Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Huntley Ashworth Gordon (October 8, 1879 – December 7, 1956) was a Canadian actor who began his career in the Silent Film era. Gordon was born in Montreal, Quebec educated in both Canada and England. He had various jobs including working in a bank, in a silver mine, contracting, as a commercial traveller, and being a cigarette factory owner before settling on the stage and at one time acted with Ethel Barrymore. He began his screen career in 1916 when given a chance by Thomas Ince. Gordon was once a model for Arrow Collars; he was once painted by American commercial illustrator J. C. Leyendecker. He served in the Canadian Army during World War I and began a career in motion pictures in England where he had been stationed during the war. With his suave manner and classic good looks he was sought out in Hollywood, California where he acted in both silent and talking films. In Hollywood, he appeared in numerous films including starring opposite Gloria Swanson in the 1923 film Bluebeard's 8th Wife. That same year he starred in The Wanters with Norma Shearer and Marie Prevost. For most of his career, Gordon traveled between America and Britain, making films in both countries, appearing in more than 120 films. He was with MGM studios when he retired from film in 1940 and invested in the manufacture of silk stockings, a lucrative business at a time when Canadian and British women could not get them due to the rationing brought on by the Second World War. Although he no longer made motion pictures, Huntley Gordon remained active in the world of network radio. Huntley Gordon died in Van Nuys, California and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Acted in 109
1940s
- 1941
Lady Scarface
James A. Pierce
- 1940
Lady with Red Hair
Actor Playing John (uncredited)
Phantom of Chinatown
Dr. Norman Wilkes
1930s
- 1939
- 1938
Gangster's Boy
Principal
Professor Beware
Capell - Producer
- 1937
Portia on Trial
Dr. Thorndike
Stage Door
Cast of Stage Play
Idol of the Crowds
Harvey Castle
China Passage
Arthur Trent
- 1936
Daniel Boone
Sir John Randolph
Yours for the Asking
Clark Bering (uncredited)
- 1935
The Spanish Cape Mystery
David Kummer
Murder by Television
Dr. Henry M. Scofield
Page Miss Glory
Radio Official (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
The Governor (as Huntly Gordon)
- 1934
She Had to Choose
Attorney
Their Big Moment
John Farrington
Dancing Man
Mason
Managed Money
Police Officer
Bombay Mail
Burgess
- 1933
Only Yesterday
Investor (Uncredited)
Merrily Yours
Police Officer
Justice Takes a Holiday
Judge Martin Walker
The World Gone Mad
Osborne
Sailor Be Good
Mr. Whitney
Racetrack
Attorney
- 1932
Afraid to Talk
Governor
Midnight Warning
Mr. Gordon
Red Haired Alibi
Captain Kent
The All-American
Harcourt
The King Murder
Arthur B. Bronnell
Broadway to Cheyenne
Brent
Speed Madness
Harrington
Night World
Jim
Sally of the Subway
Stanley M. Gordon
- 1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 3: 'The Niblick'
Huntley - the Husband (uncredited)
- 1930
Anybody's Woman
Grant Crosby
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Marvin Kingsley
1920s
- 1929
The Marriage Playground
Cliff Wheater
Melody Lane
Rinaldi
Scandal
Burke Innes
- 1928
Outcast
Hugh
Sinners in Love
Ted Wells
Sally's Shoulders
Hugh Davidson
Our Dancing Daughters
Diana's Father
Name the Woman
Marshall
A Certain Young Man
Mr. Hammond
Gypsy of the North
Steve Farrell
- 1927
Sensation Seekers
Ray Sturgis
Don't Tell the Wife
Jacques Cartier
One Increasing Purpose
Andrew Paris
- 1926
The Truthful Sex
Robert Mapes
The Golden Web
Roland Deane
Lost at Sea
Richard Lane
Other Women's Husbands
Jack Harding
The Gilded Butterfly
John Converse
- 1925
The Golden Cocoon
Gregory Cochran
Never the Twain Shall Meet
Mark Mellenger
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
John Mannering
The Love Hour
Rex Westmore
My Wife and I
Mr. James Borden
The Great Divide
Philip Jordan
- 1924
So This Is Marriage?
Movie
Married Flirts
Pendleton Wayne
Wine
John Warriner
The Enemy Sex
Judge Massingale
True As Steel
Frank Parry
Shadows of Paris
Raoul Grammont - Minister of the Interior
- 1923
Chastity
Darcy Roche
The Wanters
Theodore Van Pelt
Pleasure Mad
Hugh Benton
The Social Code
Judge Evans Grant
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
John Brandon
Cordelia the Magnificent
D.K. Franklin
Your Friend and Mine
Hugh Stanton
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Jeffrey Fair
- 1922
What Fools Men Are
Bartley Claybourne
Man Wanted
Charlie Harris
When the Desert Calls
Dr. Thorpe
What's Wrong with the Women?
Loyd Watson
His Wife's Husband
George Packard
Reckless Youth
Harrison Thomby
Beyond the Rainbow
Major Bruce Forbes
- 1921
At the Stage Door
Philip Pierce
Enchantment
Fairy Tale King
Tropical Love
Clifford Fayne
The Girl from Nowhere
Herbert Whitman
Society Snobs
Duane Thornton
- 1920
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson
Sir Lionel Heathcote
Red Foam
Arnold Driscoll
Out of the Snows
Sgt. Graham
The Dark Mirror
Dr. Philip Fosdick
1910s
- 1919
Out Yonder
Edward Elmer
The Invisible Bond
Harleth Crossey
The Glorious Lady
Lord Chettington
Atonement
Vincent Carlton
Too Many Crooks
Bidwell Wright
The Unknown Quantity
Dan Kinsolving
The Common Cause
Edward Wadsworth
- 1918
The Beloved Impostor
Dick Mentor
Our Mrs. McChesney
T.A. Buck Jr
The Million Dollar Dollies
Movie
Men
Tom Courtney
- 1916
The Destroyers
Peter God