Joseph Gorman

Joseph Gorman is the main villain in the movie Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops.

He is first seen selling a movie studio to Willie Piper, played by Costello. When the studio turns out to be a broken-down building, Willie and his friend Harry (Abbott) chase Gorman to Hollywood. There, Gorman disguises himself as a Russian movie director named Sergei Touminoff and tries to make Willie and Harry suffer a fatal "accident" while he plots to steal money from the studio he works for. After Willie and Harry discover his true identity and catch him robbing a safe, another chase ensues - this time, they recruit the Keystone Kops to help them, unaware that they are just actors. Fortunately, the real police are waiting for Gorman when he arrives at a nearby airport and arrest him.