Neil Gordon

Neil Gordon is a fictional psychiatrist and a supporting character in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. Played by actor Craig Wasson, he appeared in the third installment in the series, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.

Overview
Neil Gordon was a psychiatrist who worked at the Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital near Springwood, Ohio. In 1987, he administered care to a group of patients who all suffered similar symptoms such as night terrors and suicidal tendencies.

With the help of a newly hired specialist named Nancy Thompson, Neil discovered that these patients were being haunted by a demonic entity that tormented them in their dreams named Freddy Krueger. A more progressive thinker than some of the other staff members at Westin Hills, Neil was more open-minded to Nancy's approach to combating a threat such as Krueger.

Neil also had a chance encounter with the ghost of Sister Mary Helena, who was Krueger's mother. Sister Mary Helena told Neil that Freddy's corporeal remains must be buried in sacred ground.

When the kids started dying off, and bodies began to pile up, Neil Gordon sought out Nancy's father, former town sheriff, Donald Thompson. Thompson knew where Freddy's remains were buried, and Gordon believed that properly disposing of the remains was the only way to truly stop him.