---
name: "Gordon Carroll"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gordon-carroll"
fi1m_id: "gordon-carroll"
imdb_id: "nm0140826"
tmdb_id: 5053
wikidata_id: "Q1537983"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "2 February 1928"
died: "20 September 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T18:22:55.028880+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gordon Carroll

## Identity

Gordon Carroll

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gordon-carroll
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gordon-carroll
- **IMDb ID:** nm0140826
- **TMDB ID:** 5053
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1537983
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Carroll, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1537983, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140826/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5053

Producer. Born 2 February 1928 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Died 20 September 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 2 February 1928, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- **Died:** 20 September 2005
- **Active:** 1967–1997
- **Frequently works with:** [Sigourney Weaver](https://film.one/person/sigourney-weaver.md), [Walter Hill](https://film.one/person/walter-hill.md), [Dan O'Bannon](https://film.one/person/dan-obannon.md), [David Giler](https://film.one/person/david-giler.md), [Harry Dean Stanton](https://film.one/person/harry-dean-stanton.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as producer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 1970s 92 (1), 1980s 81 (2), 1990s 61 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 69 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Science Fiction 4, Horror 3, Drama 2, Thriller 2, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $669m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Carroll, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1537983, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140826/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5053

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Alien*](https://film.one/film/alien.md) (92), [*Blue Thunder*](https://film.one/film/blue-thunder.md) (71)

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## Biography

Gordon Carroll was an American film producer. Born Charles Gordon Carroll III in Baltimore, Maryland, he studied at Princeton University and served as a first lieutenant in the US Army during the Korean War before entering advertising.

He began his film career as executive producer of *How to Murder Your Wife* (1965) and went on to produce *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), *Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid* (1973), *Blue Thunder* (1983) and *Red Heat* (1988). In 1969 he co-founded Brandywine Productions with David Giler and Walter Hill.

Carroll produced the first five films in the *Alien* franchise: *Alien* (1979), *Aliens* (1986, as executive producer), *Alien 3* (1992), *Alien Resurrection* (1997) and *Alien vs. Predator* (2004). He died in Los Angeles in 2005.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Alien Resurrection* (1997), Fi1m 60, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-resurrection.md)
- *Alien³* (1992), Fi1m 62, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/alien3.md)
- *Aliens* (1986), Fi1m 91, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *Blue Thunder* (1983), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-thunder.md)
- *Alien* (1979), Fi1m 92, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/alien.md)
- *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/cool-hand-luke.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *AVP: Alien vs. Predator* (2004), Producer
- *Alien Resurrection* (1997), Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-resurrection.md)
- *Alien³* (1992), Producer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/alien3.md)
- *Red Heat* (1988), Producer
- *Aliens* (1986), Executive Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *The Best of Times* (1986), Producer
- *Blue Thunder* (1983), Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-thunder.md)
- *Alien* (1979), Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/alien.md)
- *Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid* (1973), Producer
- *The April Fools* (1969), Producer
- *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/cool-hand-luke.md)
- *Luv* (1967), Executive Producer
- *How to Murder Your Wife* (1965), Executive Producer

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