<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1933--1991 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Virginia Curley (m . 1937; her death 1995) </Td> </Tr> <P> Gale Gordon (born Charles Thomas Aldrich, Jr., February 20, 1906--June 30, 1995) was an American character actor perhaps best remembered as Lucille Ball's longtime television foil--and particularly as cantankerously combustible, tightfisted bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball's second television situation comedy, The Lucy Show . Gordon also appeared in I Love Lucy and had starring roles in Ball's successful third series Here's Lucy and her short - lived fourth and final series Life with Lucy . </P> <P> He is remembered for his role as school principal Osgood Conklin in the early 1950s television hit show Our Miss Brooks starring Eve Arden . Gordon was also a respected and beloved radio actor . He also co-starred as the second Mr. Wilson in Dennis the Menace . </P>

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