Gordon Mitchell
Manusforfatter, Produsent
22. februar 1932 — 16. januar 2009 (76 år)
From New York's Birdland, Basin Street East, and the Village Vanguard, Gordon 'Whitey' Mitchell toured with big band greats Benny Goodman and Pete Rugolo. He played Carnegie Hall with Gene Krupa and appeared with Buddy Rich, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie on Jazz at the Philharmonic. He worked with Andre Precin, Charlie Ventura, Peggy Lee, Mel Torme, Jack Jones and recorded with Barbra Streisand and Anita O'Day. He can be heard playing the bass solo introduction on the hit record, Stand By Me.
In the mid-60s,Gordon 'Whitey' Mitchell moved to Holywood to become a screenwriter and found work on the Bob Hope Show, All In The Family, Get Smart, The Jeffersons, Mork & Mindy, Mary Tyler Moore, The Odd Couple and many more. He wrote the feature film Private Resort, starring Johnny Depp.
In 1995 he and his wife, Marilyn, moved to Palm Desert, California where he hosted his own talk radio show, The Power Lunch, interviewing celebrity guests from the entertainment world and later,The Natural Golf Hour. He became a board member of the Palm Springs Walk of Stars and has his own star on the Walk of Stars. He's been inducted into the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame at his alma mater Ridgewood High School, in New Jersey. He has two books out: Star Walk, A Guide to the Palm Springs Walk of Stars and his autobiography, Hackensack to Hollywood: My Two Show Business Careers.
Other credits include television writing instructor at UCLA in Los Angeles and at UCR in Palm Desert,CA, columnist for Golf News Magazine and columnist for Desert Entertainer Magazine.
In the mid-60s,Gordon 'Whitey' Mitchell moved to Holywood to become a screenwriter and found work on the Bob Hope Show, All In The Family, Get Smart, The Jeffersons, Mork & Mindy, Mary Tyler Moore, The Odd Couple and many more. He wrote the feature film Private Resort, starring Johnny Depp.
In 1995 he and his wife, Marilyn, moved to Palm Desert, California where he hosted his own talk radio show, The Power Lunch, interviewing celebrity guests from the entertainment world and later,The Natural Golf Hour. He became a board member of the Palm Springs Walk of Stars and has his own star on the Walk of Stars. He's been inducted into the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame at his alma mater Ridgewood High School, in New Jersey. He has two books out: Star Walk, A Guide to the Palm Springs Walk of Stars and his autobiography, Hackensack to Hollywood: My Two Show Business Careers.
Other credits include television writing instructor at UCLA in Los Angeles and at UCR in Palm Desert,CA, columnist for Golf News Magazine and columnist for Desert Entertainer Magazine.
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Filmography
| 1981 | |
| 1974 |
| 1994 | De Sylvia Millecam Show · as Original Script |
| 1991 | Dark Justice · as Written By |
| 1990 | City (1990) · as Written By |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) · as Written By |
| 1985 | Small Wonder · as Written By |
| 1985 | Rocky Road · as Written By |
| 1985 | Private Resort · as Story |
| 1983 | AfterMASH · as Written By |
| 1983 | Mama's Family · as Written By |
| 1981 | Harper Valley P.T.A. · as Written By |
| 1978 | Diff'rent Strokes · as Teleplay |
| 1978 | Mork & Mindy · as Written By |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons · as Written By |
| 1974 | Good Times · as Written By |
| 1973 | The Girl with Something Extra · as Written By |
| 1972 | Bridget Loves Bernie · as Written By |
| 1972 | Temperatures Rising · as Written By |
| 1972 | Maude · as Story By |
| 1971 | The Good Life (1971) · as Written ByPå Plex |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family · as Written By |
| 1965 | My Mother the Car · as Written By |
| 1964 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. · as Teleplay |