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
The Blues
Writer
The Gatling Gun
Director
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy
Director
Black Zoo
Director
The Getaway Face
Director
Bourbon Street Beat
Director
Law of the Plainsman
Director
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Director
Bold Venture
Director
The Texan
Director
Damn Citizen
Director
The Rawhide Trail
Director
The Real McCoys
Director
Maverick
Director
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Director
My Friend Flicka
Director
It Came from Beneath the Sea
Director
The Joe Louis Story
Director
Thunder in the Pines
Director
Black Eagle
Director
Sport of Kings
Director
Blind Spot
Director
The Girl from Monterrey
Story
Keep 'Em Slugging
Original Story
Law of the Wolf
Bobby [Pearson]
Two Against the World
Herman Mills
It's in the Air
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Strange Wives
Elevator Boy
Student Tour
Jackie - Coxswain (uncredited)
Counsellor at Law
Henry Susskind
Lawyer Man
Willie - Office Boy (uncredited)
Blessed Event
Eddie (uncredited)
Big Business Girl
Office Boy (uncredited)
Wide Open
Office Boy
The Jazz Singer
Young Jakie Rabinowitz
Sinews of Steel
The Office Boy
Lazy Lightning
Dickie Rogers (as Bobby Gordon)
The Cohens and Kellys
Sammy Cohen
Sea Scamps
Bobbie
The Danger Signal
Robert Browning
The Happy Warrior
Rollo (at 10 years) (as Bobby Gordon)
The Sign of the Cactus
Jack, as a boy
The Measure of a Man
Donald
The Country Kid
Boy