Gordon Anderson

Overview

Former off-Broadway performer turned sculptor. He developed his stage craft at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and picked up a Theatre World Award nomination for his role as Philip Armitage in the Martinique Theatre's 1966 production of "Until the Monkey Comes" (a piece by Venable Herndon). Anderson also designed fashions and provided voiceover work for films. Best known to the reading public as the widower of screen star Sondra Locke, whom he wed in 1967.
- IMDb mini biography by: shanafe3

According to Locke's death certificate obtained by The Associated Press, she and Anderson were still legally married when she died and residing at the same address. She bequeathed him a fortune estimated at $20 million.
In 1989, Gordon and late wife Sondra Locke gave sworn testimony that they never consummated their marriage and were legally wed for tax purposes. Clint Eastwood bought Gordon a 4,535 sq. ft. West Hollywood home after Sondra moved in with him in 1975. Clint also paid the gardener's salary and took care of Gordon's shrink bills.
Designed the $7,000 aqua sequined gown his wife wore to the Oscars when she was nominated for The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968). It received national attention in several prestige fashion magazines, after which he was called upon to design dresses for Jane Fonda and Candice Bergen.
Anderson's parents passed away within three months of each other in early 1986. Sondra Locke missed Clint Eastwood's Carmel mayoral inauguration so she could stay beside Gordon at his mother's deathbed. His brother died in 2007.
Kept wife's death secret from the public. It only came to light after a social media post by their next-door neighbor prompted news outlets to crosscheck with vital records.

[on Clint Eastwood] Clint is a sociopath; I don't think there is another explanation for the way he treats everyone. He cares for no one. I know it's a hard thing to accept but he's completely unevolved as a human being; he believes in nothing - he's a zero. I'm sorry to be so blunt, but that is it. He needs therapy.

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