Biography

Gordon Connell was born on March 19, 1923 in Berkeley, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Creepshow 2 (1987), Supertrain (1979) and The Incredible Hulk (1977). He was married to Jane Connell. He died on June 12, 2016 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.

Met wife Jane Connell when he played piano for a college melodrama. They wed in 1948 and began their careers working in such night clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area as The Purple Onion and The Hungry "I". They gained early experience on radio and toured in stock. When their "Straw Hat Revue" did well at summer theaters in the Northeast, they eventually relocated to New York.

Made his Broadway debut in "Subways Are For Sleeping" in 1961. Additional stage credits include "Hello, Dolly!," "Big River," "The Human Comedy," and "Lysistrata" (the latter being the only time he and his wife Jane Connell ever appeared together on Broadway).