon.

He married Virginia Curley in 1937.

In 1989, he had a small role in the Tom Hanks film The 'Burbs.