Robert Gordon

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-08-21 (77 years old)

Deathday

1990-12-01

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Robert Gordon

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 ...

Acting

1925

The Happy Warrior

as Rollo (at 10 years) (as Bobby Gordon)

1923

The Greatest Menace

as Charles W. Wright Jr

1934

Strange Wives

as Elevator Boy

1930

Wide Open

as Office Boy

1939

Law of the Wolf

as Bobby [Pearson]

1936

Two Against the World

as Herman Mills

1927

The Jazz Singer

as Young Jakie Rabinowitz

1933

Counsellor at Law

as Henry Susskind

1935

It's in the Air

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1934

Student Tour

as Jackie - Coxswain (uncredited)

1932

Blessed Event

as Eddie (uncredited)

1931

Big Business Girl

as Office Boy (uncredited)

1926

The Cohens and Kellys

as Sammy Cohen

1926

The Danger Signal

as Robert Browning

1918

The Hired Man

as Walter Endicott

1923

Production

1963

Black Zoo

as Director

1971

The Gatling Gun

as Director

1947

Blind Spot

as Director

1953

1958

Damn Citizen

as Director

1958

1947

Sport of Kings

as Director

1948

1963

1963

1948

Black Eagle

as Director

1943

Keep 'Em Slugging

as Original Story

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