Robert Gordon
Born: 1913-08-21 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1990-12-01
Known For: Directing
Biography
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
2003
- The Blues ... (Writer)
1971
- The Gatling Gun ... (Director)
1968
- Tarzan and the Jungle Boy ... (Director)
1963
- Black Zoo ... (Director)
- The Getaway Face ... (Director)
1959
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ... (Director)
- Law of the Plainsman ... (Director)
- Bourbon Street Beat ... (Director)
- Bold Venture ... (Director)
1958
- The Texan ... (Director)
- Damn Citizen ... (Director)
- The Rawhide Trail ... (Director)
1957
- Maverick ... (Director)
- The Real McCoys ... (Director)
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ... (Director)
1955
- My Friend Flicka ... (Director)
- It Came from Beneath the Sea ... (Director)
1953
- The Joe Louis Story ... (Director)
1948
- Thunder in the Pines ... (Director)
- Black Eagle ... (Director)
1947
- Blind Spot ... (Director)
- Sport of Kings ... (Director)
1943
- Keep 'Em Slugging ... (Original Story)
- The Girl from Monterrey ... (Story)
1939
- Law of the Wolf as Bobby [Pearson]
1936
- Two Against the World as Herman Mills
1935
- It's in the Air as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1934
- Student Tour as Jackie - Coxswain (uncredited)
- Strange Wives as Elevator Boy
1933
- Counsellor at Law as Henry Susskind
1932
- Lawyer Man as Willie - Office Boy (uncredited)
- Blessed Event as Eddie (uncredited)
1931
- Big Business Girl as Office Boy (uncredited)
1930
- Wide Open as Office Boy
1927
- The Jazz Singer as Young Jakie Rabinowitz
- Sinews of Steel as The Office Boy
1926
- The Danger Signal as Robert Browning
- Sea Scamps as Bobbie
- The Cohens and Kellys as Sammy Cohen
- Lazy Lightning as Dickie Rogers (as Bobby Gordon)
1925
- The Sign of the Cactus as Jack, as a boy
- The Happy Warrior as Rollo (at 10 years) (as Bobby Gordon)
1924
- The Measure of a Man as Donald
1923
- The Country Kid as Boy