Robert Gordon

Known For

Directing

Born

Aug 21, 1913

Died

Dec 01, 1990

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Credits

44 titles

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 free encyclopedia NOT to be confused with silent film actor, Robert Gordon (1895-1971) who starred with Jack Pickford in "Tom Sawyer" (1917).

Known For

Filmography

2003

The Blues

Writer

Tv
1971

The Gatling Gun

Director

Movie
1968

Tarzan and the Jungle Boy

Director

Movie
1963

Black Zoo

Director

Movie
1963

The Getaway Face

Director

Movie
1959

Bourbon Street Beat

Director

Tv
1959

Law of the Plainsman

Director

Tv
1959

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Director

Tv
1959

Bold Venture

Director

Tv
1958

The Texan

Director

Tv
1958

Damn Citizen

Director

Movie
1958

The Rawhide Trail

Director

Movie
1957

The Real McCoys

Director

Tv
1957

Maverick

Director

Tv
1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Director

Tv
1955

My Friend Flicka

Director

Tv
1955

It Came from Beneath the Sea

Director

Movie
1953

The Joe Louis Story

Director

Movie
1948

Thunder in the Pines

Director

Movie
1948

Black Eagle

Director

Movie
1947

Sport of Kings

Director

Movie
1947

Blind Spot

Director

Movie
1943

The Girl from Monterrey

Story

Movie
1943

Keep 'Em Slugging

Original Story

Movie
1939

Law of the Wolf

Bobby [Pearson]

Movie
1936

Two Against the World

Herman Mills

Movie
1935

It's in the Air

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Movie
1934

Strange Wives

Elevator Boy

Movie
1934

Student Tour

Jackie - Coxswain (uncredited)

Movie
1933

Counsellor at Law

Henry Susskind

Movie
1932

Lawyer Man

Willie - Office Boy (uncredited)

Movie
1932

Blessed Event

Eddie (uncredited)

Movie
1931

Big Business Girl

Office Boy (uncredited)

Movie
1930

Wide Open

Office Boy

Movie
1927

The Jazz Singer

Young Jakie Rabinowitz

Movie
1927

Sinews of Steel

The Office Boy

Movie
1926

Lazy Lightning

Dickie Rogers (as Bobby Gordon)

Movie
1926

The Cohens and Kellys

Sammy Cohen

Movie
1926

Sea Scamps

Bobbie

Movie
1926

The Danger Signal

Robert Browning

Movie
1925

The Happy Warrior

Rollo (at 10 years) (as Bobby Gordon)

Movie
1925

The Sign of the Cactus

Jack, as a boy

Movie
1924

The Measure of a Man

Donald

Movie
1923

The Country Kid

Boy

Movie