FIRST APPEARANCE:1966 LAST APPEARANCE:February 1967 PERFORMER:John Cullum (1966-67); Byron Sanders (1967). EXIT:Killed by police in a shootout at the Youth Center. LOVERS:Angela Talbot NICKNAME: "Giddy." OCCUPATION:Fastidious blackmailer and hired killer. OTHER WHEREABOUTS: New York City. LEGAL HISTORY: Spent time in a jail in Harrison City with Rick Oliver. VILLAINOUS ACTS:Murdered girlfriend Angela Talbot. Mistakenly kidnapped and attempted to murder Phoebe Smith. Schemed with Rick Oliver to gain control of Orin Hillyer's fortune. Blackmailed Orin and Laura. FUN FACT:Associate producer Bud Gowen recalled the chaos surrounding the scene in which Gideon tried to murder Phoebe. First, technicians had difficulty starting a fire on the set, but once they did, the fire burned out of control. Later, when Gideon was supposed to pull a gun on Phoebe, actor Byron Sanders couldn't remove the gun from his holster.
