From TVRage:Burly, cleft-chinned actor best known for his role as gangster Frank Nitti on the classic 1959-63 ABC crime drama The Untouchables. Though the role of Nitti typecast him as a gangster for much of the remainder of his acting career, Gordon was also adept at playing comic versions of his gangster personna on shows such as The Lucy Show, Jackie Gleason and The Partners. He also starred as a comic gangster on the short-lived 1966 comedy Run, Buddy, Run and had a recurring role in the 1960's ABC primetime soap Peyton Place. Before being cast on The Untouchables, Gordon had starred in the 1958-59 NBC espionage drama Behind Closed Doors and had appeared in numerous prestigious Broadway productions such as Arsenic and Old Lace, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Lark.
RIP Bruce!
Rest easy Elliot, Frank Nitti sleeps with the fishes.