Charles Gordon Carroll III (February 2, 1928 – September 20, 2005) was an American film producer. He is known for his work on the Alien franchise (1979–1997). He also co-founded Brandywine Productions with David Giler and Walter Hill, a film company most famously associated with the Alien film series. He died on September 20, 2005, in Los Angeles, California.^[1]

Carroll was raised in New York City where he was influenced by his father's love of literature. He received his education from Princeton University in advertising^[1] and after military duty as a first lieutenant in the Korean War, he returned to Manhattan and entered the advertising world at Foote, Cone & Belding. He began his film career in 1965 as executive producer of How to Murder Your Wife, which was filmed in March 1964 and produced through Jack Lemmon's independent film production company, Jalem Productions. In August 1964, Lemmon appointed producer Carroll vice president of Jalem Productions.^[2] From there he went on to produce films other films through Jalem, including Luv and Cool Hand Luke (both 1967), and The April Fools (1969). After parting ways with Lemmon, he made such films as Alien (1979), Blue Thunder (1983) and Red Heat (1988).

Carrol died of a heart attack on September 20, 2005, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., at the age of 77. His body was cremated and his ashes were given to his family.

He was producer for all films unless otherwise noted.

Miscellaneous crew

• Gordon Carroll at IMDb