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Gordon made several notable film appearances.
The first occurred, oddly enough, while he was in prison for possession of heroin.
He portrayed an inmate playing in the prison band in Unchained, though the soundtrack was later overdubbed.
In 1986, Gordon starred in the movie Round Midnight as ' Dale Turner ', an expatriate jazz musician much like himself ; the role might even be a thinly veiled biography of him, though Lester Young and Bud Powell were its main inspirations.
Gordon received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal.
In addition, he had a non-speaking role in the film Awakenings, which was released after his death.
Between these two roles, Gordon made a guest appearance on the Michael Mann series Crime Story.
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