- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 21, 1913
- Place of Birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- December 1, 1990
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon (August 21, 1913 in Pittsburgh – December 1, 1990 in Los Angeles) was an American director and actor. His acting career, in which he was usually credited as Bobby Gordon, began in 1923 while he was a child, and continued through 1939. His first directing credit came with the 1947 film Blind Spot, after which he directed several films, including The Joe Louis Story in 1953, It Came from Beneath the Sea in 1955, Black Zoo in 1963; and television series episodes including My Friend Flicka, Zane Grey Theater, The Texan and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He was the last surviving cast member of The Jazz Singer. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia NOT to be confused with silent film actor, Robert Gordon (1895-1971) who starred with Jack Pickford in "Tom Sawyer" (1917).
Filmography
tvThe Blues
2003 · Writer
movieThe Gatling Gun
1971 · Director
movieTarzan and the Jungle Boy
1968 · Director
movieBlack Zoo
1963 · Director
movieThe Getaway Face
1963 · Director, Screenplay
tvBourbon Street Beat
1959 · Director
tvLaw of the Plainsman
1959 · Director
tvThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 · Director
tvBold Venture
1959 · Director
tvThe Texan
1958 · Director
movieDamn Citizen
1958 · Director
movieThe Rawhide Trail
1958 · Director
tvThe Real McCoys
1957 · Director
tvMaverick
1957 · Director
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Director
tvMy Friend Flicka
1955 · Director
movieIt Came from Beneath the Sea
1955 · Director
movieThe Joe Louis Story
1953 · Director
movieThunder in the Pines
1948 · Director
movieBlack Eagle
1948 · Director
movieSport of Kings
1947 · Director
movieBlind Spot
1947 · Director
movieThe Girl from Monterrey
1943 · Story
movieKeep 'Em Slugging
1943 · Original Story
movieLaw of the Wolf
1939 · Bobby [Pearson]
movieTwo Against the World
1936 · Herman Mills
movieIt's in the Air
1935 · Elevator Operator (uncredited)
movieStrange Wives
1934 · Elevator Boy
movieStudent Tour
1934 · Jackie - Coxswain (uncredited)
movieCounsellor at Law
1933 · Henry Susskind
movieLawyer Man
1932 · Willie - Office Boy (uncredited)
movieBlessed Event
1932 · Eddie (uncredited)
movieBig Business Girl
1931 · Office Boy (uncredited)
movieWide Open
1930 · Office Boy
movieThe Jazz Singer
1927 · Young Jakie Rabinowitz
movieSinews of Steel
1927 · The Office Boy
movieLazy Lightning
1926 · Dickie Rogers (as Bobby Gordon)
movieThe Cohens and Kellys
1926 · Sammy Cohen
Sea Scamps
movieSea Scamps
1926 · Bobbie
movieThe Danger Signal
1926 · Robert Browning
movieThe Happy Warrior
1925 · Rollo (at 10 years) (as Bobby Gordon)
movieThe Sign of the Cactus
1925 · Jack, as a boy
movieThe Measure of a Man
1924 · Donald
movieThe Country Kid
1923 · Boy