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Born on July 19, 1937, Richard Jordan was from New York City, New York, United States. Richard Jordan was credited as a theatre director, stage actor and television actor. Death is recorded on August 30, 1993, at the age of 56. Education on record includes Harvard University.
My Take
Richard Jordan is one of those actors who should be far better remembered than he is — a Harvard-educated New Yorker who brought real intellectual weight to everything he touched. He was a fixture at the New York Shakespeare Festival, and you could feel that classical stage training in every screen performance: coiled, precise, never showing the work. He had this rare ability to play intelligence convincingly, which made him magnetic in roles that called for a certain cerebral menace or quiet authority. His film and television work in the seventies and eighties was consistently excellent even when the projects around him weren't. Losing him to a brain tumor in 1993 at just 56 felt genuinely cruel — he was exactly the kind of actor who gets better with age, and the roles he never got to play haunt you a little.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Richard Jordan
- Name (Japanese)
- リチャード・ジョーダン
- Reading
- りちゃーど・じょーだん
- Born
- July 19, 1937 – August 30, 1993
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Ox
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Occupation
- theatre director / stage actor / television actor / film actor / actor
2. Background
- University
- Harvard University
3. Links
4. About this entry
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- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Richard Jordan born?
Born July 19, 1937.
When did Richard Jordan die?
Died August 30, 1993, aged 56.
Where was Richard Jordan from?
Richard Jordan was from New York City, New York, United States.
What did Richard Jordan do?
Richard Jordan worked as theatre director, stage actor, television actor, film actor, actor.
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